5/5 Rancors - The Bacta War is the fourth book in the X-wing series. Mr. Stackpole has done an admirable job with the first three, and he continues to do so with this one. All of these books are great fun to read. The characters grab your attention, and the action sequences are outstanding. The reader also should be entitled to credit for continuing education in the Star Wars realm because the mechanics of actually flying an X-wing fighter are described in some detail. Read these books and then watch the films again. See if you don't have a finer appreciation for what the pilots are doing and a better understanding of the challenges they face.
In this fourth episode the Alliance Fleet has mounted a major campaign against a deadly warlord. Our old friend Ysanne Isard, the Director of Imperial Intelligence and wanna-be leader of the Empire, is still on the scene as she has moved to Thyferra with the intention of controlling the galaxy's production of bacta. If successful, she could destabilize and destroy the New Republic. Of course it falls to our heroes in Rogue Squadron to take her down even though they have resigned their positions in the Rebel Fleet and must act as a rag-tag band of stalwart adventurers without official assistance from the Alliance.
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