Aaron Allston
Aaron Allston
Aaron Dale Allstonwas 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.
Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.
Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.
Rogue Squadron doesn't run. Unless we really, really have to.
I don't know. Your the Jedi Master, you figure it out.
Oh, wonderful. I killed his father. He hates me. He knows how to make bombs. Come on, Wedge, how does this story end?
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
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
Obviously a fake Kyp. You distract him. I'll shoot him under the table." Han (to Leia)
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
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.
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.
No, General. I'm not your subordinate. And what I'm coming dangerously close to is violence. -General Wedge Antilles