March 5th, 20210276This review of Star Wars: Victory's Price: An Alphabet Squadron Novel by Alexander Freed may contain minor spoilers. The final book in the Alphabet Squadron trilogy was released this week. Victory's Price by Alexander Freed brings to a close the story of a disparate group of pilots, known collectively as Alphabet Squadron, fighting the...
June 23rd, 2020194This a review of the book and audiobook for Star Wars Shadow Fall: An Alphabet Squadron Novel by Alexander Freed. The audio is read by Carol Monda. There may be minor spoilers. In Star Wars: Alphabet Squadron, author Alexander Freed introduced a disparate group of characters brought together and teamed up for a common purpose -- To find...
August 27th, 20190188Doctor Aphra plays both sides in her bid for freedom in Doctor Aphra #35, pitting not just the Empire against the Rebellion but also the Empire against ... the Empire? In issue #5, the concluding issue of the TIE Fighter mini series, there's plenty of devastation to go around as readers are treated to an intense dogfight in space that...
June 16th, 20191499The latest book from Alexander Freed, Star Wars: Alphabet Squadron, looks at what it takes to work as a team, finding commonality and camaraderie, and finding yourself when your world and everything you once knew and believed are turned upside down. Yrica Quell is an Imperial defector. A TIE fighter pilot from the glory days of the...
April 23rd, 20190202Two comics yet four stories -- five if you count the excerpt of Alphabet Squadron -- and numerous new characters along with some familiar faces, too, in the pages of Star Wars: Age of Rebellion -- Special and the start of the new TIE Fighter mini series. This week's episode sparks a lively debate about how serious a Star Wars story...
January 18th, 20190179The Heroes of the Rebellion Are Here…TIE FIGHTER #1 Arrives This April! New York, NY—January 18, 2019—The war against the Rebellion has put the entire galaxy at risk, but elite squadrons of TIE fighter pilots still fight to defend the Empire and bring fury down upon the Rebel Alliance! Just how far will the Imperial SHADOW WING go...
October 6th, 20180313There was quite a bit of news out of the Lucasfilm publishing panel at New York Comic-Con yesterday! New Star Wars novels, new books for kids, comics, and more. You'll definitely want to clear some shelf space! Below you'll find just some highlights of what was revealed, including the cover reveal for Claudia Gray's and the newly...
January 13th, 20170189 After much anticipation and patience we have finally been given the back story for the Death Star, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story! At the same time the movie was released the novel and audiobook were put on the market for our enjoyment. For an old-school EU/Legends guy like myself there is something comforting and reassuring about the...
November 9th, 20150198 This review is for Star Wars Battlefront: Twilight Company by Alexander Freed. It contains mild spoilers. Battlefront: Twilight Company is the latest offering within the official canon, and it also serves as a tie-in to the upcoming video game, Star Wars Battlefront. I came to this book as a non-gamer, but I don’t feel a lack of...
November 4th, 20151136 Star Wars Battlefront: Twilight Company by Alexander Freed Book Review by Mediocre Jedi This review contains mild spoilers. Alexander Freed’s Battlefront: Twilight Company, on sale today, centers on the soldiers of the Rebel Alliance’s Sixty-First Mobile Infantry on their planet-hopping operation in support of larger...