Star Wars: The Last Jedi Books in Order

Elizabeth Wein's contribution to the Star Wars world is Cobalt Squadron, a story tied to The Last Jedi that stays close to the working life of the Resistance. This is not a Jedi-heavy adventure or a grand Force mystery. It is a bomber-crew story. The focus is on mechanics, reconnaissance, teamwork, and the hard choices that come with trying to help people while a much larger war closes in.

The book centers on sisters Rose and Paige Tico. Rose is a mechanic and engineer, practical, quick-thinking, and very aware that ships do not stay in the air by hope alone. Paige is a gunner, steady under pressure and fiercely protective. Together they serve with Cobalt Squadron, a Resistance bomber unit, and their bond gives the story its shape. Wein is very good at pairs and teams, so the sister relationship feels like more than backstory. It drives the book's emotional stakes.

This is a war story in Star Wars clothing, which makes Wein a good fit.

The main plot begins when a mission in the Atterra system pulls Cobalt Squadron into a local crisis. Rose, Paige, and their crew become involved with fugitives from Atterra Bravo and the problem of getting help to people living under First Order pressure. That premise lets the novel do something useful and interesting. Instead of treating the Resistance as a distant symbol, it shows the nuts and bolts of how resistance actually works, scouting, transport, improvisation, risk, and people doing dangerous jobs because someone has to.

The setting is all hangars, cramped ships, flight paths, and tense planning rather than temples or royal courts. That makes the tone feel grounded, even inside a galaxy full of famous heroes. Wein pays attention to ship systems, crew roles, and the little practical details that tell you who knows what they are doing. Readers who like the pilot side of Star Wars, or who enjoyed the military texture of some of the franchise's war stories, will probably respond to that immediately.

The heart of it is Rose and Paige, smart, stubborn, and loyal.

Because this page only covers one Elizabeth Wein Star Wars title, the appeal is less about a long series arc and more about where the book fits. Cobalt Squadron works as a lead-in to The Last Jedi, especially for readers who wanted more of Rose Tico and wanted to know what life looked like for the bomber crews around her. It also stands well enough on its own as a brisk, younger-reader science fiction adventure.

Expect action, crew banter, sisterly warmth, and missions where helping civilians matters just as much as winning a fight. This is Star Wars from the maintenance bay and the bomber cockpit, not the throne room, and that is exactly what gives it charm.