STAR WARS VOLUME 2: FROM THE RUINS
OF ALDERAAN TRADE PAPERBACK
Luke and Leia
travel to Tatooine to bury his aunt and uncle who were killed by Stormtroopers.
Luke wants to get onboard with Wedge on a Star Destroyer to find out the spy on
Mon Mothma’s staff. Luke and Wedge sneak aboard the Star Destroyer Devastator
as Leia finds a new base for the Rebel Alliance. Meanwhile Darth Vader plants
his spy Moff Birra Seah to serve under his nemesis Colonel Bircher on the
Devastator.
On
Coruscant Han Solo and Chewbacca are running away from bounty hunters Boba Fett
and Bossk. On board the Devastator, Wedge releases prisoners as a distraction
so him and Luke can plant a bug in their communications systems. Leia arrives
at the Alderaan system and encounters a ship from the Clone Wars the Audacity. Leia
meets Tag Rogaren who used tobe the systems engineer on the Death Star.
An Imperial
fleet has arrived at the location of the Rebellion fleet while Luke and Wedge
pilot Imperial TIE fighters. Both Luke and Wedge exchange their TIE fighters
for X-Wings and join the Rebellion fleet once again. Imperial Officer Colonel
Bircher is revealed to be Mon Mothma’s nephew. Wedge
forms Rogue Squadron and Leia presents the Rebels new home on the planet
Arrochar. Leia reveals she has been proposed to by the Prince of Arrochar.
This
paperback collects
Star Wars
#7-12 (2013)
RECOMMENDED – 4 OUT OF 5