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Summary: Darn Good, but only 80% great.
Review: I had read all the other books and most of the comics, but had avoided the x-wing books. But I started reading them while I was waiting for the ONSLAUGHT books of the NEW JEDI ORDER to be completed by Stackpole. I thought the x-wing books were very enjoyable. Some of the problems included: I had the spy pegged from the beginning. Hard to follow characters in the battles until I got to the later books. To little mention of characters from prior books, like a completely different head on intelligence. But for the most part, michael did NOT step on the toes of the authors of the other books. I did like the Horn and Kell characters. I had already read I JEDI a few years ago, so I knew who Corran marries, who his step father to be was, and what he flew around in. At first I was disappointed by the transition when Aaron took over the x-wing writing in book 5 with new characters, but I like him so far, and I am now into X-wing 6, Iron fist. If the quality holds, I'll go all the way to x-wing #9. I do recommend these books to fellow star wars lovers.
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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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