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Dan Wallace tells us how he minimized so the tone resembles pop into my mind; he’s always good about the decision, but at
approached telling these stirring a real history book. The most struck me as something of a fi shy least I’d be alive to regret it.
war stories... obvious places where this comes Winston Churchill.
Dan Wallace: We started working to the fore are in the special How early on in the process
on this before The Force Awakens sections, like “Tales of Valor” Are there parallels between did you see the art and did
came out. The intent was always depicting a soldier’s sacrifi ce. the saga and real-world it inspire you to do anything
to create a beautifully illustrated commanders and battles? differently in the book?
book that resembled those Rogue One has been described I don’t like to get too deep into Sketches kept coming in while
volumes you might read about as the fi rst Star Wars war fi lm. Is real-world analogies when it I worked on it, which gave me
the Civil War. Once we had that a fair observation? comes to Star Wars, but certainly confi dence that we were going
decided on which battles to cover, I’d agree that Rogue One is more the role of underdog guerrilla down the right path. I strongly
it was a matter of waiting for the of a war fi lm than the others, and forces battling a technologically feel that this is an art book fi rst
new movies to get fi nalized so we it’s also closest in tone to the superior enemy has been well and foremost.
could put the pieces in place. “front lines” concept. There’s documented. This is a common
almost no mention of Luke threat from the Ewoks on Endor Who is the most underrated
You’ve gone in-universe on this Skywalker in the book except in to Saw Gerrera’s insurgents. battlefi eld participant?
book. What sort of challenges his role as a pilot at the Battle of Captain Tarpals in The Phantom
did that present? Yavin and the Battle of Hoth Which army would you most Menace. He had a smart read
The tone of the book is written like to have on your side? of the battlefi eld. He might not
as if it’s being recorded by an Who do you think are the great The Empire! They have the have been successful keeping Jar
in-universe historian, though military leaders across the saga? numbers, the training, and the Jar Binks on task, but it was
that voice is intentionally kept Admiral Ackbar is the fi rst one to fi repower. I’m not sure I’d feel a heroic effort nonetheless!

The Battle of Christophsis

The planet Christophsis was invaded by
Separatist battle droids in the early days
of the Clone Wars. It was subsequently
liberated by clone troopers and their Jedi
generals in a major battle.

Key moment: General Obi-Wan Kenobi
shows tactical guile by pretending to
surrender to the separatists, buying time
for Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, and
their clones to regroup.
The Battle of
Coruscant

The Clone Wars reached
the doorstep of the
Galactic Senate as
battle raged high above
the planet Coruscant.
Chancellor Palpatine
himself is seized by the
Separatists, and then
rescued by the Jedi.
Key moment: The
rescue of Chancellor
Palpatine by Obi-Wan
Kenobi and Anakin
Skywalker is a brave
gambit, but comes at a
devastating price as
Anakin kills Count
Dooku in cold blood.

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