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A review by jamuckley
Lesser Evil by Timothy Zahn
5.0
"Lesser Evil" the final novel in Timothy Zahn's, Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy is the lead-in to his beloved Thrawn Disney Canon series. It tells of the master tactician, Mitth'raw'nuruodo, aka Thrawn's expert leading of the Chiss Ascendancy through the latest plot by Grysk operative, Jixtus who is trying to set one family against the other to take down the Chiss and conquer their world.
With any luck, this background story to the original trilogy would provide the backdrop to future Star Wars projects to expand Thrawn's story to upcoming mini-series or even a feature film about the great Thrawn.
I found this novel to be the best of the trilogy. I felt more engaged and captivated by this story compared to any of the others. It was interesting further character development of Thrawn and his fellow comrades in the Chiss Ascendancy. He also expanded the history and story of the Chiss Nine Ruling Families and the Syndicure.
I appreciated the tying up of loose ends that this novel provided between the previous prequels in the trilogy and the succeeding Thrawn trilogy. It helps that Timothy Zahn was both creator of Thrawn and has been the master of his story between the three published trilogies. While Thrawn has appeared in the animated Clone Wars series he has yet to play any significant role in any of the classic live action films/series. Zahn inserts the Chiss Ascendancy trilogy in the timeline between the Separatist Crisis and subsequent Clone Wars, and then the rise of the Empire.
I would greatly recommend reading "Lesser Evil," however it would better to start at the beginning of the series if you are interested for a more fuller understanding of history and culture that the novel expects readers to mostly already understand.
With any luck, this background story to the original trilogy would provide the backdrop to future Star Wars projects to expand Thrawn's story to upcoming mini-series or even a feature film about the great Thrawn.
I found this novel to be the best of the trilogy. I felt more engaged and captivated by this story compared to any of the others. It was interesting further character development of Thrawn and his fellow comrades in the Chiss Ascendancy. He also expanded the history and story of the Chiss Nine Ruling Families and the Syndicure.
I appreciated the tying up of loose ends that this novel provided between the previous prequels in the trilogy and the succeeding Thrawn trilogy. It helps that Timothy Zahn was both creator of Thrawn and has been the master of his story between the three published trilogies. While Thrawn has appeared in the animated Clone Wars series he has yet to play any significant role in any of the classic live action films/series. Zahn inserts the Chiss Ascendancy trilogy in the timeline between the Separatist Crisis and subsequent Clone Wars, and then the rise of the Empire.
I would greatly recommend reading "Lesser Evil," however it would better to start at the beginning of the series if you are interested for a more fuller understanding of history and culture that the novel expects readers to mostly already understand.