Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32782 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-01
• Binding: Paperback
• 480 pages

Synopsis
Before the start of the Clone Wars, the future Emperor was already maneuvering to destroy the Jedi. This is the tale of the doomed Outbound Flight Project, which began as a new hope for the galaxy...and ended in despair. A grand Jedi adventure by one of the most popular Star Wars authors. Before the Clone Wars began, a group of Jedi led by Master Jorus C'baoth lobbied the Republic Senate to fund a project to search for and contact intelligent life outside the known galaxy. Six Jedi Masters, 12 Jedi Knights, and 50,000 additional support personnel boarded an incredible starship and left on their adventure...only to disappear without a trace. This was the Jedi's first encounter with the aliens called the Chiss, and the New Republic's future archenemy, Thrawn. But until Luke Skywalker and his wife Mara headed out for the Unknown Regions in Survivor's Quest, the fate of the Outbound Flight Project remained an enigma. This is the story of those Jedi Masters and Knights, their heroic quest, and their mysterious end.

From the Publisher
Coming full circle, #1 New York Times bestselling Star Wars author Timothy Zahn at last tells the story of the mysterious Outbound Flight Project alluded to in his groundbreaking Star Wars novel, Heir to the Empire. A special treat for Zahn fans in particular.

About the Author
Timothy Zahn:
Timothy Zahn is one of science fiction's most popular voices, known for his ability to tell very human stories against a well-researched background of future science and technology. He won the Hugo Award for his novella Cascade Point and is the author of sixteen science fiction novels, including the bestselling Star Wars trilogy: Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising and The Last Command; the novels Conquerors' Pride, Conqueror's Heritage, and Conquerors' Legacy; three collections of short fiction; and the two novels in The Hand of Thrawn sequence, Specter of the Past and Vision of the Future. He lives in Oregon, USA.

Customer Reviews

Excellent backfill of Thrawn's history
I picked this book up because I'm a huge fan of Zahn's Star Wars Thrawn trilogy (and his Conquerer's trilogy)

And I wasn't disappointed with this installment. Grand Admiral Thrawn is a superb literary creation, and getting to see a glimpse of his history with his own species is brilliantly done by Zahn.

The other characters are very interesting too - we also get to see an earlier Jorus C'Baoth and his apprentice.

Zahn's imagination is superb, and I think he excels at this kind of weaving a story around the star wars universe, but filling it with mostly with his own creations.

in summary - excellent - one of the best Star Wars extended universe books.

one of Zahn's best
Timothy Zahn is the best of the Star Wars authors and Outbound Flight has to be one of his strongest books. it also completely outclasses its relatively boring and mediocre duology partner, Survivor's Quest.
The story of outbound flight - Jedi Master Jorus C'Baoth's mechanical lovechild and voyage to the outer stars - is easily readable and full of interesting twists and turns. The prose is intelligent and so are the maze-like plot twists and the sensibilities of the characters - especially the forever one-step-ahead Commander Thrawn.

One downer is the relative pointlessness of including Obi Wan and Anakin in the first half of the book - they dont really get involved in the main plot (more of a distraction).
however that is my only real gripe.
Overall, intelligent and readable, enjoyable and satisfying (especially in light of later sw books)
A good read
9/10

Outbound Flight, Timothy Zahn
This is a strong piece of work by Zahn. The story moved along well. The Thrawn character was nicely fleshed out and I found the self-sacrificing actions of Jedi Lorana Jinzler quite touching. I didn't think the Obi-Wan and Anakin parts were particularly relevant to the story and could have managed well without it. On the whole a very enjoyable read from a good Star Wars authort.