And the only place we’ve seen it is also in a book set in the exact same era in the Star Wars universe - another trilogy, actually. The book does a great job of telling a story about a group of people who wouldn’t normally subject themselves to each others’ company joining forces for the sake of defeating pure evil.īut here’s the thing … we’ve already seen this. So far nothing has managed to top Claudia Gray’s canon novels and I’m doubtful anything will anytime soon. Was Alphabet Squadron a fantastic book? I’m going to say it was good but not really good. I’ll willingly give anything Star Wars a try, and overall, I found the story worth reading even if there were things about it I didn’t love. Of all things, don’t shake your head at the story because of the book’s title. That seems to be the whole point of the book (though it takes a while to figure that out) - it’s always the ones you don’t think will defy the odds that end up doing so in the end. But they’re given a chance to succeed anyway.
They’re misfits, the leftover fragments of their former squadrons and lives. Throughout the book, these pilots are constantly underestimated and snickered at. On the surface, of course the name Alphabet Squadron seems ridiculous. Perhaps we were all premature in our judgments of the story based on only two words and very bright cover art. Many Star Wars fans - myself included - rolled their eyes when Del Rey revealed the title of Freed’s 2019 book.
But they’re going to have to start, because their only hope of survival in this galaxy is to work as a team to keep a scrambling army at bay. Except this time, we’re met with a cast of characters destined to fail before they even have the chance to succeed.Īlphabet Squadron is a newly formed group of pilots and their mismatched fighters. This is a familiar setup to fans of Chuck Wending’s Aftermath trilogy, which details the New Republic’s final battles against Imperial forces.
The Clone Wars begin in Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade excerpt.
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