Star Wars: Outbound Flight in The Expanded Universe

Sep 20, 2023 Scott Rhee rated it it was amazing

Shelves: star-wars, old-canon-legends

“Outbound Flight” by Timothy Zahn was an attempt, back in 2006, to create a “continuity” between the original Star Wars trilogy and the prequels, as well as the many novels post-Episode VI, including Zahn’s original three-book “Thrawn” series that essentially started the entire Star Wars Expanded Universe (SWEU). For the most part, it succeeded.

I am definitely an “old canon/legends” fan. The new canon stuff, for the most part, hasn’t really done it for me. The comic books have been wonderful, th ...more

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Feb 11, 2012 Kent rated it really liked it

I was pretty happy with this book. There's a lot going on and there aren't many dull moments. It's a story of the Jedi/Republic's large scale expedition to find new planets and systems in the unknown regions of space; but they run into problems along the way, such as Thrawn, among other things, from Zahn's first Trilogy of SW books.
I've been going in chronological order, so I haven't even read those books even though they are some of the essentials and I haven't read Survivor's Quest, which is ...more

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Nov 05, 2011 Chris rated it it was amazing

This one kept me reading non stop. I hadn't read a star wars book in a long time and this has gotten me back to reading them. This is a good book. ...more

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