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This is a spoiler conscious review of X-Wing: The Bacta War by Michael Stackpole.

Novels or Series Mentioned

X Wing: The Bacta War

X-Wing: The Krytos Trap

X-Wing: Rogue Squadron

X-Wing Series

X-Wing: The Bacta War is truly a tale of two books for me.  There were parts of it that I absolutely loved and thought were brilliant, and there were parts that were not so great.  In this story, Rogue Squadron prepares to free Thyferra from the evil clutches of Ysanne Isard, and restore a normal flow of the much needed miracle salve of bacta to the galaxy.  Also, Corran wants to fulfill his promise to free the prisoners of Lusankya. 

I played a little baseball in my day, and I spent many, many hours with a group of close knit guys in locker rooms, dug outs, road trips, practice, and so on, and we constantly were ribbing each other with a quick witted one line jokes or cut downs.  It was all done in jest and genuine affection between teammates, and these one liners were a language that accompanied teammates.  Michael Stackpole captures this playful one line cut downs beautifully in this work, and I appreciated it so much.  It took me back to my ball days.  These one liners are genuinely funny.

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Novels or Series Mentioned

The Courtship of Princess Leah

Shadows of the Empire

The Thrawn Trilogy

The Hand of Thrawn Duology

The X-Wing Series

The New Jedi Order

The Legacy of the Force

The Fate of the Jedi

If we learned anything from the Princess Bride, it is that man or woman, boy or girl, we are all looking for true love, or should I more appropriately say…twuuee wwove.  Well, thankfully we have some great advice to find our soul mate found in the pages of some good old Star Wars novels.  Today, we are going to examine four couples who found true love to help us find the secret of catching that perfect guy or girl of our dreams. 

The four couples we are going to look at are as followed: Han and Leah, Luke and Mara Jade, Corran and Mirax, and Jagged Fel and Jaina.  Han and Leah have been successfully married for decades, and their marriage has weathered and been strengthened through storms that I cannot fathom going through from carbonite freezing to the death of children.  Luke and Mara Jade do not even have to talk to each other to share their feelings or love.  They have a deep connection that most couples dream about.  Who enjoys each other company more than Corran and Mirax?  From the first time they shared a ryshcate together, you saw magic spark because they truly love each others’ company, and with Jagged Fel and Jaina, we see teenage puppy love mature into a deep commitment for one another than easily spans the vast gulf between the Imperial Remnant and the Galactic Alliance.  We are going to examine these loves to help us all out in our own quest for true love. 

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