Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron #32

The opening chapter of "Mandatory Retirement" arrives with a cover by John Nadeau that plunges you straight into the thick of a space battle — X-wings streak through a debris-filled void, their engines blazing red as green laser fire cuts across the frame, while a massive Imperial vessel looms overhead in the near distance. The sheer scale of that warship against the nimble Rogue Squadron fighters captures exactly the kind of David-and-Goliath tension this series does so well. With Michael A. Stackpole writing and a four-part arc just getting underway in 1998, this is a solid entry point for fans of Star Wars aerial combat at its most intense.