Reddit mentions of Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy

I'd say Dark Empire. http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Empire-Trilogy-Horse/dp/1595826122/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381873710&sr=8-1&keywords=dark+empire

Not sure if your friend has read any of the expanded universe books, but the Thrawn Trilogy is a must for any hardcore Star Wars fan. I know you asked for comics, but I enjoy it so much I had to mention it. You may be able to save some cash buying the books separate, but I'll post a link to the hardcover: http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-The-Thrawn-Trilogy/dp/1595824170/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1381873710&sr=8-6&keywords=dark+empire

Well it looks like you've come to the right place! Allow me to copy/paste from some of my other comments and add some additional titles. I pray you forgive me, as I'm not currently in proximity to the majority of my collection.

• Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison: Vader must stop a coup against the Emperor. In doing so, he travels to the Jedi Temple and a Jedi prison from the Clone Wars. Amazon
  
• Darth Vader and the Lost Command: Vader has to find out what happened to a unit while also thwarting the actions of Moff Tarkin's son. Amazon
  
• Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin: A mysterious assassin is hired to kill Vader. Amazon
  
• Darth Vader and the Cry of Shadows: Told through the perspective of a clone trooper, Vader's monstrous nature is revealed within. Amazon
  
• The Dark Times Omnibus 1 collects Vector part 5 and Vector part 6, which are the continuation of the series from the Knights of the Old Republic and continues even through to Legacy.
  
• Star Wars: Purge: Vader attempts to track down Obi-Wan Kenobi, only to be fooled and lured into a trap by other Jedi who escaped Order 66.
  Star Wars: In the Shadow of Yavin: Although it takes place in the immediate aftermath of A New Hope, volume one contains several Vader-centric stories. Credit to /u/dorkofnight. Amazon.
  
• Jango Fett: Open Seasons: Origin story of Jango and how he became the template for the clone army. Art is on the better side. It ties in to the Star Wars: Bounty Hunter video game. Amazon
  
• Twin Engines of Destruction: Takes place post-ROTJ. Boba Fett fights Jodo Kast, a bounty hunter who has been masquerading as Fett. I believe this is the quintessential Boba Fett comic.
  
• Blood Ties: Takes place between III and IV. A man named Connor Freeman has been receiving payments from Jango's old account; Boba finds out why. The artwork is beautiful. Amazon
  
• Boba Fett Is Dead!: The continuation of Blood Ties. Boba Fett and Connor Freeman must once again team up to defeat a common enemy. Amazon
  
• The Thrawn Trilogy: Chronicles the return of Grand Admiral Thrawn to a galaxy in chaos following the deaths of Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader. Thrawn attempts to reunite the remnants of the Empire under himself. Amazon.
  
• The Crimson Empire Saga: An Imperial Guard must achieve vengeance on one of his own brothers who betrayed the Emperor. He revenge plan includes many other individuals. Amazon.
  
• Infinities: Alternate reality type comics. They tell stories of dramatic alterations in the Star Wars movies (Ep. IV, V, and VI). Episode VI is my personal favorite. Amazon (IV, V, VI, Omnibus)
  
• At War with the Empire volumes 1 and 2 (Dark Horse omnibus): Various EU stories about our heroes' adventures between Episodes IV and V. These are definitely a favorite of mine. Amazon (Vol 1, Vol 2)
  
• Early Victories (another Dark Horse omnibus): Early victories against the Empire following IV. Amazon
  
• Star Wars Tales: Collections of short, single-issue stories from around the Star Wars Galaxy. Some were considered canon while others were not. They provide an interesting glimpse into the lives of some lesser-explored characters (like Greedo, for instance). Amazon (Volume 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). Volume 3 is my favorite. Credit to /u/gigaflar3.
  
  This thread contains some other suggestions, several of which I have not read and, therefore, can't recommend.
  
  EDIT: Formatting. Adding suggestions made to me by others.

Haha, Kyle Katarn was one of my first introductions into the Star Wars EU too.

I noticed your interest in the Legacy comics (which are awesome and don't require much knoweldge of the EU), if you're more into comics than the novels, the Thrawn Trilogy was adapted into a pretty nice comic series. It's a cool introduction to the post Return of the Jedi era.

> The Thrawn Trilogy

These?
https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Trilogy-Mike-Baron/dp/1595824170

Why are they so expensive???

Thanks Man!

http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-The-Thrawn-Trilogy/dp/1595824170

One of the best stories to be set after the events of the original trilogy involve Grand Admiral Thrawn.


They come in novels or in comics (the version I prefer).


Just because the emperor is dead doesn't mean the empire falls apart. Now generals are taking control of individual systems as the rebels continue to fight. Thrawn is a master lactation, adept even at fighting lost sith lords... and Luke has to face off against the Emperor's personal task-master.

the "x-wing" series is pretty good (LOTS of books), and doesnt require any reading to understand, just the movies, and maybe you should know what a tie fighter/interceptor/bomber is, but for that theres wookiepedia. it goes on through most of the starwars post endor timeline, so you might wanna look up which book plays when, but the first 4 in the series should form a complete set.

http://www.amazon.com/X-Wing-Squardon-Kryptos-Squadron-Command-ebook/dp/B008C87QZY/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416765287&sr=1-1&keywords=x-wing

the "thrawn trilogy" is good imo, and i think it plays at least after the first three/four "x-wing" books.

http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Trilogy-Mike-Baron/dp/1595824170/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416765422&sr=1-2&keywords=thrawn+trilogy

my favorite (if youve read the others) is the "hand of thrawn" dualogy.

http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Thrawn-Dualogy-Specter/dp/B003TMTPTS/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416765447&sr=1-1&keywords=thrawn+dualogy

but its a matter of taste.

if youre interested, ill look through my old collection, and see if i find anything worth reading besides those.

edit:

amazon links.