I've been reading The Thrawn Trilogy, and it is nothing less than fantastic. Addicting. I read the novels when they first came out, so it's been quite a while since I've read the story. I remember the big events, but the details are fuzzy.
This graphic novel is done so well--it's such an aid to the imagination. All the dialogue is lifted straight from Timothy Zahn's words in the novels. Having just finished the first story, Heir To The Empire, I am quite impressed.
It's a damn good read.
I love the visuals. Each planet has it's own feel, and the artists seem to know the Star Wars universe well. Things look at they should.
There's a scene on Kashyyyk where Leia is attacked. She's sleeping. I don't remember this being mentioned in the book, but in this graphic novel, she leaps out of bed to defend herself in her panties and sleeping shirt.
I don't mean this in a perverted way at all. C'mon, this is a comic book! What I got out of it, though, and why I'm mentioning it, is how Leia was portrayed--so regal. A real ruler. Though she stood there, almost naked, the character on the page had that same fire and fighting spirit as the character does on the screen.
It is really done well.
Parts of the book, like the one I just described, I actually like better than Zahn's novels. Other characters I like better in this graphic novel than in the books are Talon Karde and Mara Jade. They both came off a bit (pardon the phrase) "comic-booky" in the novel. Yet, here, in a comic book, the characters felt more like true Star Wars characters. I believe in them more through the graphic novel than I do the original books.
The thing I like about the story, over all, is that it's a grand, epic tale of the Star Wars universe, but unlike Dark Empire, the tale isn't as "Big". There's no new Super Star Destroyer that dwarfs the one shown in the movies. The Emperor isn't resurrected in a clone. The Force, though it plays a part in the story, is not the central to the plot. There are not Galaxy Guns or World Devastators.
(Don't get me wrong--I like all that stuff. It's just nice to read a well-told tale that is different from that, still epic, and still Star Wars).
There just this brilliant tactician--the only alien to reach the position of Grand Admiral in Palptaine's empire--attempting to pull what's left of the Empire together and defeat the New Republic.
It's an excellent story that every Star Wars fan should read.
And, if you choose to do it though this graphic novel, you won't be sorry.
Highly recommended.
Five Stars.
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