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I've been contemplating my Thoughts On Michael Stackpole for a while, so I figured I'd collect them.  He is, of course, the writer of five books in the X-Wing Series, I, Jedi, two books in the NJO, some short stories, and various novels that aren't part of the Star Wars EU.  I've read all of his SWEU work and some of his originals.

( Thoughts on a writer. )

Teal deer?  Stackpole's not bad.  Allston definitely writes better, but you can read worse than Stackpole.

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A few months back I posted part of a story where Wedge Antilles, the least-appreciated badass in Star Wars, flashes back to when pirates killed his parents.  But that wasn't when he decided to join the Rebel Alliance.  This is "Lucky", a story subtitled "The Curse of Wedge Antilles", which was printed in Star Wars Tales # 23.  It's only fifteen pages long, so I'm putting up five of them, which is fortunately enough to show the story.  I'm not all that sold on the art here, but I love Wedge, so!

( Everyone has a story to tell. Most of them are tragic. )