Requiem for a Rogue (Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron, Volume 5) [Paperback]

Michael A. Stackpole (Author), Jan Strnad (Author), Various (Author), Mike W. Barr (Author), Gary Erskine (Author), Michael A Stackpole (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 3, 1999

It should be a simple mission for the men and women of Rogue Squadron -- an easy search-and-rescue for a group of Bothan castaways forced down to Malrev 4. But when they reach the backwater planet, the Rogues find themselves attacked by the Irrukiine, a dog-like aboriginal species, and then by the Bothans themselves. There's some strange kind of hoodoo going down on Malrev 4 -- this planet promotes madness and deceit, and not even the Rogues are immune! Experience all the X-Wing adventure you can handle, from the mind of renowned Star Wars novelist Michael A. Stackpole.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Dark Horse; 1 edition (February 3, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569713316
• ISBN-13: 978-1569713310
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,950,073 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael A. Stackpole is the New York Times bestselling author of over 40 novels, including I, Jedi and Rogue Squadron. He's won awards in the realms of podcasting, game designer, computer game design, screenwriting, editing, graphic novel writing and novel writing. He lives in Arizona and frequently travels the United States attending conventions and teaching writing workshops. His website is www.stormwolf.com

Customer Reviews

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not Bad, May 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Requiem for a Rogue (Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron, Volume 5) (Paperback)

I enjoyed this book, as it was action packed, while still leading you through an involving plot. You see the true depths of what Bothans are capable of, when influenced by evil. Not only this, but you also see an extension of the theory proposed in "The Last Command": that the Bothans knew all about most of the Imperials secret storage facilities, but never felt like telling anyone else. I'd like to see this explored more deeply in a novel sometime. Anyways, another good Rouge Squadron book/comic.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Validates "Mysteries of the Sith", February 6, 2001

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Nathan (Wilmington, DE United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Requiem for a Rogue (Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron, Volume 5) (Paperback)

Requiem for a Rogue is the fifth X-wing Rogue Squadron story, and the fourth to see print in TPB form. It's not quite as good as The Warrior Princess, and it's not nearly as good as either Phantom Affair or Battleground Tatooine. I think this book may well have the worst art in the series, and it just isn't very entertaining. However, some of the story elements validate the somewhat iffy plot points of the computer game Mysteries of the Sith, and this collection also includes the hard-to-find Rogue Squadron special which they were giving out on the opening day of ESB special edition. This is also the last of the "independant" RS stories; after this they're all included the in the bigger "Rise of Isard" Story Arc.

Basically, the Rogues are asked to go looking for a Bothan passenger liner which has dissappeared. They follow it's hyperspace trajectory, and find it landed on a planet. When they touch down, they find the Captain was killed in the "crash," but things also look very suspicious -- the Rogues suspect that the crash was actually sabotage." It turns out that there's an ancient Sith temple here, one which Palpatine was planning to turn into a base, that of course has a stockpile of hundreds of TIEs, and things get ugly from there.

Many of the plotlines and ideas really stretch my ability to suspend disbelief in this comic, but there are a few surprises. And the writing is OK, just not the best. Overall, I think this is probably the worst book in the Rogue Squadron series.

3.0 out of 5 stars Visually a very big improvement for the series., July 26, 2003

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JediMack (VALRICO, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Requiem for a Rogue (Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron, Volume 5) (Paperback)

Requiem for a Rogue is an important comic for the X-Wing comics that follow. It is volume 5, but Vol 1 and 4 were so mediocre, that this could have been the end of the series. Gone is artist Nadeau and Ensign, in are Barr and Erskine.

The story from Strnad is a 3, but the art and inking is a hugh improvement getting 3.5 and the cover is a 3 for a grade of 3.

The main strength with this comic, since I found the story to be mediocre, is the richness and detail and effort put forward by the artists. I wanted to give this a 4 based on art, but the story just is that interesting and except for a look at some Bothans, nothing important happens otherwise. Again, this comic is most important for its strong visualimpact that may have allowed there to be more in the series.