Rogue Squadron (Star Wars: X-Wing Series, Book 1)

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Summary: X-Wing Series
Review: Excellent gap filler. Almost non-stop action, with very few lulls. Stackpole and Allston do a great job of developing Wedge Antilles and creating a new core of fighter pilots. The whole series is a great read. Once you pick up these books, you won't put them down till you're finished. Hats off to the writers.

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Summary: X-Wing Series
Review: This series takes a couple of things that work in the Star Wars movies and unsuccessfully converts them into a book. The dogfights are often long and drawn out, unfortunately, due to the innordinate amount of data that is required for the reader to be able to track just two ships in three dimensions often makes them seem slow. Also, for some reason the authors of the series find some inexplicable need to find a new way for every ship to blow up. The series also suffers because of too many characters. A squadron is made up of 12 pilots, plus support staff. Often many of these pilots never do anything but sit in the briefing room. Also, the handling characteristics of the different ships are often mismatched. This was particularly noticeable when an X-wing manages to outrace an A-wing. The Imperial commanders must never have graduated from flight school, and their tactics match such a profile. This series had a strong idea, but an incredibly poor execution.

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Summary: One dimensional, but a good gap filler
Review: This review rates the whole X-Wing series. If you ever read "Heir to the Empire", you've probably wondered how the Rebels got from their victory at Endor to having control over 3/4 of the galaxy. After all, despite its defeat, the Empire was still had overwhelming superiority. For Star Wars buffs, the X-Wing series is worth read if only because it fills in this gap by showing, step-by-step, how the Rebels won the galaxy. This being said, the series still has its problems. Most of these stem from the portrayal of the Imperials as incredibly stupid and one dimensional. It is claimed that the reason the Empire doesn't engage the Rebellion is due to the Rebel's stealth. Yet, the Empire never strikes back even when its knows exactly where the Rebels are. Also, the Imperial leadership lacks any grasp of political-military strategy. For example, Iceheart trades her strongest asset (control of the galactic capital, Coursant) based on a rather lame and fragile scheme (betting a plague will "smother" the rebellion). Makes you wonder how these people managed to conqueor the galaxy in the first place. Also, the Imperial characters (with the exception of General Derriocte) are not adequately developed. Lastly, the Rebels consistently inflict massive damage with hardly a loss (the Rebel dead regularly come back to life). Bottom line--the series would be better if the opposition were more credible.

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Summary: Excellent Series
Review: I have read this book and the other eight books of the series. I have them and have read them all. I think Michael A. Stackpole is a truly awesome author. Anybody who gives this book less than five stars then they are really stupid.

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Summary: My review of Rogue Squadron
Review: I thought the book was pretty good for the first installment in the series. It introduced the heroes and villains very well, but I somehow found the book to be not that much packed full of action as I expected it to be, but overall it was a pretty good novel and pretty much kept me on the edge of my seat.

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Summary: Hell of a way to start............
Review: This book was the second best of the X-wing series and one of the most exciting books in the star wars universe. This book was sooooo action-packed and it was so cool on Pg. 280 when General Salm and Defender Wing saved the day.... Long Live Rogue Squadron!

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Summary: Rogue Squadron (Star Wars X-Wing, Bk.1
Review: This book talks about how Wedge Antilles rebuilds Rogue Squadron. He recruits 10 new pilots: Corran Horn(human male), Ooryl Qyrgg(Gand male), Nawara Ven (Twi'lek male), Ryshati Ynr(human female, Bror Jace(human male), Erisi Dlarit(human female), Gavin Darklighter(human male), Lujayne Forge(human female), Androoni Hui(Rodian female) and Peshk ? (Bothan male), They go through a series of training simulators and real missions. Only the fittest of them survive. I recomend this book mostly to 9-12 years of age but it I also recomend it to middle&high school students too.

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Summary: A good start
Review: I thibk i have always loved things starwars, but have been disapointed in the past with some of the novels. But not this one. Although I found it a little slow, it does have to do all the ground work. Apart from a couple of known characters like Wedge Antillies the cast is all new. All the characters get introduced and there is a decent enough emphasis on characters and not just plot. I have always liked the X-wings and this book does them justice. If you like Starwars and X-wings then this book should not disapoint.

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Summary: ']['his is a great book for Star Wars fans.
Review: This is a very good book. I think that anyone who likes Star Wars a lot should definetly read this book. It starts out anonymous, you don't know who anyone is, but eventually it gets easier to understand. This is kind of good, because then you can read any book in the series, but not neccesarily in order. The books explain what happened before (in the previous books) so it all makes sense. I highly recommend it.

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Summary: Beyond Episode 6 in Star Wars
Review: Ever wonder what happens after the Star Wars Trilogy? I have always been interested in what happens after the first three movies. This book shows how Commander Wedge Antilles must rebuild the legendary Rogue Squadron. Rogue Squadron is the elite fighting corps of the Alliance, and now New Republic. You get an excellent idea of what it is like to fly, and pilot the X-Wings, which are the spacecraft most commonly flown by Rogue Squadron. Corran Horn is one of the new characters introduced into the Star Wars Galaxy, and one of my favorites. He is one of Rogue Squadrons most talented pilots. The battles in this story bring you right into the cockpit of the X-Wings, and the battles are very well described and utterly exciting. I loved this book right from the start. The book takes you from space battles to new planets in this galaxy. The book is well detailed, and shows the characters personalities with vivid interest. I would recommend that Star Wars fans, and those that are just interested, should read this book. I would say anyone in high school, or even middle school, could read this book.