Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy
Book 1. Heir To The Empire
Book 2. Dark Force Rising
Book 3. The Last Command
Author: Timothy Zahn
These books should have been adapted by Disney Star Wars to be the sequel trilogy. The books are set 5 years after Return of the Jedi and the New Republic has just started setting up the new government on Coruscant. We get introduced to new characters like Grand Admiral Thrawn, who is a master strategist and tactician. Joruus C’boath, an insane clone of Jedi Master Jorus C’boath. Talon Karrde, leader of the top smuggler’s group and intelligence gatherer. Finally Mara Jade, ex- Emperor’s Hand and future wife of Luke Skywalker.
I know these books wouldn’t be a perfect book to screen adaptation but it could have been done pretty well. The timeline of the Clone Wars would have to be changed from the books to fit into the main Star Wars timeline. Plus have Timothy Zahn consult on the scripts and have him on the movie sets so Grand Admiral Thrawn gets portrayed correctly unlike in Disney Star Wars. If you haven’t read this trilogy, I highly recommend that you do!
I started listening to No Agenda in 2010 after seeing John on another podcast as a guest. He was the only one saying anything interesting on the panel. :)
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