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The Outbound Flight Project is something that's been mentioned years and years before, but very little has been told about the actual event. It was mentioned in, I believe, one of Timothy Zahns earlier books. The full story of it will be told in that book.

 

Without revealing too much, the project involves trying to breach the Hyperspace Barrier surrounding their galaxy and travel to another galaxy in search of other lifeforms. But someone (not gonna mention who) sees his chance to get rid of certain individuals on board without it raising too many questions, seeing this task is a very dangerous one in the first place. ;)

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Originally posted by Astrotoy7

I guess you're referring to Survivors Quest... I got it sitting on my desk but havent read it yet :( Other stuff to read first :)

 

mtfbwya

I wouldn't know. :)

 

I'm only assuming it, seeing he's the one writing about the profect in this new book. ;)

 

All I know for sure is, that it's been know of for several years now (the Outbound Flight Project I mean, not the book :p ).

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Originally posted by Jan Gaarni

I wouldn't know. :)

 

I'm only assuming it, seeing he's the one writing about the profect in this new book. ;)

 

All I know for sure is, that it's been know of for several years now (the Outbound Flight Project I mean, not the book :p ).

 

Outbound Flight was first mentioned in The Thrawn Trilogy. The original Jorus CBoath was one of the jedi masters on it...(not the clone Joruus of course) :)

 

mtfbwya

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I know this is an old post, but I thought I would add to it... Hehehe...

 

At the moment, I am reading 'Survivor's Quest'. It takes place 50 years after the 'Outbound Flight'. At the moment, I think it was a great concept. Luke, Mara, and a few others find the ship out near Chiss space. My only problem with Timothy Zahn is that he keeps writting about Thrawn. He is a great writer, and he gets you hooked. I didn't notice he wrote a book about the 'Outbound Flight', and I hope he doesn't spoil too much of it in 'Survivor's Quest.'

 

With out giving too much detail, is it a good read?

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Survivor's Quest is a pretty good book with a nice plot twist. It's not the best Star Wars book, but it's a decent read.

 

I'd also like to point out to those who didn't know it yet, that Timothy Zahn, the author of the Thrawn Trilogy, the Hand of Thrawn duology and Survivor's Quest, is writing a book about the Outbound Flight project called (surprise,surprise) 'Outbound Flight'. It is stated to be released on January 31.

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Survivor's Quest is a pretty good book with a nice plot twist. It's not the best Star Wars book, but it's a decent read.

 

I'd also like to point out to those who didn't know it yet, that Timothy Zahn, the author of the Thrawn Trilogy, the Hand of Thrawn duology and Survivor's Quest, is writing a book about the Outbound Flight project called (surprise,surprise) 'Outbound Flight'. It is stated to be released on January 31.

I agree... 'Survivor's Quest' is not the best, but it does keep you reading. Like I said... I hope he didn't give too much away... I hope 'The Outbound Flight' is the last Thrawn book.

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I have read this book now. It was interesting, to be sure - there is alot of Thrawn, which fans of his would love.... The focus is definitely on him and less on the jedi. Because of this, at times it almost felt like it wasnt a SW book....but maybe thats just me :)

 

Jorus C'boath was really annoying and arrogant....how the heck did he ever become a Jedi Master.

 

I loved the foreshadowing of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion, and that one of OFPs sub-missions was to investigate what had happenned to Vergere :) She is one cool bird-lady :p

 

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I have read this book now. It was interesting, to be sure - there is alot of Thrawn, which fans of his would love.... The focus is definitely on him and less on the jedi. Because of this, at times it almost felt like it wasnt a SW book....but maybe thats just me :)

 

Jorus C'boath was really annoying and arrogant....how the heck did he ever become a Jedi Master.

 

I loved the foreshadowing of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion, and that one of OFPs sub-missions was to investigate what had happenned to Vergere :) She is one cool bird-lady :p

 

mtfbwya

I seemed to recall he promoted himself

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I would be more intrested in this book if they had an indepth look at the members of the Outbound Flight. After reading it predicessors, I allready know how Thrawn deals with the contriversy surrounding the flight. However, I was hoping to find out more about the Jedi and families involved. Thrawn is a pretty descent character, but I can get tired of him easy. I have never read the Thrawn Triology, but I have read enough of the extension books to get an idea of who he is.

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Well, I was holding off on getting it, but $15 for a hardcover book is a sweet deal, so I picked it up with Betrayal. I'll get around to it... eventually

 

 

And after finishing it, I thought it was an ok book. It was interesting to see a much younger Thrawn. I'm hoping there'll be another book about Thrawn and what he did after Outbound Flight and anything he did in the early days of the Empire.

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Jorus C'boath was really annoying and arrogant....how the heck did he ever become a Jedi Master.

 

you seem to have forgotten about Master Vrook :D. but then again, maybe you havent played KotOR.

 

but OT:

i've read Survivor's Quest twice and its pretty darn good. There's a lot of backstabbing and stuff like that once you get deep enough and the best thing is:

 

 

THE 501st LEGION IS THERE! w00t!!! :D

 

 

definitely worth the money.

 

i have started reading outbound flight and so far im injoying it

 

WTF?? i thought Outbound Flight was to be released in 2007?

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Outbound Flight was another Zahn masterpiece. Still my favorite EU writer, out of all the Zahn books, this is the one I enjoyed the most. If I may suggest, however, read Survivor's Quest before Outbound Flight, if you haven't already.

 

 

-schwager

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Outbound Flight was another Zahn masterpiece. Still my favorite EU writer, out of all the Zahn books, this is the one I enjoyed the most. If I may suggest, however, read Survivor's Quest before Outbound Flight, if you haven't already.

-schwager

I agree. If you were to read Survivor's Quest second, the book would read kind of weird. It would also take away the susepense. Zhan is a very creative and inventive writter, I think he is 'one of the best' SW: writers.

 

I found the Duology: "Specter of the Past" & "Vision of the Future" very entertaining.

 

I haven't read 'Outbound Flight' as of yet, but I plan to do so when it hits paperback.

 

Most of his books are based upon pre-NJO and pre-prequel events. I think he took a good stand at keeping away from NJO. I know he may embrace some stories in the future, but I am enjoying the factor that Mara and Luke don't have children. Plus, Chewy is still alive.

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