Details on new "Heir to The Empire" anniversary edition

[Whofan]

http://starwars.com/vault/books/heir20thdetails/index.html




As speculated it will contain commentaries/annotations (possibly on how some of the continuity has been altered or retconned, as well as some insight into the development of the story). It looks like it will also have another Thrawn short story by Zahn as well.

 

[Bishop76]

Very cool!

Edit: I can't believe that came out 20 years ago already... holy shit do I feel old.

 

[Mr Light]

I'd be interested to read a "commentary track" for that book.

 

[BillJ]

Might pick this up since I never got around to reading it before.

 

[Admiral_Young]

I was hoping the book would have commentary/annotations. I was getting this anyway. Sold.

 

[JediKnightButler]

They're apparently doing an audiobook edition for "Heir" but not (it appears) for the other two books. I wonder who will be doing the narration for this version?

Anybody else enjoy Star Wars audiobooks and if so, who has been your favorite narrator? Mine's been Jonathan Davis.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Nice, although I wish this were a graphic novel version, because I already have a copy of the the book and I'm not going to be buying another.

 

[Set Harth]

They already had a comic version. The Noghri were gigantic and Page was an alien.

 

[Admiral_Young]

Yeah and I believe it's collected as well.

 

[Skywalker]

Sounds great, but I'll wait for paperback.

 

[Stevil2001]

They already had a comic version. The Noghri were gigantic and Page was an alien.

Yeah and I believe it's collected as well.

Yup.

This sounds neat, but not neat enough to buy; I'll probably get it through ILL.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Even though I gave up on SW lit some time ago and feel the Thrawn trilogy was a bit over-rated, I just might pick this up.

 

[Bishop76]

I don't blame you for giving up on SW lit, but I still think the Thrawn trilogy is the best of the bunch.

 

[Owain Taggart]

I don't blame you for giving up on SW lit, but I still think the Thrawn trilogy is the best of the bunch.

Yeah, same here. In fact, it's the only Star Wars lit I have. I got into an argument with some people over the merit of the Thrawn trilogy when I mentioned somewhere else that I'd like to see them made into movies if Lucas were to decide to make sequels to the original trilogy. Their argument was that it was too sci-fi for Star Wars and not fantasy enough like the rest of the franchise, and that seriously made me raise my eyebrows. But you know what? That's actually why I like them so much. They attempt to give some much needed depth to the franchise by giving a different point of view. And also, they're novels, so what do they expect novels to be without writing about the technology. In the end, it's all bickering over nothing, and it's laughable.

 

[Bishop76]

I would love to see that - not that it will happen. It did add a ton of depth to the franchise and frankly was head and shoulders above the actual sequels (prequels) that we got from Lucas. I re-read these a couple years ago and they still stand up pretty well. Thrawn has since been overdone in subsequent books, but within the confines of this trilogy, he is an excellent villain. Zahn built on the existing characters and created new characters that are so beloved because they were just so well fleshed out. Thrawn, Pellaeon, Jade, Karrde and more - all characters far superior to any single character from the prequel trilogy or any other novel since.

 

[milo bloom]

Interesting. I haven't read the Zahn trilogy in a while, but I did think highly of it back in the day. Would be interesting to see the annotations at least.

 

[Owain Taggart]

I would love to see that - not that it will happen. It did add a ton of depth to the franchise and frankly was head and shoulders above the actual sequels (prequels) that we got from Lucas.

Yeah, exactly. It's not likely to happen, but if it did, it's not as if the reasons for the Clone War can't be fixed. I actually liked his reasons for it far more than what we got in the prequels, but it could just as easily be explained as a differing point of view from someone who actually participated in them, which again gives it more depth and makes it more interesting, just like different people will have different experiences while serving in the same war. Afterall, it's not as if the Clone War is funneled to one single location. Realistically, you'd have different people experiencing different things in different locations.

 

[Admiral_Young]

You know I didn't see the first time I read this that it was in hardcover. I try not to get hardcover books if I can help it. I'll probably buy it if they release it again in paperback and check it out from the library.

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

I don't blame you for giving up on SW lit, but I still think the Thrawn trilogy is the best of the bunch.

I agree that it's the best of the bunch, but I still don't think it's very good.

 

[AviTrek]

I would love to see that - not that it will happen. It did add a ton of depth to the franchise and frankly was head and shoulders above the actual sequels (prequels) that we got from Lucas.

Yeah, exactly. It's not likely to happen, but if it did, it's not as if the reasons for the Clone War can't be fixed. I actually liked his reasons for it far more than what we got in the prequels, but it could just as easily be explained as a differing point of view from someone who actually participated in them, which again gives it more depth and makes it more interesting, just like different people will have different experiences while serving in the same war. Afterall, it's not as if the Clone War is funneled to one single location. Realistically, you'd have different people experiencing different things in different locations.

I wish instead of this book they were producing a 3 movie DTV animated version of the trilogy. Use the same people/tech producing the Clone Wars series. Make each movie 4-5 episodes long in length.