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Their mission:  to defend the Rebel Alliance against a still-powerful and  battle-hardened Imperial foe in a last-ditch effort to control the  stars!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIts very name strikes fear into enemy hearts. So when  Rebel hero Wedge Antilles rebuilds the legendary Rogue Squadron, he  seeks out only the best-the most skilled and most daring X-wing pilots.  Through arduous training and dangerous missions, he weeds out the weak  from the strong, assembling a group of hard-bitten warriors willing to  fight, ready to die. Antilles knows the grim truth: Even with the best  X-wing jockeys in the galaxy, many will not survive their near-suicidal  missions. 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