Galaxies Realm

From starwars.com:
http://www.starwars.com/vault/books/news20090402.html

Quote:Bestselling author and fan-favorite Timothy Zahn will return to the Expanded Universe of Star Wars novels with a new full-length story to be published by Del Rey Books in 2011. The new tale of intrigue and action is set in the time of classic Star Wars trilogy, not long after the events of his previous novel, Allegiance. The legendary heroes return -- Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Chewbacca -- along with some of Zahn's most popular creations: Thrawn, Mara Jade and the Hand of Judgment stormtroopers.

The book is as yet untitled, but is slated to debut in fall of 2011, the year that marks the 20th anniversary of his first Star Wars novel, Heir to the Empire, the blockbuster book that launched the modern era of Star Wars publishing.

I like the sounds of it, I've read Allegiance and liked it. Hopefully this will be just as good.

To tell you the truth, I wasn't particularly interested in following the continued adventures of the Hand of Judgment, but I suppose that it'll be a great book. It is a Zahn book, after all.

I hope this novel kind of moves away from Han, Luke and Leia and deals with Mara, Thrawn and the Hand of judgment there is more than enough to write about with those three groups (and with far less continuity issues).

I'm interested in the early exploits of Mara Jade. Her role (and journey) in Allegiance was definitely intriguing, and I far prefer her as the Emperor's Hand to the Jedi Master/housewife.