We knew from The Force Awakens that the Rebel Alliance-turned-New-Republic would seize victory at the Battle of Jakku. In the case of the Alphabet Squadron trilogy, Chuck Wendig’s Aftermath novels and Greg Rucka’s Shattered Empire comic book had already charted the course of the galaxy’s civil war in the year after the Battle of Endor. In my first novel, Star Wars: Battlefront - Twilight Company, the original movie trilogy served as a backdrop for the grunts of the Rebel Alliance - the sort we saw in the trenches on Hoth, who fought the Empire without the idealism or destiny buoying the Rebellion’s greatest heroes but who contributed to the greater good nonetheless. With the video game Star Wars: The Old Republic, I focused on spy stories taking place in the shadows of an epic war while other writers chronicled the clash between Jedi and Sith. In anticipation of the book’s Marelease, we asked Freed to share his feelings on wrapping up his trilogy as way of introducing an exclusive excerpt.įifteen years of writing Star Wars stories, and I’ve got one basic trick: Let someone else lay the groundwork, then fill in the gaps left behind. In the new book Star Wars: Victory’s Price: An Alphabet Squadron Novel, author Alexander Freed reunites with his team of ace New Republic pilots, the Alphabet Squadron.
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