Star Wars: The New Rebellion in The Expanded Universe

Sep 26, 2025 Kent rated it really liked it

Only took me about 25 years to read this one. This was the first Star Wars book I ever got, but I was in middle school and didn't read books much. Then I started reading SW books about 15 years ago, but I started reading them in chronological order, so this one took a while to get through.
But overall it's a really good one IMO. The crew once again face a huge threat to the New Republic (don't they always?). Leia is targeted in an assassination attempt on the senate floor as something explodes an ...more

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May 06, 2025 Maegen rated it really liked it

I quite enjoyed this Star Wars book :) I felt like our main characters were depicted well and I liked how Artoo and Threepio played an important part in the plot (their antics here were great!). Also liked seeing a younger Brakiss!

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Feb 14, 2016 Michael Towers rated it liked it

3.5 Stars. Not Quite The Thrawn Trilogy quality, but better than all the rest.

After reading through the pretty average New Republic Era of Stackpoles atrocious X-Wing books, to the slack Jedi Academy Trilogy, it was like a breath of fresh air reading this book. Other than Zahn's work, this is the best of the new Republic era books. I would go as far as to say in this era you should really only read this and Zahn's books. However it is not without it's flaws.

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- It was a solid story a ...more

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