Aaron allston

I was years older than you when I became an ambassador for the first time. Remember that, Tycho? How did we get through that assignment, anyway?” “Pretty much, we opened fire on everyone who disagreed with us.” Wedge nodded and turned to his daughter. “When all else fails, just do that.

Tomer: “What's this?” Cabinet: “Wt's ths?” Wedge: “Cabinet.” Tomer: “I know it's a cabinet, but it's talking.” Cabinet: “...ts tlkng” Janson: “Oh that. It's the Catann Minister of Crawling Into Very Small Spaces.” Tycho: “He bet Wedge he could fold himself in the that cabinet, around the shelves and all.” Hobbie: “Never bet against Wedge. The Minister gets to stay in there until he admits that it was a stupid bet and that Wedge doesn't owe him anything.

The good thing about being Dr. Frankenstein is that you can always make new friends.

There are times when the end justifies the means. But when you build an argument based on a whole series of such times, you may find that you've constructed an entire philosophy of evil." --Luke Skywalker

Luke, I don't want to discourage your curiosity, but I have to remind you, if something goes wrong, this is an exceptionally embarassing way to die." Mara

No one pays me to be nice.

Rogue Squadron doesn't run. Unless we really, really have to.

When all else fails, complicate matters

Obviously a fake Kyp. You distract him. I'll shoot him under the table." Han (to Leia)

I don't know. Your the Jedi Master, you figure it out.

Rogue Squadron doesn’t run. Unless we really, really have to." "No, this will be Wraith Squadron’s mission." "We don’t mind running. Even when we don’t have to.

At which time the repulsor puts out its final effort and slows you down so you crash quite slowly into the surface." "Crash." "Quite slowly." Face & Luke

Definition of 'Free': You pay for it whether or not you elect to receive it.

Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.

Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.

The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.

The chief difference between horror fans and science fiction fans lies in why they won't walk backwards. A horror fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll be knifed by a madman. A science fiction fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll step on the cat.

The principle of Sturgeon's Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap

Sometimes to heal, you must first get hurt.

The analysis of the thing is not the thing itself.

And unlike the rest of you, he hasn’t yet time to ruin his career or his mind." "Then he won’t do. Send him home. Get us another lunatic." "Excuse me!" [hopping up to stand in his seat] "Elassar Targon, master of the universe, reporting for duty!" "I withdraw my objection.

I'm content to stand on tradition. I'm even more content to wipe my feet on it.

Tycho, we're about to achieve a tremendous victory we don't want." "We'll put that in your biography. General Antilles was so good he couldn't fail when he tried to." "Thanks." Wedge & Tycho

Oh, wonderful. I killed his father. He hates me. He knows how to make bombs. Come on, Wedge, how does this story end?

Life is like an analogy.

I really can't complain about actresses who get paid to be dumb. Most of us can't get paid to be smart.

If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God's domain?

I have to say, this sounds like the worst idea in a thousand generations of bad ideas." "You haven't heard all our ideas." Luke & Bhindi Drayson

I marked their location in case Kell wanted to blow them up or something.” “I don’t have to blow up everything I see. I just like to.

That was interesting." "He deliberately countermanded one of my orders." "He was furtive." "Sneaky, even." "We'll make a Rebellion-style pilot of him yet." Tycho & Wedge (about Jag)

Ennui and lethargy are waging a war inside me.

There are two types of people in the world, and I'm one of them.

No, they can't. They can't be Luke Skywalker.

Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.

Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone's satisfaction.

No, General. I'm not your subordinate. And what I'm coming dangerously close to is violence. -General Wedge Antilles

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Aaron Allston: Biography and Life Work

Aaron Allston was a notable Writer. The story of Aaron Allston began on December 8, 1960 in Corsicana, Texas, U.S.. The legacy of Aaron Allston continues today, following their passing on February 27, 2014 in Springfield, Missouri, U.S..

Aaron Dale Allston (December 8, 1960 – February 27, 2014) was an American game designer and author of many science fiction books, notably Star Wars novels. His works as a game designer include game supplements for role-playing games , several of which served to establish the basis for products and subsequent development of TSR 's Dungeons & Dragons game setting Mystara . His later works as a novelist include those of the X-Wing series: Wraith Squadron , Iron Fist , Solo Command , Starfighters of Adumar , and Mercy Kill . He wrote two entries in the New Jedi Order series: Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream and Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand . Allston wrote three of the nine Legacy of the Force novels: Betrayal , Exile , and Fury , and three of the nine Fate of the Jedi novels: Outcast , Backlash , and Conviction .

Philosophical Views and Reflections

He began writing for the Star Wars X-Wing series in 1997, when the primary sequence writer Michael Stackpole could not handle the entire workload. Allston produced a new edition of Champions for Hero Games in 2002. In 2006, he launched The Legacy of the Force series with a hardcover entitled Betrayal .

On February 27, 2014, Allston collapsed during an appearance at Vision Con in Branson, Missouri , apparently from heart failure. He died later that day in Springfield, Missouri , at the age of 53.

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