Tales from the New Republic: Star Wars (Star Wars - Legends)
Yet anotherStar WarsTales collection,Tales from the New  Republicrescues a sheaf of stories that never saw publication in West End's  now-kaputOfficial Star Wars Adventure Journal, with the addition of a  tag-team novella byStar Warsfiction demigods Timothy Zahn (Hugo-winning  author ofSpecter of the Past)  and Mike Stackpole (founding member of theRogue Squadron). This above-average  anthology delivers on the same promise as other Tales collections, fleshing out  hidden details in theStar Warsuniverse, with notable appearances by  Mara Jade, Senator Garm Bel Iblis, Hal Horn, Talon Karrde, Kyp Durron, and the  book's only true heavy-hitter--Boba Fett, in a fun, comic-book style frontal  assault on a not-so-invincible Imperial garrison. The stories prove to be  winners for the most part, with a good mix of old-hand authors and new bloods,  but the Zahn-Stackpole collaboration is undoubtedly the star of the show.--Paul Hughes