New Comic Series: Star Wars

I enjoyed issue 3, but I found it a bit jumpy. Like the cuts between different characters were too sudden and too often. Like, we're not done with Luke, but the next page is at a Star Destroyer, without any transition.

But I like the way the story is going.
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It was the year of fire… the year of destruction… the year we took back what was ours.
It was the year of rebirth… the year of great sadness… the year of pain… and the year of joy.
It was a new age. It was the end of history. It was the year everything changed.
The year is 2261.
The place: Babylon 5.

I thought the artwork in #3 was the best yet. The two page spread of the Death Star was gorgeous and really, all of the panels looked really great. I love the lighting effects.

But the drama Brian Wood is creating with the characters is interesting. Who would of thought we'd see Luke and Leia fighting like real brothers and sisters. Laughing

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Knight Joined: 02 Sep 2012 Posts: 279

Issue #4 was top notch! Now this series is really rolling in the direction. [/spoiler]
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Knight Joined: 02 Sep 2012 Posts: 279

#5 Wow! The art work alone is enough to write a 10 page review on, but I'll just leave it at....... Well yea wow says it all! Are you guys still in on this?
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Mara: "Not many people Dare to hug me"
Lando: "That leaves more of you for me then!"

"Sure I can't move a rock with my mind, but, boy can I make that rock think its been moved."

I think the art and the layouts are just amazing in this series. I would gush more about in the reviews, but I'm trying not to write a 10 page review Laughing

Although I was not that impressed by issue #5's cover, of course anyone following Alex Ross is going to be seen lacking.
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TK-5990
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I have two words for issue #5: bloody Leia.

Really nice issue that kicked of the momentum of the series.
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New info from Dark Horse on issue #8

Star Wars #8

Publication Date: August 14, 2013
Format: FC, 32 pages; Ongoing
Price: $2.99

Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles intentionally allow themselves to be captured by the Empire to discover how Colonel Bircher is tracking the Rebels’ movements. Meanwhile, Darth Vader sends a spy into his own ranks to find out the same thing. And Han and Chewie go blaster to blaster against Boba Fett!

Writer: Brian Wood
Artist: Ryan Kelly
Inker: Dan Parsons
Colorist: Gabe Eltaeb
Cover Artist: David Michael Beck

Star Wars #8 will feature cover art by David Michael Beck who recently did the covers for Dawn of the Jedi: Prisoner of Bogan.
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I like the cover art, except for the faces. They look like they've been photoshopped onto it.
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I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it. These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

I'll be honest, I don't like the cover. I actually don't like any of Beck's recent Star Wars covers, which is odd, because his old Star Wars covers were pretty good.
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Also being honest, I have no idea what other covers Beck has done, as I usually just skip the names (not big on comics, so it's normally just meaningless words to me). I'll have a look at his other, new ones to see if they're on the same level as this.
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I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it. These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

I've decided to drop this title after issue 6.

While the story is somewhat interesting, I'm not at all invested in the characters. Indeed, many of them I don't even know/care about.

And the art is really jumpy. Like, I just finished #4 (and I'm planning on reading #5 tonight), and I was really surprised by a random panel of the Slave I flying through Coruscant, in the middle of a page that was about X-Wings fighting Imperials. There was no good reason for that random panel, which had no bearing on anything else that was happening at the time.

I had a similar problem with Issue 3.

In the end, I derive significantly more pleasure from X-Men comics than from this series, and so I'm comfortable dropping it after the end of In The Shadow Of Yavin (issue 6), in favour of picking up Astonishing X-Men (as of issue 62, which just came out, and slowly backfilling the collection digitally).
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It was the year of fire… the year of destruction… the year we took back what was ours.
It was the year of rebirth… the year of great sadness… the year of pain… and the year of joy.
It was a new age. It was the end of history. It was the year everything changed.
The year is 2261.
The place: Babylon 5.

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