## Chapter 13

1 This line is undoubtedly out of date now, with the other books that have been written in the gap between Return of the Jedi and Heir. But it was true when I wrote it.

—TZ

2 Coincidence is, of course, a necessary part of fiction, and Star Wars is no exception. What would have happened, for instance, if Han and Chewie hadn’t dropped into that Mos Eisley cantina for a drink?

But unlike the case with most fiction, it can be argued that in Star Wars there’s an underlying purpose to seemingly random events. The Force may be subtly guiding encounters such as this.

—TZ

3 A small thing that I never would have anticipated, and never even knew before I was invited to a Star Wars convention in Munich:

The thr combination apparently doesn’t exist in German, or so I was told. German Star Wars fans therefore have terrific difficulty pronouncing Thrawn’s name.

—TZ