Timothy Zahn

The Star Wars Series

This is the official sequel to the Star Wars movies. It's a trilogy consisting of 'Heir to the Empire', 'Dark force rising' and 'The last command'. The story begins five years after the events in 'Return of the Jedi'. Grand Admiral Thrawn, one of the Emperor's admirals, is now leader of the remains of the Empire and continues the battle against the Rebels.

This series is surprisingly good. Not as good as the movies mind you, but they do have the true feel of a sequel to Star Wars. All the memorable characters are there, easily recognizable. Zahn has constructed a good story, worthy of the Star Wars saga. He keeps a good balance between the original characters from the movies and his own. Zahn does tend to write rather technical for my taste, hard SF, but it really doesn't bog down the story that much.