Shadows of the Empire: Star Wars Legends

By: Steve Perry

Narrated by: Marc Thompson

Shadows of the Empire illuminates the shadowy outlines of a criminal conspiracy that exists in the background of the events in the movies, ruled by a character new to us. Prince Xizor is a mastermind of evil who dares to oppose one of the best-known fictional villains of all time: Darth Vader. The story involves all the featured Star Wars movie characters, plus Emperor Palpatine and, of course, Lord Vader himself.

30 years worth the wait

One of the best books finally unabridged. This book basically started the EU and is a must listen for any fan. Remember the Bothans.

The best attempt at a movie between any SW movies

Glad there’s finally an audiobook of SoTE on Audible. This was a lot of fun to revisit. I read the book back in the 90s and still have it in my library. I have to admit Xizor is kind of a weak nemesis to Darth Vader and the Alliance. He’s only a playboy who does nothing but use his money to get what he wants. He has nothing else that represents a threat to anyone except for the part when he tries to seduce Leia. His biggest threat is his bodyguard which I suppose was a character created to make Xizor more dangerous than he himself really is. I kinda wish the narrator would read the non speaking parts with regularity throughout the whole book as opposed to changing his voice depending on who we are in the environment of within the narrative. It’s a nitpick and I’m sure most others are unruffled by that strategy.

loved the book, loved this and loved the game

the story is an awesome link to the 6th movie. definitely recommend it to any star wars fan 🤙

MAKE LEGENDS CANNON AGAIN

If it's unabridged and original cannon its probably pretty good . for Shadows of the empire it goes without saying .

What an amazing narrator!

Not only was the story good but I was constantly impressed by how great the narrator was. He nails the characters so well vocally that it made me feel like I was watching a movie.