Star Wars

Allegiance

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Timothy Zahn: Star Wars (2012, Penguin Random House)

432 pages

English language

Published Aug. 11, 2012 by Penguin Random House.

ISBN:
978-1-4481-6438-7
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4 stars (3 reviews)

Hugo-winning author Timothy Zahn has already established himself a major luminary in the Star Wars universe with his Thrawn novels and iOutbound Flight/i. The attributes that earned him that reputation are easy to describe: Vivid characterization; strong plot momentum; memorable stories. All of those elements pop before our eyes in iStar Wars Allegiance,/i a novel set immediately after the events of iStar Wars: A New Order/i. This fiction features some of iStar Wars/i' most popular characters (Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia Organa, Hans Solo) and a fresh new face: Mara Jade, the Force-sensitive young woman destined to become the wife of Luke Skywalker. A major new constellation.

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4 stars

A pretty compelling read, especially given the fact that it takes place but one year after the battle of Yavin. It features a character we've read about in the Thrawn atrilogy. Unsurprisingly, given the fact that it's written by Timothy Zahn.

No doubt about it, this really has the OT feeling to it, but in book form this time. You also get Han, Luke, Leia, and of course Chewie. The title, being as it is, "allegiance" could be explained pretty easily, and I can summarize it thus, and with a single word. Stormtroopers!

A bunch of stormtroopers learn about the way the empire really is and decide to desert. Well, I'll let you see what happens. Do they join the rebelion? Will they be executed? RAFO.
You also get a few conspiracies, involving some local gangs of space pirates. And frankly, I quite enjoyed the scenes where the pirate conspiracy …

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Subjects

  • Fiction, science fiction, space opera
  • Skywalker, luke (fictitious character), fiction
  • Solo, han (fictitious character), fiction
  • Leia, princess (fictitious character), fiction