DuracellEnergizer said:

Anchorhead said:

There are even a few prequel references in a couple of his novels. Again, fine. They amount to little more than name checks. I don't give them a thought because they're throw-away.

Until those names happen to be Padmé and Amidala, am I right? ;-)

Unless I've just forgotten, I don't remember any reference to her in Zahn's work. If there was, it must have really been just a name check.

*edit*

Now that I think about it, if she were mentioned at all, it would have most likely been Outbound Flight. Anakin and Kenobi are fairly heavy in it at the beginning, but are suddenly and conveniently jettisoned from the story completely.

Their sudden departure from the story had a weird feel, which I was more than ok with ;-)

In fact, I could never figure out why they were in the early part of the story at all. Their roles felt out of place and served no purpose.