Star Wars: The Hand of Thrawn (Legends)
Books in reading order
2 of 2 volumes available · Publication order
BOOK 1
BOOK 2
Reading guide & series details
What is Star Wars: The Hand of Thrawn (Legends) about?
A later New Republic crisis revisits the consequences of Thrawn’s legacy. This Legends duology is a separate two-book sequence by Timothy Zahn.
Where should I start?
Read Specter of the Past before Vision of the Future, preferably after the original Thrawn trilogy.
Open Specter of the Past ↗What does this list include?
The two Timothy Zahn novels published 1997–1998, set after the original Thrawn trilogy in Legends continuity.
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.
Complete against the checked list.
How are these ratings calculated?
Rating-weighted average · 2 of 2 available volumes rated · Open Library
Combined book ratings, not direct series reviews or unique readers. How this is calculated ↗
How was this reading order checked?
Checked against author or publisher sources: Source 1 ↗. Completeness reflects this scope as of 2026-10-27.