Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, Vol. 1)

It’s five years after the Rebel Alliance destroyed the Death Star, defeated Darth Vader and the Emperor, and drove the remnants of the old Imperial Starfleet to a distant corner of the galaxy. Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting Jedi twins. And Luke Skywalker has become the first in a long-awaited line of Jedi Knights.
 
But thousands of light-years away, the last of the Emperor’s warlords, Grand Admiral Thrawn, has taken command of the shattered Imperial fleet, readied it for war, and pointed it at the fragile heart of the New Republic. For this dark warrior has made two vital discoveries that could destroy everything the courageous men and women of the Rebel Alliance fought so hard to build.

• Dark Force Rising (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, Vol. 2)
• The Last Command (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy)
• Specter of the Past (Star Wars: The Hand of Thrawn #1)
• Thrawn (Star Wars) (Star Wars: Thrawn)
• Star Wars: Darth Plagueis (Star Wars - Legends)
• Vision of the Future (Star Wars: The Hand of Thrawn, Book 2)
• Path of Destruction (Star Wars: Darth Bane, Book 1)
• Outbound Flight (Star Wars - Legends)
• Star Wars: Choices of One (Star Wars - Legends)
• Star Wars: The Old Republic - Revan (Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends)