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Book Review of Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: Thrawn, Vol. 1)

Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: Thrawn, Vol. 1)
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It's five years after Return of the Jedi: the Rebel Alliance has destoyed the Death Star, defeated Darth Vader and the Emperor, and driven the remnants of the old Imperial Starfleet to a distant corner of the galaxy. Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting Jedi Twins. And Luke Skywalker has become the first in a long-awiated line of Jedi Knights. But thousands of light-years away, the last of the Emperors warlords has taken command of the shattered Imperial fleet, readied it for war, and pointed it at the fragile heart of the new Republic. For this dark warrior has make two vital discoveries that could destroy everything the courageous men and women of the Rebel Alliance fought so hard to build.