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Shadows of the Empire

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Shadows of the Empire

By: Steve Perry
Narrated by: Marc Thompson
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Shadows of the Empire illuminates the shadowy outlines of a criminal conspiracy that exists in the background of the events in the movies, ruled by a character new to us. Prince Xizor is a mastermind of evil who dares to oppose one of the best-known fictional villains of all time: Darth Vader. The story involves all the featured Star Wars movie characters, plus Emperor Palpatine and, of course, Lord Vader himself.

©1996 Steve Perry (P)2025 Random House Audio
Adventure Science Fiction Space Opera Star Wars
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Talking place between Empire and Return of the Jedi, this novel introduced Black Sun Crime syndicate. Palpatineis a main character. top tier novel.

Shadows of the Empire

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if you liked the video game like I did, and assumed this would be all about Dash...you're wrong and that's ok! Marc Thompson delivers as always and the story is amazing from multiple perspectives. MUST READ/LISTEN

If you liked the video game

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Marc Thompson and the production team does it again!

In 1996, Shadows of the Empire ruled the Star Wars Universe. I read this book while listening to the soundtrack, then played the video game on N64. My mom bought me the action figures and comic books.

When Shadows was announced to be getting the “Legends” treatment with an unabridged audiobook narrated by Marc Thompson as well, I preordered that very second. His incredible voice acting and narration coupled with first rate production, including official Star Wars music and sound effects, took my imagination right back to 1996.

Thank you Audible, Penguin Random House, Kevin Thomsen, Marc Thompson, and everyone else who made this one happen.

The Nostalgia Strikes Back!

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A book I've been a fan of for years finally gets the treatment it deserves. Marc Thompson is, as always, in top form, even giving Xizor a French-sounding accent. An excellent midquel between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, full of action, and political power plays as well.

A classic if ever there was one

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I must say you can still tell there’s a bit of Anakin left in Darth Vader since he still uses sand analogies👍 but on a serious note, I really enjoyed the book. Mark Thompson is an amazing narrator as always! And the whole storyline with black son is really interesting as well I would definitely recommend this book to Star Wars fans❤️

Not too bad!

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