Star Wars: Hand of Thrawn, Book 1: Specter of the Past

Book 1

De: Timothy Zahn

Narrado por: Anthony Heald

Hugo Award-winning author Timothy Zahn made his triumphant return to the Star Wars universe in this first of an epic two-volume series in which the New Republic must face its most dangerous enemy yet: a dead Imperial warlord.

The forces of the Empire stand at the brink of total collapse. But they have saved their most heinous plan for last. First a plot is hatched that could destroy the New Republic in a bloodbath of genocide and civil war. Then comes the shocking news that Grand Admiral Thrawn, the most cunning and ruthless warlord in history, has apparently returned from the dead to lead the Empire to a long-prophesied victory. Facing incredible odds, Han and Leia begin a desperate race against time to prevent the New Republic from unraveling in the face of two inexplicable threats: one from within and one from without. Meanwhile, Luke teams up with Mara Jade, using the Force to track down a mysterious pirate ship with a crew of clones.

Yet perhaps most dangerous of all are those who lurk in the shadows, orchestrating a dark plan that will turn the New Republic and the Empire into their playthings.

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Reseñas de la Crítica

"Zahn turns in his usual high-caliber performance." (Library Journal)
"Longtime fans should get considerable pleasure from this addition to the saga." (Publishers Weekly)

Just OK

Though not to the standard compared to other Star Wars novels and short stories, it is OK. I doubt that I will purchase any more of the series, though. The narration was OK, but nothing great.

Voice actors are in ear sore not to mention they are not the same as in the Thrawn trilogy

Voice actors are in ear sore not to mention they are not the same as in the Thrawn trilogy

The story was good.

It's too short, and the narrating could've been better. Like in the original Thrawn trilogy.

Awesome book

I loved it I only wish is was read by the same people who did the original Thrawn trilogy

Narration is disappointing

Coruscant is pronounced /'kɔɹəsɑnt/. Yoda with a soft, “regular guy” voice did not work for me at all.. Unfortunately, this narrator doesn’t seem to know, nor care much about Star Wars. It took away from the book experience greatly. I will order a hardcover copy to be able to indulge it.
Narrator, obviously, has acting skills, but you have to know characters and names at least a little to narrate such a big franchise.

Narration

The narration of this book was not as good other Timothy Zaharia books. The book was also very choppy and seemed to skip a lot while trying to listen to it

Only four chapters!

I want my money back. only four chapters included so the book is incomplete. Terrible narration too.

bad narrator

narration was really terrible. I was unable to get very far due to all the mispronunciations and liberties taken with characters.

This is not a good translation

This is a wonderful book but this abridged version does not do this book justice. I have read this several times and was excited to get the audiobook. Please just read it. You will be much more satisfied that listening to this version. There is just to much left out and it jumps all over the place. It feels very disjointed.

alA major let down after the original Thrawn books

Bring in Marc Thompson! Anthony Heald can't hold a candle to him, unfortunately. I didn't think it would make that much of a difference, but it did. Heald has a singular voice for pretty much every human character. You couldn't tell who was speaking in a 4 way conversation between Leia, Lando, Han and Luke.
Although, the fact that the book was abridged might have played a part, but I really couldn't get into the story.
I have been avoiding abridged books and didn't realize I bought one until it was too late to return. I've only experienced the abriged book, but it loses its cohesiveness. And considering I intended to keep listening to the individual storylines of secondary characters (The Solo twins, Mara Jade, etc.) the fact that they glossed over half the story in 15 seconds was a major letdown.

2/5 Wouldn't recommend.