‘Rogue One’ Sequel Novel ‘Star Wars: Inferno Squad’ Announced
Rogue One: A Star Wars Storywas a big hit for Disney, and despite some of the actors havingcontracts for possible future film appearances, Lucasfilm headKathleen Kennedyhas been adamant thatwe won’t get a sequel to this Star Wars standalone movie. Besides, the fates of many of the characters are pretty clearly spelled out in the film and, yes,Rogue Onealready has a sequel in the form ofStar Wars: A New Hope.
But the Star Wars galaxy is a big open story, filled with chapters that Disney hopes to explore across various mediums. And today the company announced that a new book calledStar Wars: Inferno Squadwill take place immediately after the events ofRogue One. Hit the jump to learn more about Star Wars Inferno Squad.
Inferno Squadwill be released in stores onJuly 25th, 2017and follow the story of “an elite Imperial squad and their mission following the events ofRogue One.” The official plot description below is all we know about the book at this point:
The story is also obviously taking place near or during the events ofA New Hope, asRogue Oneends just hours beforethe opening of that story. But I’m just not sure the connection to Star Wars lore will be that interesting with this book, as most of the characters we’d care about fromRogue Oneare gone by the start of this story. Do we really care about the remnants of Saw Gerrera’s Partisans when Saw and his primary group were all killed when the Death Star fired on Jedha?
Star Wars: Inferno Squadis a new novel fromChristie Golden, who has written more than 50 sci-fi, horror and fantasy novels exploring the worlds of Ravenloft, Starcraft, Star Trek, World of Warcraft and Star Wars. Golden penned Legends booksStar Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Omen,Star Wars: Fate of the Jediand the 2016 Clone Wars bookStar Wars: Dark Disciple.
