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Sleek, swift, and deadly, they are the X-wing fighters. And as the battle against the Empire rages across the vastness of space, the pilots risk both their lives and their machines for the cause of the Rebel Alliance. Now they must embark on a dangerous espionage mission, braving betrayal and death on the Imperial homeworld to smash the power of a ruthless foe! It is the evil heart of a battered and reeling Empire: Coruscant, the giant city-world from whose massive towers the Imperial High Command directs the war. The Rebels will invade this mighty citadel in a daring move to bring the Empire to its knees. But first Wedge Antilles and his X-wing pilots must infiltrate Coruscant to gain vital intelligence information. Capture means death, or worse--enslavement by the vicious leader known as "Iceheart," Ysanne Isard, now Emperor in all but name. And one of Rogue Squadron's own is already her slave, a traitor hidden behind a mask of innocence, working to betray both colleagues and the Rebellion itself.… (more)
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LibraryThing member aproustian
I have such a soft spot for the character of Wedge Antilles, and this book uses him excellently. It's Stackpole at his most fun.
LibraryThing member Jthierer
It was OK, but really some of their escapes are just too good to be true.
LibraryThing member Isamoor
Sep10:
Quite the good sequel. It ups the ante some with higher stakes.
Characters: All the same. And still good. A couple more introduced, but nobody rounded out.
Plot: Much more solid this time. Of course, tossing fighter pilots in as secret agents is absurd, but I liked the plot otherwise.
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Quite the good sequel. It ups the ante some with higher stakes.
Characters: All the same. And still good. A couple more introduced, but nobody rounded out.
Plot: Much more solid this time. Of course, tossing fighter pilots in as secret agents is absurd, but I liked the plot otherwise.
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Still very good. Worth reading. Show Less
LibraryThing member ReaderOfAll
Good book, great ending
LibraryThing member Chris_El
First book of the X-wing series I've read after hearing for years that they are pretty good. I'd say this lived up to my expectations.
This is the story of the fighter squadron and their part in capturing Coruscant from Imperial control.
This is the story of the fighter squadron and their part in capturing Coruscant from Imperial control.
LibraryThing member wealhtheowwylfing
A disease that only attacks non-humans is causing strife and terror within the Rebel Alliance. Only Rogue Squadron stands against Director Isard's diabolical plot--but they too are riven by distrust of their XO, the former Imperial Tycho.
LibraryThing member DarthDeverell
Michael A. Stackpole's X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble follows Rogue Squadron as it infiltrates Coruscant prior to the Rebel invasion to capture the city-world. Set six-and-a-half years after Return of the Jedi, this novel helps to bridge the events of Kathy Tyers' The Truce at Bakura and Dave Wolverton's
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The Courtship of Princess Leia. The Rogues themselves - Wedge Antilles, Tycho Celchu, Corran Horn, and Pash Cracken - are well-fleshed out as characters and the political intrigue within the Rebellion, made clear through the actions of Mon Mothma, Admiral Ackbar, and Borsk Fey'lya, adds to the overall story. Stackpole's alternating perspectives during the infiltration of Coruscant can be a bit confusing, but this disorientation echoes that felt by his characters who only know their own mission parameters in order to maintain operational security. Though Timothy Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy predated this novel by five years, Stackpole's story helps to explain how the Rebellion reached those later events. While Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm and decision to excise the previous Expanded Universe removes the canonical nature of this novel, it will still entertain Star Wars fans who read it. Show Less
LibraryThing member eilonwy_anne
This sequel to [book:Rogue Squadron|513176] is less dogfight-heavy and even more adventurous than the first. Our heroes hang up their flight suits in order to infiltrate Coruscant, the central planet of the Empire and bring down its defenses. This was almost a sticking point for me -- really,
The depiction of Coruscant -- its highs and lows -- was great, and the eventual fights and adventures there were 3000% more interesting than anything that happened on Coruscant during the prequels. Maybe more than 3000%. Seriously, people. Dodging skyscrapers and pedestrian bridges while atmosphere-fighting TIEs! Taking tea in a heavily secured Imperial building large enough for a Star Destroyer to park in the atrium! Escaping one group of criminals to fall directly into Imperial crossfire!
The Imperial plot against the Rebellion here is fiendish and Machiavellian, and promises to pay off amply over the next few books. The Rogues' devices to bring down Coruscant's shields are inventive and awesome. Despite a lot of coincidences (it's the Foooooorce!) and a not entirely Leia-ish conversation with Leia, this is a really involving, exciting little adventure story, packed with stuff that feels entirely at home in the Star Wars we know and love. This was the way to expand the universe. Good stuff.
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fighter pilots? Don't you guys have Bothans for this sort of thing? -- but since it was such fun, I decided not to quibble. There's another plot point, involving Kessel, that I thought was wrongheaded, but everything after that was jolly good fun.The depiction of Coruscant -- its highs and lows -- was great, and the eventual fights and adventures there were 3000% more interesting than anything that happened on Coruscant during the prequels. Maybe more than 3000%. Seriously, people. Dodging skyscrapers and pedestrian bridges while atmosphere-fighting TIEs! Taking tea in a heavily secured Imperial building large enough for a Star Destroyer to park in the atrium! Escaping one group of criminals to fall directly into Imperial crossfire!
The Imperial plot against the Rebellion here is fiendish and Machiavellian, and promises to pay off amply over the next few books. The Rogues' devices to bring down Coruscant's shields are inventive and awesome. Despite a lot of coincidences (it's the Foooooorce!) and a not entirely Leia-ish conversation with Leia, this is a really involving, exciting little adventure story, packed with stuff that feels entirely at home in the Star Wars we know and love. This was the way to expand the universe. Good stuff.
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LibraryThing member booksandliquids
This was real fun. Yes, you need some suspension of disbelief for the plot and I would love for the characters to be a bit more fleshed out, but in the end, this is an action-adventure novel and I was immensely entertained reading it. And of course, there are the childhood memories, so I can't be
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LibraryThing member jklugman
Marginally better than the first Rogue Squadron book, as the dogfights take a back seat to the drama. Still, Stackpole is juggling with too many Rebel characters who frankly all talk the same way.
LibraryThing member sgsmitty
This was pretty good. When reading this series it is clear in the second book that the series was designed from the start to be one big story. This is opposed to many series in which the first book did well and the publisher wants more so the author finds a loose thread to pull on and branch out
Given the age of the book I will not worry about spoilers. This one ends with the fall of Coruscant and the leading up to it. While the actual fall of Coruscant might seem somewhat anti-climatic to some it is the work and machinations leading up to it that makes it all work. Good stuff.
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another book or two. Given the age of the book I will not worry about spoilers. This one ends with the fall of Coruscant and the leading up to it. While the actual fall of Coruscant might seem somewhat anti-climatic to some it is the work and machinations leading up to it that makes it all work. Good stuff.
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LibraryThing member thanbini
Pretty darn good.
LibraryThing member jamesjarrett00
Book 2 in the Star Wars X-wing series. The urgency to take Coruscant has ramped up. Wedge take the squadron to Kessel to free Black Sun members to insert onto Coruscant then they go in themselves. They have to get the shields down on time. Do they succeed, of course, they are Rogue Squadron.
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my, at least, 3rd read of this book. I really do love this series. Show Less
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Spectra (1996), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 368 pages
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1996-05-02