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784 pages, Bonded Leather Edition
First published January 1, 1997
I’m sure that my 40-year fascination with the Star Wars stories influenced my score here, but I thought this set of books was better than average for Star Wars novels. Especially given the constraints under which the author had to labor — the timeline and galactic politics here was fairly well laid out before her, as were descriptions of most of the characters she had to deal with.
In fact, it was that last bit that took off the extra star for me; there were certainly times when the reader could tell the author was simply filling in gaps on a pre-existing story outline. Still, it’s enjoyable, well-written, and entirely ret-conned by Solo and Rogue One.
(I have published a longer review on my website.)