X-Wing Rogue Squadron 4

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X-Wing Rogue Squadron 4

Publisher's summary[]

Tycho Celchu must make the hardest decision of his lifetime: choosing between saving his friends and supporting his cause. Disguised as anImperial fighter pilot,Rogue Squadron flyer Tycho Celchu has successfully infiltrated the Imperial troops. But success turns sour when hisTIE fighter unit encountersWedge Antilles andRogue Squadron! If he abandons his post with the Imperial fighters, he abandons the cause of theNew Republic; but if he stands his ground, he risks killing his comrades. Either way thisRebel plays, he plays a losing game . . .

Plot summary[]

In the forests ofCilpar,Tycho Celchu reunites withImperial forces, still undercover. Aboard their transport, Celchu reunites withWinter, whom the Imperials believe isPrincessLeia Organa. Winter explains that she was in Celchu'sX-Wing during the earlier battle and thatWes Janson was with them in the other transport. The transport arrives at a secure Imperial facility where Winter (still pretending to be Organa) meets withGovernorNorquest, who invites her to dinner. Norquest proposes that theNew Republic is dying, but that she did not have to die with it.

Elsewhere, ImperialspyVance Rego comes across Rebel forces, deceptively informing the rebels that the Empire captured Organa and Janson, motivatingWedge Antilles andElscol Loro to rescue them. Splitting their forces into two teams, Rego and Loro recover an emptyspacetrooper suit.

At the Imperial base, Celchu is promoted to senior flight officer for the anticipated rebel attack. As the TIEs launch into the air, Celchu makes his true allegiance known to both his Imperial and Rebel allies. On the ground, Rego reveals his intentions to Loro andGroznik, causing theWookiee to throw him out of theirspeeder. Hoping to catch up to Loro and Groznik and kill them, Rego covers the spacetrooperarmor which fell with him in the crash, but a wildronk that was hiding inside bites off hisarm.

Loro and Groznik reunite with their forces, informing them that Rego was the traitor. AsRogue Squadron makes short work of the Imperial defenses, Groznik helps free Loro from the clutches ofMoffBoren Tascl; Loro spares his life however, determined to leave his fate to the courts. With the Imperials defeated, the rebels moves to depart the planet with Celchu and Winter leaving in aLambda-class shuttle. With Rego presumed dead and nothing to keep Loro on Cilpar, she decides to stay with the Alliance, flying Celchu's X-Wing offworld at Antilles' insistence.

Continuity[]

Dave Dorman's original painting for the cover of this particular issue depicted Tycho Celchu wearing aTIE fighter pilot's uniform, rather than the uniform of an Imperial officer because an editorial mishap resulted in Dorman receiving the incorrect reference material for the cover. The mistake was discovered only after Dorman had submitted his work for approval and this resulted in Dorman painting what was deemed to be the correct depiction of Celchu onto a separate board and then digitally incorporating it into the original painting.^[2]

Cover gallery[]

Final cover art

Preliminary cover art

Preliminary cover art alternate color

Appearances[]

Collections[]

• Star Wars Omnibus: X-Wing Rogue Squadron Volume 1
• Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The New Republic Vol. 2
• Star Wars Legends: The New Republic Omnibus Vol. 1

Notes and references[]

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External links[]

• Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron (1995) #4 onMarvel Comics'official website(backup link)