The Last Command

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Author(s):

Timothy Zahn

First Pub:

1993

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

2006

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

29 Chapters

Internal ID:

1369

Series:

Dark Force Rising

Thrawn Trilogy*

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Thrawn Trilogy*

Star Wars series. Occurs 9 ABY.

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1) Heir to the Empire
2) Dark Force Rising
3) The Last Command

Star Wars Novels

#20 of 85

Star Wars Novels

Star Wars novels. This is the mega-list of Star Wars novels in chronological order within the Star Wars Universe. I still consider these to be canon and consider all Disney Star Wars to be bad fanfic.

My personal focus on these books was everything from Star Wars - later called A New Hope - forward.

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1) Rogue Planet
2) Outbound Flight
3) Attack of the Clones
4) Revenge of the Sith
5) Star Wars
6) Splinter of the Mind's Eye
7) The Empire Strikes Back
7) Shadows of Empire
8) Return of the Jedi
9) The Truce at Bakura
10) Rogue Squadron
11) Wedge's Gamble
12) The Krytos Trap
13) The Bacta War
14) Wraith Squadron
15) Iron Fist
16) Solo Command
17) The Courtship of Princess Leia
17) Tatooine Ghost
18) Heir to the Empire
19) Dark Force Rising
20) The Last Command
21) Isard's Revenge
22) Jedi Search
23) Dark Apprentice
24) Champions of the Force
25) I, Jedi
26) Children of the Jedi
27) Darksaber
28) Planet of Twilight
29) Starfighters of Adumar
30) Before The Storm
31) Shield of Lies
32) Tyrant's Test
33) The New Rebellion
34) Ambush at Corellia
35) Assault at Selonia
36) Showdown at Centerpoint
37) Specter of the Past
38) Vision of the Future
39) Survivor's Quest
40) Vector Prime
41) Dark Tide I: Onslaught
42) Dark Tide II: Ruin
43) Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial
44) Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
45) Balance Point
46) Recovery
47) Edge of Victory I: Conquest
48) Edge of Victory II: Rebirth
49) Star by Star
50) Dark Journey
51) Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream
52) Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand
53) Traitor
54) Destiny's Way
55) Ylesia
56) Force Heretic I: Remnant
57) Force Heretic II: Refugee
58) Force Heretic III: Reunion
59) The Final Prophecy
60) The Unifying Force
61) The Joiner King
62) The Unseen Queen
63) The Swarm War
64) Betrayal
65) Bloodlines
66) Tempest
67) Exile
68) Sacrifice
69) Inferno
70) Fury
71) Revelation
72) Invincible
77) Millennium Falcon
78) Outcast
79) Omen
80) Abyss
81) Backlash
82) Allies
82) Vortex
83) Conviction
84) Ascension
85) Apocalypse

Copyright:

Dedication:

For all those who helped make
these books possible, especially
Anna Zahn
Betsy Mitchell
Lucy Autrey Wilson
and, of course, the man whose vision started it all,
George Lucas

First Sentence:

Gliding through the blackness of deep space, the Imperial Star Destroyer Chimaera pointed its mighty arrowhead shape toward the dim star of its target system, three thousandths of a light-year away.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

"I'll come with you."

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Characters

Luke Skywalker
Leia Organa
Han Solo
Chewbacca
Winter
Wedge Antilles
Gilad Pellaeon
Mitth'raw'nuruodo
Talon Karrde
Mara Jade
C-3PO
R2-D2
Admiral Ackbar
Borsk Fey'lya
Jorus C'baoth
Niles Ferrier
Garm Bel Iblis
Khabarahk
Sena Leikvold Midanyl

Added: 10-Mar-2008

Last Updated: 07-Apr-2020

01-Jan-1994

Bantam Spectra Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jan-1994

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$5.99

Pages*:

467

Read:

Once

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

1441

Publisher:

Bantam Spectra Books

ISBN:

0-553-56492-7

ISBN-13:

978-0-553-56492-1

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Tom Jung - Cover Artist

The conclusion to the epic adventure begun in the number one New York Times bestselling Heir to the Empire and continued in Dark Force Rising, this final volume spans a galaxy in flames, and the Empire threatens to engulf the New Republic and its brave defenders.

THE LAST COMMAND

The embattled Republic reels from the attacks of Grand Admiral Thrawn, who has marshaled the remnants of the Imperial forces and driven the Rebels back with an abominable technology recovered from the Emperor's secret fortress: clone soldiers. As Thrawn mounts his final siege, Han and Chewbacca struggle to form a coalition of smugglers for a last-ditch attack against the Empire, while Leia holds the Alliance together and prepares for the birth of her Jadi twins. Overwhelmed by the ships and clones at Thrawn's command, the Repulbic has one last hope - sending a small force, led by Luke Skywalker, into the very stronghold that houses Thrawn's terrible cloning machines.

There a final danger awaits, as the Dark Jedi C'baoth directs the battle against the Rebels and builds his strength to finish what he has already started: the destruction of Luke Skywalker.

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01-Jan-1994
Bantam Spectra Books
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Author(s)

Timothy Zahn
Birth: 01 Sep 1951 Chicago, Illinois, USA

Notes:

From the Hardcover edition of Survivor's Quest:

Timothy Zahn’s Star Wars novels have more than 4 million copies in print. Since 1978 he has written nearly seventy short stories and novelettes, nineteen novels, and three short fiction collections, and won the 1984 Hugo Award for best novella. He is best known for his five Star Wars books (Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command, Specter of the Past, and Vision of the Future). He lives with his family on the Oregon coast.

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