I'm still enjoying this trilogy, which makes it a nice change from some of the earlier Star Wars tie-ins. It's got more of a sense of scale and shifting currents, and comes across as far less superficial in its treatment of the universe. There's some thought gone into it, is what I'm saying, although I wondered, when reading, if the impact of some of the storylines was lessened a bit by having so many strands and plot points to cover to follow. It's not that the plot is over-complicated, because it isn't, but for all my appreciation of its thoughtfulness the only real emotional beats, for me, were in Leia's storyline, as she discovered how badly the Empire (and Vader) had exploited a race of people, destroying their ecosystem and turning them into slaves. I was interested in the other storylines, but in comparison I didn't really care about them, if that makes sense. Although credit where it's due, Mara Jade was slightly less whiny and annoying this time around.