Starfighters of Adumar (Star Wars: X-Wing #9)
by Aaron Allston

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Book Review: favorite book
Summary: 5 Stars

I first bought this book when I was twelve or thirteen, and read the entire thing from cover to cover within about five hours, three of which were spent hiding under the covers of my bed after lights-out, reading with a flashlight. It is that effing brilliant.

Wedge is a wonderful narrator, and it is amazing to finally see an author really let go on his personality. By that, I don't mean that he changed dramatically or anything; I mean that Wedge finally has a distinct, unique voice. I really liked that he found his woman (who I'm not going to name for fear of spoilers :) ), and it wasn't cheesy, stupid, or absolutely ridiculous (*coughcallistacough*). There were some great lines said between them, and it was a believable relationship.

The best relationship of all, though, is the one between Wedge and his pilots. Specifically, between Wedge and Janson. Wes Janson has been my favorite character in the Star Wars series ever since the words 'yub yub' came out of his mouth in "Wraith Squadron." It was great to see him finally get the spotlight that he deserves in SoA. He really was the core of the book, as someone said before. There are so many good lines of his from the book that I can't even list them (although I do have quite a few committed to memory). He's not ALWAYS funny, and he's meant to be obnoxious, yet he doesn't get on the reader's nerves. He had some great interchanges with Wedge (who played the straight man, as another reviewer put it), as well as Hobbie, who's the perfect wingman for him with his dour look on life.

I couldn't believe it when I picked up the book and saw that Hobbie actually had lines. Unbelievable. And he's funny as hell to boot! One scene that comes to mind in particular is where an intruder has come into the four pilots' apartment on Adumar late at night. Hobbie wakes up, trips over a chair, points his comlink at the intruder, and determinedly clicks it, sure that he's shooting a blaster at him. :D Another bit that I think of is the "I should do bacta endorsements" part. He's a great character. I literally laugh out loud while reading this book; it's hilarious.

Tycho turns out to have this faintly sarcastic sense of humor that's greatly entertaining; one of the best lines in the book comes from him. "Oh, Hobbie and the ground get along a little too violently when they get together."

The whole book isn't fun and games, though. Despite all the great banter and humor, there's a serious undercurrent and an entertaining, intriguing plot.

Dogfights, groundfights (I was SO excited to see them get in fist and blaster fights), political intrique, and humor form the backbone of this book. I absolutely love it. I've read it cover-to-cover at least 25 or 30 times. My copy is literally beginning to fall apart at the seams from overuse. I highly recommend this book, to a Star Wars fan or otherwise.

I'll close with some favorite lines/bits from the book. Mind you, these are from memory, so they won't be exact.

"So it's like a blaster you have to hit someone with? I have to have one." -Janson
"Don't give him a new kind of weapon. It will be like giving a lightsaber to a two-year-old." -Tycho

"I'm so glad the people here like to wave and shake hands." -Janson
"Why's that?" -Wedge
"What if their way of greeting visiting dignitaries was to throw paint?" -Janson
"Point taken." -Wedge

"As you can see, I've provided amusement for Janson for years." -Tomer

"Efficient use of effort. When do we eat?" -Hobbie

"You can't see her now." -Hobbie
"Why not?" -Wedge
"You're all sweaty from the fight." -Hobbie
"He's right. You stink of sweat, and smoke, and the wine the minister spilled on you--" -Janson
"He missed me." -Wedge
"I don't think so. Anyway, you're not fit for a liaison tonight. I guess I'll have to go in your place. I'm ready for this assignment, sir." -Janson
"This isn't a lia-- Tycho, if he keeps this up, Hobbie gets to pick his clothes for the next week." -Wedge
"Oh, good." -Hobbie

"It's obvious they adore you. You could throw up on yourself and they'd love it. By nightfall, they'd all be doing it. They'd call it 'the Wedge Purge'. They'd be eating different-colored foods to add variety..." -Janson
"Tycho, I thought you'd be able to do what I never could. Get Wes up to an emotion age of 14, maybe 15." -Wedge
"No. No power in the universe could do that. Not Darth Vader and the dark side of the Force, not the nuclear devastation of an exploding sun." -Tycho
"They'd be competing for distance and volume." -Janson
"Wes, just shut up." -Wedge

Summary of Starfighters of Adumar (Star Wars: X-Wing #9)

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