Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy - Legends: Heir to the Empire: Behind the Scenes: An Expanded Universe is Born


Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
25
Narrator
6
Release Date
September 2011
Duration
2 hours 30 minutes
Summary
Star Wars: Heir to the Empire: Behind the Scenes is a special recording that features new commentary by author Timothy Zahn and editor Betsy Mitchell, written for the 20th anniversary edition of Heir to the Empire, read by Zahn and Mitchell. Each annotation includes audio from the new unabridged recording of Heir to the Empire to enhance their comments. The biggest event in the history of Star Wars books, Heir to the Empire follows the adventures of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia after they led the Rebel Alliance to victory in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.

Five years after the Death Star was destroyed and Darth Vader and the Emperor were defeated, the galaxy is struggling to heal the wounds of war, Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting twins, and Luke Skywalker has become the first in a long-awaited line of new Jedi Knights.

But thousands of light-years away, the last of the Emperor’s warlords—the brilliant and deadly Grand Admiral Thrawn—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 made two vital discoveries that could destroy everything the courageous men and women of the Rebel Alliance fought so hard to create.

The explosive confrontation that results is a towering epic of action, invention, mystery, and spectacle on a galactic scale—in short, a story worthy of the name Star Wars.
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Wesley Burns

Being a huge Star Wars fan I was so looking forward to this book. But after listening to just a couple of chapters, found it extremely frustrating to have the "behind the scenes " narration constantly interrupting the story. Especially since that narration cut off parts of the actual story.

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Neil Purcell

Apologies in advance for commenting on other reviews, but I feel this needs to be said. Reviewers Wesley and Douglas seem to have missed the point of this audio presentation entirely. I can't believe I have to point this out, but this program is *NOT* Heir To The Empire the book. It's a supplementary behind-the-scenes commentary, as the title and description suggest. Those so-called "interruptions" that the two reviewers refer to as "frustrating" and "tedious" are actually the main feature. If you want to listen to the story, then I suggest you get Heir To The Empire in its full unabridged 13-hour glory, also available on this very website. In fact, I suggest you listen to all three Thrawn books before you listen to the 2-and-a-half-hour commentary/documentary. As a commentary on the book, I found this splendid and I heartily recommend it to fans of the Thrawn trilogy. Zahn goes into his thought process for developing characters and expanding lore while also revealing what details of the story had to be changed to get LucasFilm approval. Zahn had to write for established characters from the novel while also introducing new ones, having them grow and change over time. This is a fascinating look into the writing process of a timeless classic, one which is, in my opinion, the true sequel to the original Star Wars Trilogy.

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Douglas M.

It's a good story but having the writer and editor cut in ever 30 seconds makes it extremely tedious to listen to. Behind the scenes are great and I appreciate the insight into the effort and craft behind the book but it's frustrating when you are just trying to appreciate the story.

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