![]() A novel was published that continued the story of Han, Luke and Leia post- Return of the Jedi, and it went straight to the top of the New York Times Bestsellers. I mean, role-playing games were confined to spotty kids playing in basements, if the stereotype is to be believed. The film series had ended in 1983, and aside from West End Games publishing RPG material, there was precious little reason to think anything other than Star Wars was finished. In the late 1980s, Star Wars was, to be blunt, pretty much dead. This book is just awesome, I cannot emphasize that enough. I have already talked about how I discovered it in the school library all those years ago, of course, but having now re-read it again I feel that I need to devote one blog to each of the three installments. I realise these blogs might begin to sound a bit weird, but I don’t really care. Without a trace of hyperbole, this book quite dramatically changed my life. So here we begin! This morning I finished reading Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn, arguably the best book ever written to carry the Star Wars logo, and certainly in my top five favourite books of all time. ![]()
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