Just excellent!! Would have made a great final trilogy. Thrown the ultimate Star Wars villain, beyond Vader

This is where Lucas should have followed instead of the pre-crap

Star Wars Heir To The Empire is a nice, classic Star Wars novel. I enjoyed the originality of it and the way it ended. The book is made even better by the new forward and annotations by the author. The new Thrawn novella is what sold it for me. Although it's great in hardcover format, I'd suggest buying it on Kindle if you have one, it's a lot cheaper in e-book format. All in all it's a fun classic Star Wars book that you can't put down and leaves you exited to see what happens in it's sequel.

4 1/2 stars. I absolutely love it when authors and publishers decide to re-release books with annotations or other extras. For me, this commemorative edition was a wonderful addition to my Star Wars collection, perhaps because I previously had a used paperback copy, so I didn't mind buying a better copy. I found the annotations a neat "behind the scenes" look into the writing and publishing of the novel and wish that they annotated the rest of the trilogy ... it also comes with a bonus Thrawn short story also written by Mr. Zahn. Story: 4 stars. I actually read this book last out of the Thrawn Trilogy and I remember thinking, "I like the order I read it in better." I guess after reading books 2 and 3, I had high expectations and was expecting more from the beginning. However I still enjoy the trilogy as a whole (Zahn introduced one of the most memorable Star Wars villains in Grand Admiral Thrawn) and it does have the distinction of being the books that jump started Star Wars expanded universe publishing. The trilogy as a whole is a definite 5 star read for Star Wars fans though!

One of the all time great sci fi novels, made all the better by insightful annotations and commentary. Not to be missed!

Excellent book to say the least! I haven't always been the most interested reader in a lot of books including many star wars books, meaning I would usually only finish about half of most books and I would lose interest and ultimately never finish them. But this book is the first that I could not stop reading! And it's a great starting point for star wars fans beginning to read the books. I wish I had started with this one in the first place! The annotations also give great insight into the story and author. Great purchase overall, very impressed.

THIS BOOK IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!! once you start reading this you wont be able to put it down. This book is what started the "Expanded Universe" the story is great , the charaters were great everything is great. once you finish it you will HAVE TO buy the others in the series.

Very well written and just a great story. This author is the person to look for when it comes to Star Wars. I wish they would turn it into a movie.

I have since stopped reading the star wars books. But I do remember Timothy Zahn was the author to look for for star wars books. if you dont read any other star wars books you have to read this one it is one of the best in the star warys line of books.

Fantastic book! It's a great way into both Star Wars and into Tim Zahn's excellent work. It's a perfect continuation to the movies, with a fantastic cast of movie and original characters. The annotations really allow insight into this novel's creation.