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Canon Novel Review: Thrawn Ascendancy – Lesser Evil

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Seven months after its second entry, Timothy Zahn’s latest Thrawn-centric trilogy of novels, Thrawn Ascendancy, ends with Lesser Evil. Much like the finale of his last, though loosely connected trilogy of Thrawn novels, Zahn’s Lesser Evil flounders, more concerned with setting up the aforementioned books, once again avoiding character development, punting on answering two trilogies worth of questions, or truly exploring the Chiss’ extensive past, instead continuing Thrawn’s flawless victory status to underwhelming effect across its over expanded page count. Continue reading “Canon Novel Review: Thrawn Ascendancy – Lesser Evil”

Book News: Latest Thrawn Trilogy Ends November, Star Wars Epic Poem, and Legends Essentials Announced

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This has been a full week of Star Wars news and it’s not even May or Star Wars Day yet! Announced this week, there are some exciting additions (and reprints) of novels coming to fans later this year! First, the Thrawn Ascendancy Trilogy comes to close in November with Lesser Evil, with the second book out later this April. Second, the Original Trilogy gets an Epic Poem adaptation in the style of Homer’s Odyssey by author Jack Mitchell. And lastly, essential Legends novels will receive new trader paperback releases, with fantastic new artwork for the covers, and even one, Shatterpoint, receives an unabridged audio book version! Head below for all the details and gorgeous new artwork! Continue reading “Book News: Latest Thrawn Trilogy Ends November, Star Wars Epic Poem, and Legends Essentials Announced”