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  • Vision of the Future: Star Wars (The Hand of Thrawn)

  • Book II
  • By: Timothy Zahn
  • Narrated by: Marc Thompson
  • Length: 26 hrs and 16 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (6,801 ratings)

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Vision of the Future: Star Wars (The Hand of Thrawn)

By: Timothy Zahn
Narrated by: Marc Thompson
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Hugo Award-winning author Timothy Zahn brings his epic two-volume series The Hand of Thrawn to an explosive conclusion with a discovery that rocks the New Republic to its foundations - and threatens to resurrect the Empire.

The Empire's master plan is under way. The New Republic is on the verge of civil war and the rumor that the legendary Admiral Thrawn has returned from the dead is rallying the Imperial forces. Now Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, and their allies face the challenge of their lives. They must infiltrate a hidden fortress filled with Imperial fanatics, rendezvous with a double-dealing Imperial commander, and journey into enemy territory to learn the identity of those responsible for an act of unthinkable genocide. But most important of all is the truth about Thrawn. In his hands - alive or dead - rests the fate of the New Republic.

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Star Wars the way it should be

Great book, good story, all the right ingredients, Luke, Mara, Han, Leia, R2, Threepio, Lando plus many others. Timothy Zahn and Marc Thompson make a great team. Thanks, my son and I enjoyed the ride to a long time ago.

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want more

love this series and mark thompson, hope he does more reading in the Jedi academy era

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Strong finish

The story stays interesting as it bounces from one character to the other maybe its because everybody's mission is critical to saving the new republic. Surprisingly Talon Karrde may not make it out of this story he meets his match for sure.

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fantastic read ! a must for any starwars fan!

make sure to read them in order , to avoid confusion, some good to things happen in here to that explains so much later.

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exceptional love it.

sorry the trilogy ended. I will miss Thrawn and look forward to the next chapter about the unknown zone exploration.

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Female Support Needed

Great performances by Marc Thompson but I wish they would get an actress to perform the female characters. Thompson has incredible range for male characters but only one voice for females and it doesn't portray their strength very well.

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another great story by zahn

marc thompson delivers another amazing zahn story. well written and superbly delivered. easily recommended for all audiences.

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Love Marc Thompson

Pretty good story, not as good as the thrawn trilogy, but having Marc Thompson reading it makes it all that much better

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Simply Amazing

Zahn does it again! The Hand of Thrawn series loves up to the magic and suspebse of the oroginal Thrawn trilogy. Marc Thompson a suburb read enhances the experience to new heights!

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Well worth purchasing!

Marc Thompson is a master reader! He brings Zahn's intricate plots and fascinating characters vividly yo life, with the help of John Williams's original scores and fun sound effects from the films!

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