1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auKatharine Trendacostahttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/katharinetrendacosta-usa/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="KIwHIn7TRz"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2017/04/how-good-are-the-best-star-warsbooks-really/">How Good Are The ‘Best’ Star Wars Books, Really? </a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2017/04/how-good-are-the-best-star-warsbooks-really/embed/#?secret=KIwHIn7TRz" width="600" height="338" title="“How Good Are The ‘Best’ Star Wars Books, Really? ” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="KIwHIn7TRz" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/08/d9dhs0hqbgiey23xsaxg.jpg?quality=75800450Next week, Timothy Zahn’s Thrawn, a book about the rise to power of everyone’s favourite Grand Admiral, will be released. I’ve never anticipated a Star Wars book more, and now seems like the right time to look back at the books that introduced him and evaluate if they really were as great as popular wisdom […]