Battleground: Tatooine (Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron, Volume 3) (Paperback)

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Battleground: Tatooine (Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron, Volume 3)

Authors: Michael A. Stackpole, Jan Strnad, John Nadeau, Jordi Ensign

 Average Customer Rating: 3.9/5.00
Amazon Sales Rank: 61,354
Paperback Release Date: 01 April, 1998
Manufacturer: Dark Horse Comics

 View on Amazon (ISBN: 156971276X)
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Rating: 4 [ This is a good read ]
Battleground: Tatooine was the first X-Wing comic I had read after reading the X-Wing novels, and I was not disappointed. The art and coloring could be just a little better, but overall, it's a strong style that works well with the story.

The story itself is about the Rogues going to Tatooine to support Winter as she searches for a weapon cache that could place whoever finds it as the ultimate power on Tatooine. They do some running around chasing Imperials, and it has great fight scenes. The action is pretty consistant and evenly spread along the course of the story, so it definately isn't boring. My favorite thing about this graphic novel is that it begins Tycho and Winter's relationship. The artwork is the only thing that detracts from the rating of this story, and it's definately made up for in the strength of the plot.


Rating: 5 [ Better fighter sequences ]
I really enjoyed reading this story, especially since it actually develops each of the characters. For instance, in most of the books, Winter is something like a cyborg: no feelings, just there with the perfect memory. In this she actually seems to have feeling and love. Another great plus is the abundance of action, both off the ground and on. It's great that they have more space fighter action than in Phantom Affair. Overall a great comic/story, with interesting plot twists. Plus for people who've read Tales from Jabba's Palace, good old Bib Fortuna comes back. So far, I've loved every X-Wing book and comic I've touched and read them again and again.

Rating: 4 [ A hidden Imperial weapons cache -- there's an idea! ]
Battleground: Tatooine is the third story arc of the X-wing Rogue Squadron comic series, and the second to see publication in TPB collected form. Picking up not too long after The Phantom Affair ended, this adequate sequel delivers the goods. While the art's not quite as good as the previous volume, and the story's a little more basic, there are more characters, just as much great dialogue, and many classic scenes -- plus, of couse, all the obligatory action scenes of a Rogue Squadron story.

In this volume, the Rogues must travel to Tatooine to reconnoiter the place and hopefully find a hidden Imperial super-ship and weapons cache. Unfortunately, a Twi'lek who's been conspiring with Bib Fortuna's brain has found out about these too, and is also after this prize, knowing that if he finds it he'll be the ultimate power on Tatooine. When he goes rabbit, taking with him the location of the stuff, the Rogue must follow him to Ryloth, where, you guessed it, the Imperials are also headed trying to get the information.

This book brings back Winter, whose character was somewhat mangled in The Rebel Opposition, and fixes her up some, while putting her and Tycho together some. It also gives us a ton of secondary characters who we'll meet later in the novels -- Huff Darklighter, Kapp Dendo, and Sixtus, not to mention some Twi'leks, familiar and new. Also, this collection has a two-page written intro by Tim Zahn, which is amusing and somewhat enlightening to the Star Wars afficionado.

Overall, while this book isn't quite as good as The Phantom Affair, it is still a very amusing and emminently readable addition to the series. Recommended.