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I dunno, under similar levels of pressure, I’d think they were equally scary.

also realised I didn’t answer your question about Thrawn. It’s not really a comparison – they are written to be totally different styles of books. In the first book, there are no POV characters from the Rebel side, it is all about how Thrawn was brought into the Empire and rose through the ranks. Book two so far is him and Vader going adventuring. They are enjoyable, but it is impossible for them to have the impact of the original trilogy. Star Wars is so much better fleshed out nowadays that the novels don’t have as heavy a burden on them. I can see characters from it appearing in other forms of media though and they bring in bits from the current canon shows throughout while not being too heavy handed with it. I really like the way Star Wars audiobooks have sound effects and music but without going full radio play with different voice actors. The narrator is good though his female voices are a bit cringey. I’ve already picked up the next one with this month’s Libro credit but the Lovecraft Investigations podcast just dropped a new season yesterday after three years so everything is being put aside to enjoy that.