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A review by marcusleese
Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn
3.0
This review goes for all the books in the trilogy.
I can't say, with any integrity, that these are "good" books. The prose is repetitive (there's several instances of unusual vocabulary that stands out - characters cocking eyebrows sardonically for a heartbeat, etc.), the characters are largely paper-thin copies of their movie counterparts, and the fanservice is off-the-charts. With that said, I do genuinely love Star Wars, and these books are perfectly fine for anyone looking for more of that. The entire Expanded Universe is a neat alternative to the current canon.
I can't say, with any integrity, that these are "good" books. The prose is repetitive (there's several instances of unusual vocabulary that stands out - characters cocking eyebrows sardonically for a heartbeat, etc.), the characters are largely paper-thin copies of their movie counterparts, and the fanservice is off-the-charts. With that said, I do genuinely love Star Wars, and these books are perfectly fine for anyone looking for more of that. The entire Expanded Universe is a neat alternative to the current canon.