Heir to the Empire

I am disappointed. Everybody says these are the best of the Star Wars EU books, before it goes totally off the rails. The book follows the protagonists of the movies, Luke, Leia, Han, and Lando, as they attempt to build up the fragile New Republic against the predations of the cunning and brilliant Grand Admiral Thrawn. Unfortunately, for me the space combat didn’t have any sense of scale or zip, along with most of the characterization. Thrawn is as awesome as internet rumors led me to believe, but the others of the new characters (Talon Karrde, Mara Jade), fall flat, and the beloved Star Wars protagonists feel kinda flat. Guess I’ll stick with EU books I’m actually nostalgic for.