<![CDATA[Star Wars: Outbound Flight]]>

false <![CDATA[Star Wars: Outbound Flight]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172580521m/192523.jpg 192523 7 It began as the ultimate voyage of discovery–only to become the stuff of lost Republic legend . . . and a dark chapter in Jedi history. Now, at last, acclaimed author Timothy Zahn returns to tell the whole extraordinary story of the remarkable–and doomed–Outbound Flight Project. The Clone Wars have yet to erupt when Jedi Master Jorus C’baoth petitions the Senate for support of a singularly ambitious undertaking. Six Jedi Masters, twelve Jedi Knights, and fifty thousand men, women, and children will embark–aboard a gargantuan vessel, equipped for years of travel–on a mission to contact intelligent life and colonize undiscovered worlds beyond the known galaxy. The government bureaucracy threatens to scuttle the expedition before it can even start–until Master C’baoth foils a murderous conspiracy plot, winning him the political capital he needs to set in motion the dream of Outbound Flight. Or so it would seem. For unknown to the famed Jedi Master, the successful launch of the mission is secretly being orchestrated by an unlikely ally: the evil Sith Lord, Darth Sidious, who has his own reasons for wanting Outbound Flight to move forward . . . and, ultimately, to fail. Yet Darth Sidious is not the mission’s most dangerous challenge. Once underway, the starship crosses paths at the edge of Unknown Space with the forces of the alien Chiss Ascendancy and the brilliant mastermind best known as “Thrawn.” Even Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, aboard Outbound Flight with his young Padawan student, Anakin Skywalker, cannot help avert disaster. Thus what begins as a peaceful Jedi mission is violently transformed into an all-out war for survival against staggering odds–and the most diabolical of adversaries. Timothy Zahn’s unique mix of espionage, political gamesmanship, and deadly interstellar combat breathes electrifying life into a Star Wars legend. From the Hardcover edition. 556530 30 1 2007 Star Wars: Outbound Flight total:859|5:223|4:277|3:268|2:80|1:11| 859 3198 1111 48 4 2 false false Tue Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 26 17:17:18 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 26 21:32:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 3 false true Thu Jan 24 11:15:17 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 11:17:55 -0800 2008 The Phantom Menace, and Obi-Wan and Anakin are tacked on in a completely unnecessary role, probably to fulfill some contractual obligation. There is no reason for either of them to be there. Unless, as I suspect, they ar...more...]]> 3 2 false false Thu Jul 10 09:34:02 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 09:34:15 -0700 2008
For those not in the know; a number of years ago, Timothy Zahn effectively re-launched ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 10:18:02 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 17:31:06 -0800 2009
Timothy Zahn succeeds again. Kind of a Thrawn prequel. Well done.

Zahn escapes the curse of fan fiction by hardly involving main stream Star Wars characters (Obi-Wan, et al.) in the main plot.

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Set just before the Clone Wars takes off, Jedi Master Jorus...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jun 06 10:10:19 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 10:14:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 24 08:56:05 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 07:52:57 -0700 2008 4 1 false false Sun Dec 23 18:08:58 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 18:09:47 -0800 2007 4 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Mar 21 17:16:43 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 17:18:23 -0700 2008 4 1 false false Wed Jun 11 17:02:24 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 17:03:15 -0700 2008 0 1 false false Mon Jan 21 09:07:16 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 09:07:52 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 04:23:51 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 04:25:39 -0700 2007 4 1 false false Tue Dec 11 00:30:34 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 00:31:24 -0800 2007 4 1 false false Sun Oct 14 19:11:43 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 26 00:16:49 -0700 2007 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 14:09:49 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 14:10:09 -0700 2007 4 1 false false Mon Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 21:43:40 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 21:43:54 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sat Dec 20 09:55:23 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 14 09:48:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 11:46:47 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 11:18:33 -0700 2008 1 bad book, it's just that it's not really good. Sure, it gives General Thrawn's origin story, and it fills in some of the blanks between Episodes I and II. But ultimately it's ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=192523