This story was better than some of the actual published ones (especially lately). I loved it very much. It was realistic to the characters, cute, and could pop itself into the continuity with graceful ease if you so wished.

Love,
Anya

This was a good story.

Having given that highest of compliments, I'll now go into detail.

1) Good premise. The idea of the retiring pilots being at a bit of a loss AND the idea of some people not wanting the war to be over both make a great amoutn of sense.

2) Good pacing. Never felt like the story was rushing or dragging.

3) You were just spot on with the characters. Wes and Hobbie in your story were just like Wes and Hobbie straight from the X-Wing series. I read this with a smile on my face.

Good work! And keep it up!

They got together!! Yesh!! I agree with Wes, their mating dance was amazingly cute (and believable in all its awkwardness). An excellent story. Thank you for writing it! You have not only avoided Mary Sue, you have smashed her to the ground, pulverized her with machine gun fire, and replaced her with a delightful human being right out of canon. And just right for Hobbs.

Yes, yes, yes! *punches air*
I am so happy for Hobbie and Karoly. The ending was good- not a happy end, but that would have been unrealistic, and not a sad end as well- I am glad, Hobbie deserves some love in his life!
Tycho, Wedge and Wes were impossible as usual- they will never learn! I loved Tych's offer of shooting Hobbie ^^., Typical.
Great end! And of course- great story!
Greetings,
Sachita

I am SO GLAD that Hobbie got the girl. Are you planning a sequel? R2-D2106

Yay! You didn't kill her! And this chapter was absolutely perfect. I was going to highlight the parts I loved, but I loved the whole thing. Instead, I'll just highlight the parts that I laughed out loud on. (Hopefully I didn't wake anyone up)

Hobbie looked appalled. “How much have you thought about this?”

“It’s boring here.”

“I’m going to leave now.”

^_^ Too funny. I love your use of dialogue here, it's perfect.

“You should have seen them at the hospital.” Wes wiped a spot of sauce from the corner of his mouth with his thumb. “They were so cute. Like little teenage Ewoks trying their mating dance for the first time behind the treehouse.”

(dies laughing) wow... oh wow, not sure if I wanted that image either, but coming from Wes--just perfect.

The entire whispered conversation during the ball was amazing too, but since I laughed through the whole thing I won't put all of it on here.

Keep writing these stories! (particularly your ones with Hobbie and Wes!) I'll definitely keep reading. You're now officially on all of my alerts AND all of my favorites.

So start writing more. :)

Oh no. Karoly!
I hope this cliffhanger served for dramatic purposes only and you didn't really kill her! That would be terrible, because she's a great OC-not-really-OC-character and poor Hobbie would be hurt even more.
And of course Wes was worried about Hobbie (I was too^^) and Hobbie is worried about Wes. Not as if either of them would ever admit that^^ Great update.
I am looking forward to the next chapter,
Julia

WOW! This is another great chapter. What's next? Are updating again today? Please? R2-D2106

ugh. I'm always so happy to see that you've updated and then, by the end, I kind of wish you hadn't...lol.
I guessed that maybe the end of the last chapter was part of the plan--It was obvious Hobbie wanted to distract attention, but I do admit that you had me scared anyway.
This time I'm actually worried. It would be a good ending to have Karoly sacrifice herself--a very plausable one, considering how they're not sure how to work around their relationship thing. But that would hurt Hobbie so much... :(
And there are other good ways to end it, really.
Okay, I guess I should stop trying to talk you out of anything, considering that you've already written it. I guess I'll just have to wait until tomorrow and find out...
Meaning, of course, it'd BETTER be up tomorrow ^_^

~Hilary

Good story. I like where its going.
Good point: The two main characters are very well done, their interaction with eachother is perfect.
Bad Point: you lack alot of physical descriptions of characters. If you have a set idea of what these guys look like you need to recreate that image for readers.

Hi! Good new chapter!
It'S certainly interesting to know that Karoly isn't an OC character. I didn't know^^
Awesome new chapter- and I wonder what will happen to their relationship- if I can call it that- once all this is over.
Poor Hobbie though! Everyone is always hurting him...)-;
-Sachita

Uh-oh! What's going to happen now? R2-D2106

I was so excited when I read that you already had the entire thing written and just hadn't put it up.
Now, though, I'm just kind of upset that you have the ending and haven't posted it! Gaah, what happened to Hobbie?! UPDATE!
Lol, seriously though, I'm in awe of your ability to write an entire story ahead of time. I'm usually too excited and post within the first 5 pages. ^_^ (It's kind of sad, I'm about to post a new story and do just that...oh well) Anyway, that's definitely amazing. I guess I just have no patience.
Great posts! I'm glad you update so fast, I wouldn't be able to wait otherwise.
The next chapter better be up tomorrow... ;)
(Preferably as soon as I wake up. I'll check, too. Heck, I've got nothing else to do...)

~Hilary

Wow. I come back just a week later and I find several more chapters up. That's great! I'm still really enjoying this. I love your style. Especially, I like how you've made the battles seem so believable. That speeder chase was fantastic.

Thanks for writing. I can't wait to keep reading.

Wonderful, great updates! I loved it so much!
Hobbie in all his awesome Hobbie-ness and of course Karoly- a very interesting OC character. You managed to write her in a believable way- which is quite hard to manage. Of ourse Wes being kidnapped is awful and I hope they'll soon be able to rescure him.
I am looking forward to the next chapter!
-Sachita