Star Wars: Outbound Flight

By: Timothy Zahn

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

On an epic voyage far beyond the Republic, the Jedi will confront their most extraordinary enemy—and test the limits of honor and sacrifice against their most devastating challenge.

The Clone Wars have yet to erupt when Jedi Master Jorus C’baoth petitions the Senate for support of a singularly ambitious undertaking: the dream of Outbound Flight. Six Jedi Masters, twelve Jedi Knights, and fifty thousand men, women, and children will embark—aboard a gargantuan vessel, equipped for years of travel—on a mission to contact intelligent life and colonize undiscovered worlds beyond the known galaxy.

Unknown to the famed Jedi Master, the launch of the mission is secretly being orchestrated by an unlikely ally: the evil Sith Lord Darth Sidious, who has his own reasons for wanting Outbound Flight to move forward.

Yet Darth Sidious is not the mission’s most dangerous challenge. Once underway, the starship crosses paths at the edge of Unknown Space with the forces of the alien Chiss Ascendancy and a brilliant mastermind named Thrawn. Even Jedi knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, aboard Outbound Flight with his young Padawan student Anakin Skywalker, cannot help to avert disaster. What begins as a peaceful Jedi mission is violently transformed into an all-out war for survival against staggering odds—and the most diabolical of adversaries.© and (P)2005 Lucasfilm Ltd. and TM. Random House Audio, a division of Random House Inc.

Great read

I loved it!!! Only wished it was the unabridged addition bc I feel like there was so much more that was said. Not that I noticed much but as soon as I read other reviews saying that I kept wondering :) going to buy the book and read it now :)

Really Well Done

Great story ... Love Mr. Zahn's writing, but Jonathan Davises narration is really captivating. Great fun!

Good book, great reading

Really fun listen if you’re super into Star Wars lore. Some of it is kind of cheesy, but it goes into Thrawn’s story a lot. Some of the seemingly major characters just disappear halfway through the book and are never mentioned again, and the “twist” had some plot holes. Still, worth a listen. The performance by Jonathan Davis was excellent, and all of his accents and pronunciations were great and really draws you into the story (although he never did decide on a consistent way to say Thrawn’s full chiss name) I highly recommend this story if you’re a big fan of Star Wars lore, though it may be less interesting if you don’t know who Thrawn is.

Mispronunciation of Character Names

In addition to the narrator mispronouncing one of the main characters names, this story isn't as well thought-out as other works by this author. Plus the appearances of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are totally unnecessary and slow down the story. The ending felt forced.

Hard to stop.

Intriguing backstory of a keystone character. a must read/listen to any fans of the "Legends" universe.