Nuestros queridos personajes irán de acá para allá buscando información, hablando con posibles aliados y hasta con enemigos con tal de conseguir la victoria para los buenos. We all know, by book three, we'll be like, "Oh, yeah, that's why that was important," but still, while we're reading it, we wonder. Aun así estoy seguro que habrá novelas que disfrutare más aún que las de Zahn (y menos seguramente, habrá cada mierda ahí. Her impressions of Luke in the present do not mix well with her ingrained hatred of him, making for some really interesting interactions.

What ends up happening, though, is that when Leia makes contact with a surviving Noghri, it becomes clear that they are as much victims of the Empire as anyone, and it becomes Leia's mission, if not to turn the Noghri from the Empire, at least to right some of the wrongs done to them in the rebellion. Luke's interactions with him are a little frustrating, as he's clearly insane, but Luke is in such a vulnerable place as a Jedi that he's willing to admit he may be wrong about what he knows, and concedes to C'baoth.For a moment those glowing eyes studied him, and Pellaeon unconsciously braced himself for a reprimand, or worse. The life-form analyzer ran through its complicated algorithms and concluded that the outer buildings were devoid of life. Also, I absolutely loved the prolife themes and the theme of loving and raising children well as Leia thought about her future with her unborn twins.

Characters grapple with ethical dilemmas and the weight of their loyalties, adding depth to their arcs. Meanwhile, Han Solo and Lando Calrissian race against time to find proof of treason inside the highest Republic Council-only to discover instead a ghostly fleet of warships that could bring doom to their friends and victory to their enemies. Dark Force Rising," the second installment of the Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn, propels readers deeper into a galaxy far, far away, where the legacy of the Empire continues to cast its shadow. Zahn has a few annoying "tics" to his writing, such as unusual dialogue choices made by nearly every character (imagine that you're writing a story about people from all over the world, and every character who isn't a bad guy says "y'all" and "fixin' to") and the insistence on describing every lightsaber ignition as snap-hiss, but I can generally ignore those and simply enjoy the story.

Thrawn gets a few cool moments of deduction here that I really liked, but he also knows when to admit that he has been defeated in a given battle.

Jedi Master Joruus C'baoth is intriguing as a concept, but is mostly left on the sidelines of the story from the beginning of the first book until very late in the third book, and is given little to do in between. Zahn also uses the word "sardonic" incorrectly on a few occasions, and by the end of the third book it was really getting on my nerves how often characters tended to "mentally cross their fingers", or admit defeat in an argument by simply saying "Point. It can be a bit heavy, especially when there’s a chapter with very little going on other than political movements or some smugglers having a chinwag.The number-one New York Times bestselling Heir to the Empire was the publishing event of the year, the first novel to continue the adventures of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Han Solo, beyond the events of the most popular trilogy in movie history. Han and Lando had more interesting things to do this time around because they got anew character to work with: Senator GArm Bel Iblis.

The plot revolves around everyone in the novel trying to find a bunch of lost spaceships that are such an amazing prize because .Segunda parte de la trilogía de la Nueva República (comúnmente conocida como trilogía de Thrawn por motivos claros), que inicia justo al final de la novela anterior Heredero del Imperio, y sigue los acontecimientos desde allí.