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| Outbound Flight (Star Wars) | 
| Author: Timothy Zahn
Publisher: Del Rey
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 31177
Media: Mass Market Paperback
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Pages: 480
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 034545684X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780345456847
ASIN: 034545684X
Publication Date: January 30, 2007
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Product Description
It began as the ultimate voyage of discovery–only to become the stuff of lost Republic legend . . . and a dark chapter in Jedi history. Now, at last, acclaimed author Timothy Zahn returns to tell the whole extraordinary story of the remarkable–and doomed–Outbound Flight Project.
The Clone Wars have yet to erupt when Jedi Master Jorus C’baoth petitions the Senate for support of a singularly ambitious undertaking. Six Jedi Masters, twelve Jedi Knights, and fifty thousand men, women, and children will embark–aboard a gargantuan vessel, equipped for years of travel–on a mission to contact intelligent life and colonize undiscovered worlds beyond the known galaxy. The government bureaucracy threatens to scuttle the expedition before it can even start–until Master C’baoth foils a murderous conspiracy plot, winning him the political capital he needs to set in motion the dream of Outbound Flight.
Or so it would seem. For unknown to the famed Jedi Master, the successful launch of the mission is secretly being orchestrated by an unlikely ally: the evil Sith Lord, Darth Sidious, who has his own reasons for wanting Outbound Flight to move forward . . . and, ultimately, to fail.
Yet Darth Sidious is not the mission’s most dangerous challenge. Once underway, the starship crosses paths at the edge of Unknown Space with the forces of the alien Chiss Ascendancy and the brilliant mastermind best known as “Thrawn.” Even Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, aboard Outbound Flight with his young Padawan student, Anakin Skywalker, cannot help avert disaster. Thus what begins as a peaceful Jedi mission is violently transformed into an all-out war for survival against staggering odds–and the most diabolical of adversaries.
Timothy Zahn’s unique mix of espionage, political gamesmanship, and deadly interstellar combat breathes electrifying life into a Star Wars legend.
From the Hardcover edition.
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 not as good as you are hoping it will be June 9, 2008
basically this book is lame. why? because it doesn't play by its own rules. no jedi would give c'boath the power to do his mission cuz he's obviously nuts. which makes the book a fan service cash in. yes obi wan and anakin are in the book but they literally dissapear some time before the end having contributed nothing to the resolution of the story. and as for Thrawn.. all i can say is 'whatever'. if you want a minor and rather cryptic spoiler here it is: isn't Thrawn was sposed to be a bad guy?. i give it two stars cuz it was at least good enough that i finished it.
A Glimpse into Jorus C'baoth & Trawn's Era Prequal History May 19, 2008
I've been reading the novels in order, re-reading those which I've already read, and I've got to say this one was one of my favorites in that era, though I can't say I didn't enjoy any of them.
You can pretty much gather that there is a lot of back history on Thrawn thrown into this one, and this also provides you with a deeper understanding of the mind and motives of Jorus C'baoth.
In the original Thrawn trilogy, Luke's research reveals to him that Jorus liked to be in the public eye, and we get the idea that perhaps he was a bit cocky and self assured...
...which gives us a better understanding of his clones alter ego considering that the clone was suffering from clone madness.
I was also interested in the fact that even though he was not a member of the Jedi Counsel, he was able to use his weight to get what he wanted.
As for Obi-Wan and Skywalker's presence in this novel...
...well let's pretend you grew up on an island and were reading the novels in order and were not aware of anything that followed in the time line after this novel...
...well I think you would have a sence of "is Obi-Wan and Anakin going to die!??!", but then you see that they are pulled from the mission in order to fulfill there fate in the Star Wars galaxy. I dunno, I liked how they were tossed in there only to be taken off the ship, it only made this suicide mission seem all that much darker in the knowledge that bad things were to come in the events to come, and that Palpatine was behind it all.
 he was happy! April 16, 2008
took longer than expected to get here but all in all, hubby was happy with his book and said it was in better condition than he expected it to be...worth the wait in my opinion for a quality book like that.
thank you!
A Zahn Classic February 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Zahn's Star Wars books have always been my favorites, and this is one of his best. He manages to tie together his own characters and storyline (Thrawn, Outbound Flight, etc.) with the politics and intrigue of the Old Republic from the prequels and even provides a lead in for the New Jedi Order books (I don't hold that against him, however).
If you haven't read any of Zahn's other Star Wars books, Outbound Flight may not be as much fun, since the main point of the book is to flesh out characters and history that we've been reading about for years.
Insight into Commander Thrawn... February 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After reading Zahn Trilogy, Thrawn was a character I much associated with that of Vader, one who was mislead in the beginning by noble intentions. This book allows you insight into Commander Thrawn of the Chiss Ascendancy and how he begins to embark on that wrong path which will eventually lead him into the ranks of Grand Admiral of the Imperials. When I read any of Zahn's books that involve Thrawn, I cannot put them down while the pages and chapters are focused on Thrawn. He's an amazing military statistician, so cunning in his decisions. Outbound Flight is a must read not only for this alone but to understand Jedi Master C'Boath's slide to the dark side, that his clone in the Thrawn trilogy's is described in.
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