Rogue Heroes

Freed’s inspirations for The Mask Of Fear included John le Carré’s spy thrillers for their mix of tension and bureaucratic detail. SET DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF Emperor Palpatine’s tyrannical rule, The Mask Of Fear – the first in the Reign Of The Empire trilogy – doesn’t only focus on the varying impact it had on “important people” such as the Jedi or Darth Vader. Instead, it takes in the viewpoint of “the average citizen”, who with the end of the Clone Wars, perhaps isn’t having such a bad time....