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Summary: This book shows the real rogue squadron still has it
Review: At the end of Isards Revenge I was wondering how wedge and iella would hook up if wedge hooked up with qwi. This was a perfect way to do it. This book covered that and gave you a more in depth look at the core rogue group. Wes was quite funny and hobby was mournful. You really see how much these guys care for each other in this book when Tycho gets shot down and wedge thinks he's gone it was a perfect example of how much these guys have been through together.
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Summary: We need more of this!
Review: Aaron Allston...the brilliantly creative writer of the X-wing, Wraith Squadron series has done it again. Starfighters of Adumar has taken 4 New Republic pilots and thrown them in for the run of their lives. The point of view of the main pilot (Wedge Antilles) is fantastic. Not only do we get to see more of the inner workings of his mind, but also see how he respondes to varius situations. Like Allston's Wraith Squad series...this book definetly does not lack its humour as well as its seriousness. I found myself cracking up in the very beginings of his book. The antics of maturity level 0, Wes Janson, followed by the mornfull faced, Derek "Hobbie" Klivian make up the most of the humour in this book. But never underestimate Wedge...for he has his own idea of humour as well. The story line covers the major aspects of a great read: humour, love, facinating settings, conflicts (great ones too!), and the most important...great characters in themselves. Trust me, one wont be dissapointed with this book. If you're waiting for a few things to be tied up...Iella fans you know what Im talking about...they get tied up here. This book is a definete recommendation...Just one thing....Can we get more of this?!
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Summary: This is the best SW X-wing novel ever.
Review: Starfighters of Adumar is my favorite book in the X-wing series. Not the least of many wonderful things about it is that the entire book is from the point of view of Wedge Antilles. As a serious (nay, rabid) Wedge fan, I found that aspect marvelous. The story should please most SW fans; the plot holds up well throughout and has plenty of surprises. And despite having no misfit Wraiths for comic relief, the book still is full of the perverse humor and madcap action Allston did so well in the Wraith Squadron books. Wedge, Tycho, Wes Janson, and Hobbie arrive on Adumar feeling ill-suited for the diplomatic mission assigned to them, and find themselves on a planet with a violent and bloodthirsty culture where people will duel to the death -- with swords or in the air -- over the slightest of insults. Wedge is ordered to duel also, and kill people, to gain the "respect and acceptance" of the local government, but he refuses -- risking court-martial and disgrace -- because he considers it immoral. The story heats up into riveting battles, assassination attempts, and chase scenes, along with political sparring and even a touch of romance. The battles are well done, clearly described, tense and imaginative, and, different from any I've read previously. Fans of Wedge will find him magnificent -- cool, tough, heroic, caring, noble, brilliant, with all the "right stuff." How he wins back his One True Love is charming and will warm the hearts of those long waiting for Wedge to get a life outside of Starfighter Command. I would characterize this book as "Star Wars meets the Three Musketeers meets Mission Impossible." It's a wonderful read, with the fun, adventure, and swashbuckling camaraderie Star Wars was originally all about.
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Summary: favorite book
Review: "Starfighters of Adumar" is my favorite book in the X-Wing series, in the Star Wars series, and in the entire world. I'm not just a crazy Star Wars fan; I read all kinds of other books. And I still have yet to find one that is better and that I enjoy more than "Starfighters of Adumar." Character development, plot, general writing style, humor, action...All of it is done supremely well, in the way that only Aaron Allston can.I first bought this book when I was twelve or thirteen, and read the entire thing from cover to cover within about five hours, three of which were spent hiding under the covers of my bed after lights-out, reading with a flashlight. It is that effing brilliant. Wedge is a wonderful narrator, and it is amazing to finally see an author really let go on his personality. By that, I don't mean that he changed dramatically or anything; I mean that Wedge finally has a distinct, unique voice. I really liked that he found his woman (who I'm not going to name for fear of spoilers :) ), and it wasn't cheesy, stupid, or absolutely ridiculous (*coughcallistacough*). There were some great lines said between them, and it was a believable relationship. The best relationship of all, though, is the one between Wedge and his pilots. Specifically, between Wedge and Janson. Wes Janson has been my favorite character in the Star Wars series ever since the words 'yub yub' came out of his mouth in "Wraith Squadron." It was great to see him finally get the spotlight that he deserves in SoA. He really was the core of the book, as someone said before. There are so many good lines of his from the book that I can't even list them (although I do have quite a few committed to memory). He's not ALWAYS funny, and he's meant to be obnoxious, yet he doesn't get on the reader's nerves. He had some great interchanges with Wedge (who played the straight man, as another reviewer put it), as well as Hobbie, who's the perfect wingman for him with his dour look on life. I couldn't believe it when I picked up the book and saw that Hobbie actually had lines. Unbelievable. And he's funny as hell to boot! One scene that comes to mind in particular is where an intruder has come into the four pilots' apartment on Adumar late at night. Hobbie wakes up, trips over a chair, points his comlink at the intruder, and determinedly clicks it, sure that he's shooting a blaster at him. :D Another bit that I think of is the "I should do bacta endorsements" part. He's a great character. I literally laugh out loud while reading this book; it's hilarious. Tycho turns out to have this faintly sarcastic sense of humor that's greatly entertaining; one of the best lines in the book comes from him. "Oh, Hobbie and the ground get along a little too violently when they get together." The whole book isn't fun and games, though. Despite all the great banter and humor, there's a serious undercurrent and an entertaining, intriguing plot. Dogfights, groundfights (I was SO excited to see them get in fist and blaster fights), political intrique, and humor form the backbone of this book. I absolutely love it. I've read it cover-to-cover at least 25 or 30 times. My copy is literally beginning to fall apart at the seams from overuse. I highly recommend this book, to a Star Wars fan or otherwise. I'll close with some favorite lines/bits from the book. Mind you, these are from memory, so they won't be exact. "So it's like a blaster you have to hit someone with? I have to have one." -Janson
"Don't give him a new kind of weapon. It will be like giving a lightsaber to a two-year-old." -Tycho "I'm so glad the people here like to wave and shake hands." -Janson
"Why's that?" -Wedge
"What if their way of greeting visiting dignitaries was to throw paint?" -Janson
"Point taken." -Wedge "As you can see, I've provided amusement for Janson for years." -Tomer "Efficient use of effort. When do we eat?" -Hobbie "You can't see her now." -Hobbie
"Why not?" -Wedge
"You're all sweaty from the fight." -Hobbie
"He's right. You stink of sweat, and smoke, and the wine the minister spilled on you--" -Janson
"He missed me." -Wedge
"I don't think so. Anyway, you're not fit for a liaison tonight. I guess I'll have to go in your place. I'm ready for this assignment, sir." -Janson
"This isn't a lia-- Tycho, if he keeps this up, Hobbie gets to pick his clothes for the next week." -Wedge
"Oh, good." -Hobbie "It's obvious they adore you. You could throw up on yourself and they'd love it. By nightfall, they'd all be doing it. They'd call it 'the Wedge Purge'. They'd be eating different-colored foods to add variety..." -Janson
"Tycho, I thought you'd be able to do what I never could. Get Wes up to an emotion age of 14, maybe 15." -Wedge
"No. No power in the universe could do that. Not Darth Vader and the dark side of the Force, not the nuclear devastation of an exploding sun." -Tycho
"They'd be competing for distance and volume." -Janson
"Wes, just shut up." -Wedge
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Summary: Excellent end to the X-wing series
Review: Where as the previous X-Wing books had a whole squadron to talk about (Rouge and Wraith), this one got a little bit more intimate in that only four of the pilots are featured (Wedge, Tycho, Janson, and Hobbie). This provides for a more "intimate" character development, especially with Wedge, and his relationships with Qwi and eventually Iella. Wedge is known as the everyman in the Sw universe, but he is human, and we get to see that in this book. The backdrop is interesting, with the Adumarian culture who value fighter pilots above all else, an interesting analogy for the X-Wing series. Highly recommended.
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Summary: I Prefer Aggressive Negotiations
Review: Although this is more a book about politics, I really enjoyed all the humor they put into it...It's worth it just because it's really funny.
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Summary: Radiant
Review: Everyone has their favorite SW novelist, and Allston is mine. Props to Stackpole and Zahn, but I simply enjoy Allston so much. One of my favorite things about his writing is that he doesn't neglect the minor characters, and this holds true in this novel, as well as his other XWing novels. There is less development of the main characters than in the previous novels; I think Allston assumes that anyone who's gotten this far knows who the main group is. However, he takes our previous assumptions and runs with them, creating a story that, however predictable the plot, glistens with the reality of the characters.
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Summary: Series bows out with wit, action, and affection.
Review: Aaron Allston closes out the X-Wing Series with this stand alone novel that has Wedge Antilles and his team of sarcastic wingmen off to play diplomat. The plan is to encourage the neutral world of Adumar to join the New Republic. What they discover is that Adumar is only one or two civilized steps above utter barbarism, with starfighters routinely killing each other in needless honor duels. Making matters worse is the arrival of Imperial delegates wishing to woo Adumar over to the Empire and a New Republic diplomat that believes that any means are justified by the end (i.e. getting Adumar into the New Republic). I'm not the most well read Star Wars fan, so some of the plot lines mentioned early on left me going, huh? But when the novel gets cooking it becomes a tasty adventure with all the epic battles one has come to expect from this galaxy far, far away.
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Summary: favorite book
Review: If we count I Jedi, i think this is book 10, and the final rogue book so far. aaron allston does a fantastic job of combining characters primarily created by others. Here, wedge is asked to be a "diplomate" for the new republic on a world that reveres pilots. Adumar is a feudel world where pilots are the josting knights.
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Summary: Funniest SW book-EVER!!!
Review: Without a doubt, one of the best of the SW EU and not a Jedi in sight! In fact, none of the Big Three (Luke, Han or Leia) make an appearance-this details the adventures of what my friends and I call the Fab Four: Wedge Antilles, Tycho Celchu, Wes Janson and Derek "Hobbie" Klivian! Find out why the sun offends Wedge and what he asks Janson to do about it! Will Wedge find true love? All this and more!
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