Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Not too bad. Timothy Zahn is definitely interested in presenting compelling, well crafted stories for us, extending the Star Wars universe. This was written before the Star Wars franchise has really taken off recently. What Zahn has done is mostly good. What I actually didn’t enjoy was the repetitious dialogue the characters have in reference to previous movies, where in some sections dialogue is recycled verbatim. I suppose this gives us a feeling of that there is continuity of the characters, more of the same. But I found it disturbing, as it kicked me out of the environment. I think Zahn’s attempt to include the feeling of familiar characters in a new (extended) environment didn’t quite work. His writing is strong, so much so that I enjoyed his descriptions and explorations of new aspects of the Star Wars universe more than his recycled dialogue, that obviously wasn’t his. So that was mainly the only patchwork.
I was unexpected into the story half way through, expecting that I wouldn’t want to continue the trilogy. But now having finished it, I do. So that speaks tons of Zahn’s good writing.
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