Aaron Allston

"How much research was necessary before you began to write?"
"A lot. I wish I'd had time to do more. I read every Star Wars technical manual I could get my hands on, plus Stackpole's novels, Zahn's novels, other novels in which Wedge Antilles and Rogue Squadron make appearances, comic books, and several of West End's Star Wars game supplements. I watched the movie trilogy repeatedly. I played the X-Wing computer game. I bought eight of the Action Fleet toys and used them for measurements and estimations of their performance in atmosphere. I read books on aircraft carrier life and pilot survival."

―Jim Fisher interviews Aaron Allston^[src]

Aaron Allston (December 8, 1960 – February 27, 2014) was the author of thirteen Star Wars novels, and several short stories. His repertoire included the Wraith Squadron Trilogy, X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar, the Enemy Lines duology, three of the nine-book Star Wars: Legacy of the Force series, followed by three of the nine-book Fate of the Jedi series, and returned to penning the adventures of the Wraith Squadron with X-Wing: Mercy Kill. He also wrote the Clone Wars short stories The Clone Wars: The Pengalan Tradeoff and League of Spies. He passed away on February 27, 2014.

Bibliography

Year	Title	Format	Notes
1998	X-Wing: Wraith Squadron	Novel
1998	X-Wing: Iron Fist	Novel
1999	X-Wing: Solo Command	Novel
1999	X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar	Novel
2002	The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream	Novel
2002	The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand	Novel
2003	"The Clone Wars: The Pengalan Tradeoff"	Short story	First printed in Star Wars Insider 65
2004	"League of Spies"	Short story	First printed in Star Wars Insider 73
2006	Legacy of the Force: Betrayal	Novel
2007	Legacy of the Force: Exile	Novel
2007	Legacy of the Force: Fury	Novel
2009	Fate of the Jedi: Outcast	Novel
2010	Fate of the Jedi: Backlash	Novel
2011	Fate of the Jedi: Conviction	Novel
2012	X-Wing: Mercy Kill	Novel