Heir to the Empire

On my third attempt to read this, I finally got into the story. I just had to push that that incredibly dull and boring first half.

Honestly the plot wasn't that impressive, basically one big chase sequence with far too many references to the movies, but I'll give it a pass since it kept me entertained and I kept wanting to listen to more of the audiobook.

Speaking of which, like all Star Wars books, the audiobook is great.

Thrawn is totally uninteresting and his scenes are boring. Hopefully he will develop into a better villain for the series.

Mara Jade was the most interesting part of the story. (not quite as interesting as my girl Vestara Khai, but this is only Mara's introduction after all) I basically know what happens with her story line though, which kinda takes the punch out of it, but I'm still looking forward to actually getting to know Mara Jade better as a character rather than just a general story line.


Noted inconsistancies
- Luke can't understand R2's beeping without his ship's read out (and we are told such since he can't understand R2 when he ship loses power) but later Luke and R2 are in different rooms, again without power and no way to display a read out, and they hold a whole conversation, and understand each other perfectly.
- Unless I'm mistaken, Thrawn, or at least Pellaeon, was aware that Luke was on the planet yet later act like they didn't know