The Bacta War: Star Wars Legends (Rogue Squadron)

Michael A. Stackpole

Nov 2022 · Star Wars: Rogue Squadron- Legends Book 1 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Marc Thompson

About this audiobook

The fourth book in the epic adventure featuring the fearless pilots of Rogue Squadron.

After her attempt to strike at the heart of Coruscant with a deadly virus, the sinister Ysanne Isard sets her sights on destabilizing the New Republic by seizing its medicinal bacta production. Under the guise of a mere power struggle between corporations on the planet Thyferra, the imperial mastermind has taken control of one of the galaxy's most precious resources. 

The heroes of Rogue Squadron are desperate to liberate the planet, and free prisoners trapped by Isard, only to find their plans foiled by the politics of the New Republic, which is set on assigning the squadron elsewhere. With timing and resources running short, Wedge Antilles, Corran Horn, and the other rogues have no choice but to resign from the New Republic. 
 
The team must now go truly rogue to chip away at Isard's power, defeat her powerful complement of Star Destroyers, and free Thyferra from her iron rule. But when she discovers the Squadron's secret base, its pilots must scramble for survival in a winner-take-all battle against Isard's overwhelming and seemingly superior force.

Ratings and reviews

I love the novel, but this narrator is... not the best. He seems to choose accents at random to assign to characters, all of his female characters sound the same with slight variations (except for Erisi Dlarit [who sounds German] and Inyri Forge [who sounds Australian, hillarious for a person raised on a prison moon for anyone familiar with Australia's history]), and at one point towards the end of the book you get a conversation between a stereotypical Irishman, a pirate, and Antonio Banderas' rendition of Puss in Boots; it makes it very hard to take the conversation seriously. This really should've been done as a cast recording rather than a single narrator.

GREAT STORY! It was great because it'd Legends and not Disney. Mark Thompson is very annoying 50% of the time and is overkill. I love Legends though, true Star Wars! 💯

As someone who has recently revisited the Thrawn trilogy and duology. I decided to give this series a try. This book has done an amazing job at fleshing out certain characters' back stories. I only wish I could have given this book 7 stars because it's that good.

About the author

Michael A. Stackpole is the New York Times bestselling author of many titles in the Star Wars universe, including many of the Star Wars X-Wing novels and the New Jedi Order: Dark Tides novels Onslaught and Ruin. When not chained to a desk madly fighting deadlines, he plays indoor soccer, rides a mountain bike, and reads, but not all at the same time. Stackpole lives in Arizona with Liz Danforth and a small pack of Cardigan Welsh corgis.