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Star Wars Legends: Novels
Star Wars: TIE Fighter - The Stele Chronicles
The Stele Chronicles is a short booklet included in the package of the game Star TIE Fighter and is the counterpart of The Farlander Papers. It was written by Rusel DeMaria. It describes Maarek Stele's life and his recruitment to the Galactic Empire, beginning with the events of 3 ABY.
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98 pages, Unknown Binding
First published July 1, 1994
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September 18, 2022
3 ABY.
Young swoop racer Maarek Stele is taken from his homeworld by the Galactic Empire and put to work as a mechanic. However, after saving an Admiral's life whilst test-piloting a TIE Fighter, he is enrolled in the Imperial Academy to train as a combat pilot.
This novella is something of a curiosity. It was originally packaged with the iconic 'TIE Fighter' PC game and acts as both an introduction to the player character (never actually named or given any personality in the game itself) as well as a real-world manual for playing the game, with Stele being taught the same keyboard controls you'll need when playing. A similar thing had been done previously with the 'X-Wing' game and 'The Farlander Papers'.
Unfortunately, the prose sections of this book are written without much flair and, due to where the character starts, not much of real interest happens to Stele here (he later goes on to fight traitors, pilot experimental ships and work with Grand Admiral Thrawn - but that's all in the game itself).
So, as a novella it's distinctly lacking but, to be fair to it, it's absolutely the best computer game manual I've ever read. So there's that.
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Young swoop racer Maarek Stele is taken from his homeworld by the Galactic Empire and put to work as a mechanic. However, after saving an Admiral's life whilst test-piloting a TIE Fighter, he is enrolled in the Imperial Academy to train as a combat pilot.
This novella is something of a curiosity. It was originally packaged with the iconic 'TIE Fighter' PC game and acts as both an introduction to the player character (never actually named or given any personality in the game itself) as well as a real-world manual for playing the game, with Stele being taught the same keyboard controls you'll need when playing. A similar thing had been done previously with the 'X-Wing' game and 'The Farlander Papers'.
Unfortunately, the prose sections of this book are written without much flair and, due to where the character starts, not much of real interest happens to Stele here (he later goes on to fight traitors, pilot experimental ships and work with Grand Admiral Thrawn - but that's all in the game itself).
So, as a novella it's distinctly lacking but, to be fair to it, it's absolutely the best computer game manual I've ever read. So there's that.
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May 21, 2019
A fun diversion, The Stele Chronicles is the user manual for the old LucasArts TIE Fighter space combat sim videogame, written in the form of a kid-friendly novella.
The story introduces us to Maarek Stele, the player avatar during the game, and his recruitment into the Imperial Military and first missions as a TIE Fighter pilot.
It is not great literature, but until the canon book Lost Stars appeared, 20 years or so after this, it was probably the best introduction to the life of an Imperial pilot.
Recommended for die-hard TIE Fighter fans!
The story introduces us to Maarek Stele, the player avatar during the game, and his recruitment into the Imperial Military and first missions as a TIE Fighter pilot.
It is not great literature, but until the canon book Lost Stars appeared, 20 years or so after this, it was probably the best introduction to the life of an Imperial pilot.
Recommended for die-hard TIE Fighter fans!
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