hairy_hen said:

The Thrawn trilogy is amazing—easily the best by far of any Star Wars books that have ever been written. I too had difficulty with them when I was young, but when I tried again at a more mature age, I wondered why I'd ever passed them over before.

Maybe I'll give it another shot. I've been trying to dig out my old copy, but I must have lost it when I got rid of my Star Wars stuff. I thought I had it packed in with my other books, but it looks like it went out with the SW collection. I can probably track down a used copy somewhere..