The Thrawn trilogy (also known as The Three Book Cycle and The Heir To The Empire Trilogy) are the three novels, Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising and The Last Command, written by Timothy Zahn and set in the Star Warsgalaxy about five years after Return of the Jedi. A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Timothy Zahn (1951 - ) is a science fiction novelist. ... For the missile defense program, see Strategic Defense Initiative. ... This article is about a celestial body. ... Movie poster Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, is a science fiction film that debuted in 1983, and re-released with changes in 1997 and 2004. ...
The series introduced many notable characters, such as Mara Jade, Talon Karrde, and Grand Admiral Thrawn, one of the more notable expanded universe villains, to Star Wars. As well, the capital world of Coruscant got its name in the trilogy. It is regarded by many as the beginning of the new generation of Star Wars novels, as many more novels were written after its success including the Jedi Academy Trilogy and many, many others. Mara Jade Skywalker (born c. ... Talon Karrde is a character in the Expanded Star Wars universe. ... Grand Admiral Thrawn is a fictional character from the Star Wars Expanded Universe who first appeared in the Timothy Zahns Heir to the Empire Trilogy of novels, set five years after the time of Return of the Jedi. ... Coruscant is the name of a fictional planet in the Star Wars Universe. ...
All three books were adapted as comic books by Dark Horse Comics. Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book publisher, one of the largest independent publishers behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics. ...
The embattled Republic reels from the attacks of Grand Admiral Thrawn, who has marshaled the remnants of the Imperial forces and driven the Rebels back with an abominable technology recovered from the Emperor's secret fortress: clone soldiers.
As Thrawn mounts his final siege, Han and Chewbacca struggle to form a coalition of smugglers for a last-ditch attack against the empire, while Leia holds the Alliance together and prepares for the birth of her Jedi twins.
To complicate matters, Thrawn's ally, the insane Joruus C'baoth, is a dark Jedi master trying to turn Luke to the dark side and to possess Leia's children, raising them as the seed to a new Jedi army.
The ThrawnTrilogy, also known as The Thrawn Omnibus, the Zahn Trilogy, the Empire Trilogy, The Three-Book Cycle, and the Star Wars cycle consists of three novels: Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising and The Last Command.
The trilogy follows the campaigns of Imperial Grand Admiral Thrawn, from the Battle of Obroa-skai to the Battle of Bilbringi.
Some fans look at the trilogy as the main continuation of the Original Trilogy, and thus the closest replacement for the long-promised, but never produced, sequel trilogy of films.