Star Wars: Imperial Commando – 501st
Author: Karen Traviss
Released: 05/11/2009

Following on from Star Wars Republic Commando Order 66 the Clone Wars are over, but the clone deserters’ personal battle against the Empire has only just begun.

With death warrants on their heads, and a hated Imperial garrison on Mandalore, Kal Skirata’s clan of clone veterans, Mando mercenaries, misfit refugees, and a renegade Jedi find all their worst nightmares have followed them home. The search for a cure for the clones’ premature aging grows more desperate, and Etain’s son must be protected at all costs.

Darman and Niner are still stranded in the Imperial legion, and fight to survive in a very different army. But as Mandalore prepares to resist Palpatine’s new order, Skirata is forced to give safe haven to those he hates most, and some he thought were dead. Clan Skirata thinks things can’t possibly get any worse – until their ragtag private army faces the reality of fighting the Empire. Their most lethal enemies are now their own brothers.

Karen Traviss was also planning on writing a sequel to Imperial Commando 501st, but the novel has been reassigned to another author due to Traviss having issues with the publisher and Star Wars canon.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars