Happy Star Wars Day, and May the Fourth be with you! I may be a Trekkie, but I enjoy a good Star Wars book too, and today I’m offering a video review of what I think are the best: The Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn. Celebrate Star Wars Day by watching my review below!
Tales of the Marvelous 
Yes! I also read these when they first came out and I completely agree with your statement that this is the direction I wanted the characters’ lives to take.
The audio books sound very cool.
Have you read the new Thrawn books? I haven’t but I’ve read some very favorable reviews of them.
I like that the books feature Leia in a strong, positive way. And the audio books sound fun to listen to, with all the sound effects in the background to add to the stories.