Simplified Series - Thrawn
Not pictured: the dozens of mediocre intermediary Star Wars EU books. My feverish pursuit of MOAR content brought forth this feature: Simplified Series. Here's the pitch: quick synopses (I'll try and keep them spoiler-free, but you know, most of these are past the statute of limitations on spoilers) of the entries in a series followed by the reasons you should or shouldn't read it. This week: The Thrawn trilogy and the Hand of Thrawn duology by Timothy Zahn Background info: So before Disney bought Lucasfilm for $4.5 billion, Star Wars had a sprawling expanded universe of tie-in novels and comic books that were all (sort of) in continuity with each other and the films. Timothy Zahn opened and closed what I'll call the 90s phase of the Star Wars EU. His bestselling Thrawn trilogy introduced fan favorites like Grand Admiral Thrawn, Captain Pallaeon, and, of course, Mara Jade. Plus such fan-tolerated additions as vornskrs, ysalamiri, Joruus C'Baoth, and, of...