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Violence
Some
Moderate; Star Wars combat and military strategy
Language
None
No strong language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Mild; the psychological brilliance of Thrawn as an antagonist
What this book is about
Timothy Zahn's 1991 novel launched the Star Wars Expanded Universe — set five years after Return of the Jedi, it introduces Grand Admiral Thrawn, one of the great villains of the franchise, as he attempts to restore the Empire. Zahn's novel treats the Star Wars galaxy with genuine novelistic ambition and created a passionate readership that kept the franchise alive between films.
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