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12:16 am
[joysweeper]
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The Thrawn Trilogy: Dark Force Rising
"I have no qualms about accepting a useful idea merely because it wasn't my own."
―Thrawn
Here's the other half of Dark Force Rising. First part was here. You can probably tell that this time I have the book in hand.
When I uploaded these, I forgot to shrink them, and I am not going to delete them and reupload smaller versions. So the contents of this post are on my Livejournal.
Well? What is your choice?
Tags: char: grand admiral thrawn, char: han solo, char: luke skywalker, char: wedge antilles, creator: fred blanchard, creator: mike baron, creator: olivier vatine, in-joke: tl;dr, publisher: dark horse, title: star wars
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03:31 pm
[joysweeper]
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The Thrawn Trilogy: Heir to the Empire
Five years after Endor and the death of the Emperor, the Empire was in bad shape. There had been successors who had ruled the Empire, or tried to. Pestage, the Tribune, Ysanne Isard. Under them it splintered, warlords like Teradoc and Zsinj splitting off on their own to fight them and the New Republic. The Empire just kept losing people and worlds, rarely if ever winning any important battles. And then the last of the Grand Admirals came back from the Unknown Regions. Alien. Analytical. Awesome.
"I am Grand Admiral Thrawn. I have been away, but now I have returned. I know some of what has occurred. You will fill in the details of the rest when I come aboard. Rejoice, Captain, for the Empire will rise again." - A Grand Admiral Returns
Next up is Dark Force Rising.
Why is the tag "Heir of the Empire"? And why have a tag for it at all? Only two posts will ever use it.
Tags: char: grand admiral thrawn, char: han solo, char: luke skywalker, char: wedge antilles, creator: fred blanchard, creator: mike baron, creator: olivier vatine, in-joke: tl;dr, publisher: dark horse, title: star wars
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12:17 am
[joysweeper]
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The Thrawn Trilogy: Heir to the Empire
"It was just after four o'clock on November 6, 1989, and I was three days into writing my first novel for my new publisher, Bantam Books, when the phone rang. It was my agent. "Tim," he said after the usual pleasantries, "we have a very interesting offer here."" - Zahn
This is the honorary Episodes Seven, Eight, and Nine. This is what kickstarted the Star Wars Expanded Universe as we know it. Marvel Star Wars was there first, true, and so were Han Solo's and Lando Calrissian's short trilogies, and Splinter in the Mind's Eye, and assorted minor comics and kidlit. They didn't usually stray far from the movies, though, and they weren't epic. Not like this. Well, actually, this is just the comic book adaptation of that trilogy. And it's not as good, but I can't find too much fault with that. I love the Thrawn Trilogy, Zahn's writing, and his characters. I really do.
The art for Heir to the Empire really isn't all that good. Stick around, though. Other books get better. I think two posts per book, meaning three issues per post, should do. There are twenty eight pages in the first issue, twenty six in the second, and twenty four in the third.
Current Mood: pleased
Tags: char: grand admiral thrawn, char: han solo, char: luke skywalker, char: wedge antilles, creator: fred blanchard, creator: mike baron, creator: olivier vatine, in-joke: tl;dr, publisher: dark horse, title: star wars
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07:55 am
[joysweeper]
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Young Wedge Antilles
I really like Wedge Antilles. This is a bit from "The Phantom Affair", an arc of the X-Wing Series comics known for really good art, which has a flashback to when his parents were killed.
Sorry, I'd write something witty and catchy, but nothing's coming to mind.
So yeah, that's a bit from "The Phantom Affair" that I posted on old s_d. Thinking about more x-wing posts. This series has its ups and downs, but I like it.
Tags: char: wedge antilles, group: rogue squadron, publisher: dark horse, title: star wars
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06:10 pm
[joysweeper]
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Star Wars: Rogue Squadron: Family Ties
Not anything from the main plot of the issue, or even Fel's entrance into Rogue Squadron. I love that main plot, but this has very little to do with it. The first three pages, posted here, are the funeral service. Here's the cover art; click here for full.
( Read more... )
Have a nice Memorial Day.
Tags: char: wedge antilles, group: rogue squadron, publisher: dark horse, title: star wars
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