Shadows of the Empire: Star Wars Legends

Steve Perry

Jun 2011 · Star Wars - Legends Series Book 47 · Sold by Random House Worlds

About this eBook

Shadows of the Empire illuminates the shadowy outlines of a criminal conspiracy that exists in the background of the events in the movies, ruled by a character new to us. Prince Xizor is a mastermind of evil who dares to oppose one of the best-known fictional villains of all time: Darth Vader. The story involves all the featured Star Wars movie characters, plus Emperor Palpatine and, of course, Lord Vader himself.

Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!

Ratings and reviews

This was one of the first Star Wars novels I read back in the late 90's. A brilliantly written book by Steve Perry, creating a conflict with existing characters while creating new characters that seamlessly fit within the story. The title says top ten but this is easily top three

I highly recommend this book, it provides great depth of the Star Wars universe between the 5th and 6th movie. A full adventure featuring Dash Rendar, Darth Vader, Black Prince Xizor, Luke Skywalker I loved the game as well as this novel, a great read for any Star Wars fan.

This book is a story for a much younger generation. If I was a kid I would give it four stars. It lacks the Star Wars charm. However the writer had a huge challange to come up with a story to take place between The Empier Srikes Back and Return of the Jedi.

About the author

Steve Perry is an author and television writer. A native of the Deep South, he is the author of more than 50 novels and numerous short stories, including The Forever Drug, Spindoc, The Trinity Vector, and the Matador series. He also penned books for the Alien, Conan, and Star Wars franchises. A practitioner of the martial art Silat, he is the father of science fiction author S. D. Perry.