Heir to The Empire was a number-one New York Times bestseller and the
science-fiction publishing event of the year. Dark Force Rising
continued the gripping new adventures of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia,
Han Solo, and the other heroes of the most popular trilogy in movie
history. Now the saga concludes with The Last Command, the climactic
volume of a three-book cycle authorized by Lucasfilm Ltd. and written by
Hugo Award-winning author Timothy Zahn. It is five years after the
events of Return of The Jedi. The fragile New Republic reels from the
attacks of Grand Admiral Thrawn, who has not only rallied the remaining
Imperial forces but has driven the rebels back with an abominable new
technology: clone soldiers. Hopes are dim as Thrawn mounts a final siege
against the Republic. While Han and Chewbacca struggle to form a wary
alliance of smugglers in a last-ditch attack against the Empire, Leia
keeps the Alliance together and prepares for the birth of her Jedi
twins. But the Empire has too many ships and too many clones to combat.
The Republic's only hope lies in sending a small force, led by Luke,
into the very stronghold that houses Thrown's terrible cloning machines.
There a final danger awaits. The Dark Jedi C'baoth schemes in his secret
fortress, directing the battle against the rebels, nursing his insanity
and building his strength to finish what he had already started - the
destruction of Luke Skywalker. An odyssey of fast-paced action, stunning
revelation, and final confrontation, The Last Command spans a galaxy in
flames - a tale that will conclude in this third and last installment as
Good and Evil battle "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...."
