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Star Wars: Outbound Flight

Timothy Zahn

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May 18, 2017 TheBookHunter rated it it was amazing

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Continuing my quest to read through the Star Wars Expanded Universe, I have reached possibly one of my favorite Star Wars books of all time: Outbound Flight.

This novel, written by (God Emperor) Timothy Zahn tells the story of the character of Grand Admiral Thrawn's mysterious appearance in the galaxy in the days of the Republic, roughly five or six years before the Clone Wars and about four-five years after events of the Phantom Menace.

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May 02, 2025 Chrian Santos rated it it was amazing

The culmination of Thrawn’s story has expanded across many years- starting from the fan-favorite Thrawn trilogy, up to the Hand of Thrawn, and Survivor’s Quest. In the year 2006, Outbound Flight was released- which details the mystery behind the reason of Thrawn’s exile- the doomed Outbound Flight expedition.

Outbound Flight finally reveals the origins of some of the characters we see in the Thrawn trilogy- our blue-skinned tactician notwithstanding, and of the original print of the mad clone Jed ...more

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