Tatooine Ghost

This was an interesting Star Wars novel that served as a nice bridge between the early life of Anakin Skywalker depicted in The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones and the legacy of Darth Vader as seen by his children in post-Return of the Jedi novels. Tatooine Ghost is set after The Courtship of Princess Leia (when Han and Leia get married) but before the Thrawn trilogy and subsequent novels where we learn the two have had children. The book takes place entirely on Tatooine, and intersects nicely with the past (Leia finds Shmi Skywalker's diary, the Tusken camp where she was killed, Obi-Wan's hut, etc.) and the future (Leia decides having children is something she wants to do after all, we get subtle hints that a certain Imperial officer is an expert in military tactics and will rapidly move through the ranks, etc.).

The paperback also includes a short story which depicts something I've never seen before: Chewbacca's dialogue in a comprehensible form, as he talks to his wife and kid (Yes, "Lumpy" from the much-derided Star Wars Holiday Special).