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A TRANSMISSION FROM THE ARCHIVE

Specter of the Past

by Timothy Zahn

4.33/ 5 · 9 ratings on Open Library ↗
Earliest known edition
1997
Selected edition
paperback
Pages in this edition
416
English editions
7 ↗
SELECTED EDITION DETAILS

September 1, 1998 · Spectra · eng

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READGALAXY READING NOTES

What is Specter of the Past about?

A later crisis places the New Republic under pressure from political division and the lingering influence of Thrawn’s name. This opens The Hand of Thrawn, a two-novel story set after the original Legends trilogy.

Is this a good next read for you?

Try this when you want to revisit the Legends heroes through a longer political and military mystery.

Where does it fit?

Number 1 of 2 in Star Wars: The Hand of Thrawn (Legends). Keep the two novels together. This is a later Legends story, not books four and five of the original trilogy or part of the 2017 canon sequence.

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Catalogued editions of Specter of the Past
EditionPublicationFormatPagesSource
Specter of the Past (Star Wars: The Hand of Thrawn, Book One)SelectedSeptember 1, 1998paperback416Open Library ↗
Star WarsMarch 1998hardcover512Open Library ↗
Star Wars: Specter of the PastTimothy Zahn.1997unknown344Open Library ↗
Specter of the PastTimothy Zahn.1997unknown386Open Library ↗
Star WarsNovember 3, 1997audiobook—Open Library ↗
Star WarsMarch 1, 2005audiobook—Open Library ↗
Specter of the Past2011unknown—Open Library ↗
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FictionLuke Skywalker (Fictitious character)Princess Leia (Fictitious character)Star Wars fictionFiction, science fiction, space operaSkywalker, luke (fictitious character), fictionJade, mara (fictitious character), fictionSolo, han (fictitious character), fictionLeia, princess (fictitious character), fictionCalrissian, lando (fictitious character), fictionSkywalker, Luke (Personnage fictif)Romans, nouvellesLeia, Princess (Personnage fictif)collectionID:swNRa

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  • Hand of Thrawn Duology
  • Star Wars: The Hand of Thrawn (1)
  • Star wars
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