Heir to the Empire: Star Wars: The 20th Anniversary Edition

Not an official review, but read the book and it is excellent. This Trilogy should be made into movie series, even if it would be a high quality animated one. But after hearing the sample, it sounds really good giving the right feeling to the story. I may consider buying this, it will be as close to the movie we will get for now sound wise.

Mark Thompson does a perfect job of narration for this book as well as the next two in the series. TZ writing is great with new characters mixing with old. Best trilogy of the "Legends" timeline. You will not be disappointed. The unabridged versions are the only way to truely listen to these books. Should have been Ep 7 8 & 9. Id also recmend the followup Duology of Thrawn set 10 years after this trilogy. Hand of Thrawm series, and once again written by TZahn.

This series makes up the best of Star Wars storytelling, second ONLY to it's source material, the original film trilogy. Yes, it's that good! Tight pacing, interweaving plotlines, and intriguing new characters show Zahn's talent as an author, but the way he handles the familiar characters shows that he's also completely in touch with Luke, Leia, Han, and the Star Was universe in general. Add that to the narrator's impersonations, and you get that familiar Star Wars thrill. Do not miss out!