wow, yes. whilst i cringed a bit at the ysalami things that could stop the force working and the whole problem thrawn had with his eyes and skin (previously I'd read that the Empire was racist which is why in ROTJ we have a rebel briefing room full of aliens).

the stories - whilst not memorable (errr, I mean 20 years later and i've totally forgotten the storyline except it was something to do with discovering a fleet of dreadnaughts) - i felt was more star wars-y than the dark horse comics that subsequently got released. the dark horse stuff seemed good but up-its-own arse in terms of tone and contrived "darkness" for the sake of being "dark" - it's a tough balance, but for me star wars has a whimsical quality (which when out of balance we get the horrid prequels) which dark horse didn't understand in my eyes. but yes, zahn "got it".