Star Wars: Survivor's Quest by Timothy Zahn

Mara and Luke Skywalker are back! They've been asked to view the recently discovered remains of Outbound Flight.  There's lots of intrigue, plots, and counter-plots involving the Chiss, the Rebel Alliance, and a mysterious alien race liberated by Outbound Flight fifty years earlier.  An enjoyable adventure! 416 pages.

Star Wars: Outbound Flight by Timothy Zahn

I wish Timothy Zahn would write the screenplay for the next Star Wars movie!  He develops his characters and  uses technology to advance the story line not replace it.  Outbound Flight is the story of a mission to colonize the unknown regions at the edge of galaxy.  The mission is the brainchild of Jedi Master Jorus C'Baoth, whose arrogance and impatience do not endear him to the civilians on Outbound Flight.  He plans to use the mission to recruit and train a new generation of Jedi, by force if necessary. But even Master C'Baoth is not aware that the mission is doomed.  Agents of the Sith Lord Darth Sidious are waiting to destroy Outbound Flight before it crosses into unknown territory.  Will they succeed?  Or will their plot be foiled by the Chiss Commander Thrawn?  I thoroughly enjoyed reading about the early adventures of Thrawn, the smuggler Jorg Car'das, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and a very young Annakin Skywalker. 420 pages.