World Famous Comics: The Last Command (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, Vol. 3)
The Last Command (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, Vol. 3)
By: Timothy Zahn Publisher: Spectra Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Spectra Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 496 Publication Date: January 01, 1994 Release Date: January 01, 1994
Product Description: The embattled Republic reels from the attacks of Grand Admiral Thrawn, who has marshaled the remnants of the Imperial forces and driven the Rebels back with an abominable technology recovered from the Emperor's secret fortress: clone soldiers. As Thrawn mounts his final siege, Han and Chewbacca struggle to form a coalition of smugglers for a last-ditch attack against the empire, while Leia holds the Alliance together and prepares for the birth of her Jedi twins. Overwhelmed by the ships and clones at Thrawn's command, the Republic has one last hope--sending a small force, led by Luke Skywalker, into the very stronghold that houses Thrawn's terrible cloning machines. There a final danger awaits, as the Dark Jedi C'baoth directs the battle against the Rebels and builds his strength to finish what he had already started: the destruction of Luke Skywalker.
Decent Ending To A Decent Series I must say that this Thrawn trilogy was quite an enjoyable read. Not a 5 star read but definitely a 4 star.
This final book in the trilogy is not without it's merits and kept my interest for the most part. Overall, however, I had a hard time getting captivated, not because the story was uninteresting, just the writing style was a little plain at times.
Overall, I definitely recommend this book and the trilogy to all Star Wars fans.
A fitting end to a superb series! The Last Command wraps up all of the loose ends that were established in the other two novels in the series. Mara Jade's character is redeemed and from her memorable introduction, to her fight alongside Luke in Myyrkr forest, to her battle with him against C'boath, her character comes full circle and her ties to the Dark Side are finally severed.
Having certain plot points established early on helped when the book took some surprising turns! I was not expecting them and it made this book the most exciting of the three. I have read many of the Expanded Universe Novels and aside from Shadows of the Empire, none of the others come close to this series.
The Star Wars novel franchise is an interesting one, but it holds little interest for me much beyond this time-line in the Star Wars saga. 5 Years after Return of the Jedi is plenty of time to tell a new story about our beloved heroes. But the Expanded Universe has stretched out into 50 or so years after. Honestly these poor characters can't live in peace, because the publishers need to sell more novels. I likely won't be reviewing the other novels as they don't really compare with the ones I've already noted.
I apologize for the derailment, but I just needed to share that with those that may have been following my book reviews on Star Wars. Thanks! This is a wonderful read and all the character's story arcs are resolved in a exciting and logical fashion.
NO COVER! I already had these books but wanted harcover and this one did not have a paper cover on it. just the book!
Thrawn Meets his End In many cases, a reader or viewer of Star Wars can anticipate what will happen in a story before it even starts. One expects the Rebellion/New Republic to be victorious in the end. This does not make the plot any less interesting. One has a vague idea of how the Thrawn Trilogy will end. Still, it is a quality read.
As Thrawn's plan begins to unhatch in "The Last Command", his relationship with Dark Jedi clone C'Baoth begins to crumble. At the same time, the New Republic is pulling allies from sources once thought to be unlikely. The greatest wild card in the story is Mara Jade. If you have not read other Star Wars books that chronologically occur after this book, her fate is a mystery. The author could not have written a more appropriate end to their conflict. Perhaps this is the biggest curve in the story.
As I have expressed in other reviews of Star Wars books, I tend to prefer when the story focuses more on dialogue than on battle scenes. With the exception of the end, this book does not dwell for extended periods in the tedium of describing battle scenes. For myself, this made the book a much quicker read.
Ranking the Thrawn Trilogy in order of preference, I would suggest the second book is best, while this book is the next best. By far, I liked the first book in the series the least. Trends in the reviews seem to follow my opinion to a degree.
Not Free SF Reader "Just when the Republic thought that the insidious and unfortunately very clever Thrawn could sink no lower, he does. In other words, send in the clones!
This gives him the manpower (clonepower?) he needs to crew enough ships to blow the guts out of lots of the Republic forces and fortresses.
Han and Chewie must gain aid from a smuggler fleet, to try and stop Thrawn. Luke contends with the evil Jedi Master C'Boath.
Leia, very heavily pregnant, desperately tries to hold things together politically.
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