X-Wing Rogue Squadron: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''[[Crazy Awesome|"Pretty. What do we blow up first?"]]''|Wraith Squadron motto}}

The X-Wing series is a sizable part of the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]. This page covers the comic book series and the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Category:X-wing_novels novel series], which were produced more or less in that order, although several of the books came out after the main comics series ended and the most recent comic book was in 2005. As the page image says, the character Wedge Antilles and the X-Wing starfighter are the absolute constants. The games, being only vaguely connected, each have [[Rogue Squadron|their]] own [[Star Wars: X-Wing|pages]].

The X-Wing series is a sizable part of the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]. This page covers the comic book series and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130421040127/http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Category:X-wing_novels novel series], which were produced more or less in that order, although several of the books came out after the main comics series ended and the most recent comic book was in 2005. As the page image says, the character Wedge Antilles and the X-Wing starfighter are the absolute constants. The games, being only vaguely connected, each have [[Rogue Squadron|their]] own [[Star Wars: X-Wing|pages]].

The comics are collectively titled "[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/X-~~wing~~:_Rogue_Squadron_(comics) Rogue Squadron]". They started coming out in 1995, and ended [[No Ending|abruptly]] in late 1998. Stackpole (see below) certainly had a hand in them, but exactly how much influence he had appears to vary from issue to issue and arc to arc. These are set not very long after the Battle of Endor. Initially the comics were supposed to run through three arcs, about twelve issues, but they ran for a good thirty-five issues, not counting the bonus short comic "Rogue Squadron One Half" or [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/X-wing:_Rogue_Leader_~~%28comics%29~~ Rogue Leader], which was a three-issue arc that came out in 2005, did not involve any input from Stackpole, and is generally considered inferior due to [[Off-Model]] art and rampant [[Decompressed Comic|decompression]].

The comics are collectively titled "[https://web.archive.org/web/20131020215125/http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/X-Wing:_Rogue_Squadron_(comics) Rogue Squadron]". They started coming out in 1995, and ended [[No Ending|abruptly]] in late 1998. Stackpole (see below) certainly had a hand in them, but exactly how much influence he had appears to vary from issue to issue and arc to arc. These are set not very long after the Battle of Endor. Initially the comics were supposed to run through three arcs, about twelve issues, but they ran for a good thirty-five issues, not counting the bonus short comic "Rogue Squadron One Half" or [https://web.archive.org/web/20110914091928/http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/X-wing:_Rogue_Leader_(comics) Rogue Leader], which was a three-issue arc that came out in 2005, did not involve any input from Stackpole, and is generally considered inferior due to [[Off-Model]] art and rampant [[Decompressed Comic|decompression]].

The books are written by [[Michael Stackpole]] and [[Aaron Allston]]. Most of those run directly from the end of one book to the beginning of the next, but ''Isard's Revenge'' starts just after the last book of the [[The Thrawn Trilogy]], and ''Starfighters of Adumar'' is set years later. Each book is prefaced with "Star Wars: X-Wing", but we're trying not to develop [[Colon Cancer]] here. The books are:

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* [[The Infiltration]]: Many, many times in many, many disguises.

** The top example is the entirety of the ''Wraith Squadron'' book, where the Wraiths maintain a disguise as Imperial operatives for several weeks without even being suspected, despite having their cover blown fully during a battle. They manage to keep the information from leaving the battlefield. It reaches [[Refuge in Audacity]] levels. Their cover is blown during a battle, so they take out everyone else on the other side, and turn around and tell the boss that they were ambushed and escaped, the only survivors, and the enemy BUYS it!

* [[Informed Ability]]: Tycho is probably the second best X-Wing pilot in the New Republic, behind Wedge, and is in command of Rogue Squadron by the time of ''Starfighters of Adumar''. And yet, in said book, he gets shot down ''three times''. Allston [http://www.aaronallston.com/factpages/faqswars.html mentions why] in his FAQ. Part of the fairly long answer about why Tycho didn't do so well:

* [[Informed Ability]]: Tycho is probably the second best X-Wing pilot in the New Republic, behind Wedge, and is in command of Rogue Squadron by the time of ''Starfighters of Adumar''. And yet, in said book, he gets shot down ''three times''. Allston [https://web.archive.org/web/20120507201324/http://www.aaronallston.com/factpages/faqswars.html mentions why] in his FAQ. Part of the fairly long answer about why Tycho didn't do so well:

{{quote|After reviewing Tycho's flying history (training originally in TIEs, moving to A-Wings and X-Wings when he moved to the Rebel Alliance) and his performance in ''[[I Jedi]]'', I concluded that Tycho's strengths as a pilot might not translate so well to less maneuverable spacecraft. In short, Blades, Y-Wings and the lot can't really keep up with the speed of his own physical reactions. }}

** Long story short, as Hobbie explains after the first test fight in Blade-32s, Tycho's a [[Fragile Speedster]] pilot stuck in [[Mighty Glacier]] hardware. This also may fall under [[Worf Effect]].