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A review by matthewld_
Star Wars: Outbound Flight by Timothy Zahn
4.0
Timothy Zahn and Thrawn is always a good combination, and this is no exception.
This book follows Outbound Fight as it makes its way from the Republic to another galaxy, Darth Sidious’ plan to stop Outbound Flight from reaching the next galaxy, as well as the Chiss Ascendancy as they stumble across a smugglers group from the Republic.
The actual journey of Outbound was probably my least favourite part of the book. It had a whole political plot to get it started and then took half of the book to actually take off. In this we follow Jorus C’Baoth, who is leading the flight, as well as his padawan, Lorana Jinzler, Obi-Wan, Anakin and some other minor Jedi. All of these Jedi were good characters, but the events of Outbound Flight weren’t all too interesting until the end. As much as I liked Obi-Wan and Anakin in this, they really weren’t necessary for the book, but it did once again showcase one of Zahn biggest strengths in his Star Wars books, which is his characterisations of characters we already know and love. I enjoyed Lorana quite a lot throughout, however there was a small side plot for her that felt a bit out of place. It didn’t occur too often but other than that she was great.
I enjoyed Thrawn and the Chiss a lot here. It was great seeing Zahn’s early efforts of creating the Ascendancy, as well as seeing what I assume is Ara’Lani’s first appearance. It’s always great to see Thrawn working and how he is always one or even two steps ahead of everyone else. Car’das was also a highlight of the book, along with his growing relationship with Thrawn.
Doriana, who is working for Sidious, was also very interesting. However it was more because we yet again get to see how Sidious is controlling things and planning for the future, as well as getting a glimpse as to why Sidious feels the need to do what he feels must be done.
Finally I enjoyed seeing how Zahn connected this to other of his works, as well as other large Legends stories(some of which I know of but have yet to read). Definitely not my favourite Zahn book, but by now I’m convinced he can’t write anything bad in Star Wars. I now need to start reading some of his own books outside of Star Wars. He continues to be my favourite Star Wars author.
This book follows Outbound Fight as it makes its way from the Republic to another galaxy, Darth Sidious’ plan to stop Outbound Flight from reaching the next galaxy, as well as the Chiss Ascendancy as they stumble across a smugglers group from the Republic.
The actual journey of Outbound was probably my least favourite part of the book. It had a whole political plot to get it started and then took half of the book to actually take off. In this we follow Jorus C’Baoth, who is leading the flight, as well as his padawan, Lorana Jinzler, Obi-Wan, Anakin and some other minor Jedi. All of these Jedi were good characters, but the events of Outbound Flight weren’t all too interesting until the end. As much as I liked Obi-Wan and Anakin in this, they really weren’t necessary for the book, but it did once again showcase one of Zahn biggest strengths in his Star Wars books, which is his characterisations of characters we already know and love. I enjoyed Lorana quite a lot throughout, however there was a small side plot for her that felt a bit out of place. It didn’t occur too often but other than that she was great.
I enjoyed Thrawn and the Chiss a lot here. It was great seeing Zahn’s early efforts of creating the Ascendancy, as well as seeing what I assume is Ara’Lani’s first appearance. It’s always great to see Thrawn working and how he is always one or even two steps ahead of everyone else. Car’das was also a highlight of the book, along with his growing relationship with Thrawn.
Doriana, who is working for Sidious, was also very interesting. However it was more because we yet again get to see how Sidious is controlling things and planning for the future, as well as getting a glimpse as to why Sidious feels the need to do what he feels must be done.
Finally I enjoyed seeing how Zahn connected this to other of his works, as well as other large Legends stories(some of which I know of but have yet to read). Definitely not my favourite Zahn book, but by now I’m convinced he can’t write anything bad in Star Wars. I now need to start reading some of his own books outside of Star Wars. He continues to be my favourite Star Wars author.