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Hasbro Star Wars Legacy Comic 2-Pack Dark Horse Heir to the Empire #1: Review

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In 1991, Bantam Spectra Books and Lucasfilm Limited joined forces to re-launch the dormant  Star Wars  franchise with the publication of Timothy Zahn's  Star Wars: Heir to the Empire , the first volume of a three-book cycle known as The Thrawn Trilogy . Eight years had passed since the theatrical run of  Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi,  and only a few Lando Calrissian novels, a moribund Marvel Comics series and a West End Games role-playing game were "keeping the flame" for fans who wondered when - or  if  -  Star Wars  creator George Lucas would complete the long-rumored  nine-part  saga made up of  three  Trilogies - the Classic, the Prequels and a Sequel Trilogy set decades after  Return of the Jedi. Heir to the Empire,  which is set five years after the climactic events of  Episode VI,  not only updated readers on how the lives of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian, C-3PO and R2-D2 have changed since the Battle of En