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fionnious's review
5.0
Didn’t choose an easy place to start with the Star Wars comics, accidentally starting a series which features a cross-over… but I’m glad picking up Darth Vader vol. 1 forced me to start this as I loved it. Looking forward to the cross-over part now so it’ll hopefully become a little more straightforward
fnnbnjmnks's review
5.0
Didn’t choose an easy place to start with the Star Wars comics, accidentally starting a series which features a cross-over… but I’m glad picking up Darth Vader vol. 1 forced me to start this as I loved it. Looking forward to the cross-over part now so it’ll hopefully become a little more straightforward
godlizza's review
4.0
There's more Vader in this trade than the whole OG trilogy.
Holy shit Bobba Fett can talk.
Is it just 'cause we Star Wars fans are so soaked in the Jedi mythos that everything about them seems basic knowledge to us and that the galaxy really knows next to nothing about them? Basically, did Han really not know what a lightsaber was called or was he just shitting on Vader by calling it a 'laser sword'?
Does Leia do her own hair? Or does she have a maid on board the fleet to do it for her?
How does Luke continue to maintain his cute farm boy image despite cutting a man's hand off?
These are my questions.
Holy shit Bobba Fett can talk.
Is it just 'cause we Star Wars fans are so soaked in the Jedi mythos that everything about them seems basic knowledge to us and that the galaxy really knows next to nothing about them? Basically, did Han really not know what a lightsaber was called or was he just shitting on Vader by calling it a 'laser sword'?
Does Leia do her own hair? Or does she have a maid on board the fleet to do it for her?
How does Luke continue to maintain his cute farm boy image despite cutting a man's hand off?
These are my questions.
galax003's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
nanceoir's review
4.0
I wish I didn't have to wait for more of the story!
Also, this doesn't have the problem that the Leia story had; the characters definitely look like the characters. Which is delightful! And also (seemingly) rare. I think the artwork also helps add to writing's sense of... rightness. Like, I can often hear the dialogue in my head in the movie voices, so it's good writing, but I think seeing the characters properly helps that, too.
Anyway. Good times.
Also, this doesn't have the problem that the Leia story had; the characters definitely look like the characters. Which is delightful! And also (seemingly) rare. I think the artwork also helps add to writing's sense of... rightness. Like, I can often hear the dialogue in my head in the movie voices, so it's good writing, but I think seeing the characters properly helps that, too.
Anyway. Good times.
fakespy87's review
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
rltinha's review
4.0
Este é um daqueles casos em que a falta de conhecimentos sobre a arte leva às adjectivações costumeiras para destacar a qualidade do desenho, do inking e da coloração. Talvez falhe apenas nas opções de painel frequentemente demasiado rígidas.
De resto, foi um deleite ler Star Wars escrito pelo Aaron (em sequência imediata à trama do Ep. IV). Enquanto fangirl do Jason Aaron, devo dizer, com toda a parcialidade que tal qualidade me confere, que este cumpriu eximiamente a missão (a qual não terá sido pouco manietada pelas exigências da Marvel), bebendo da fonte das missões impossíveis, sortes improváveis (para o bem e para o mal) e improvisos que, afinal, eram lógicos e imediatos desde o primeiro momento (sem que alguém o suspeitasse).
De resto, foi um deleite ler Star Wars escrito pelo Aaron (em sequência imediata à trama do Ep. IV). Enquanto fangirl do Jason Aaron, devo dizer, com toda a parcialidade que tal qualidade me confere, que este cumpriu eximiamente a missão (a qual não terá sido pouco manietada pelas exigências da Marvel), bebendo da fonte das missões impossíveis, sortes improváveis (para o bem e para o mal) e improvisos que, afinal, eram lógicos e imediatos desde o primeiro momento (sem que alguém o suspeitasse).
some_okie_dude27's review
I've been saying for a while that the Star Wars franchise has been held together by the TV shows such as The Clone Wars and The Mandalorian. But I am happy to say that the comics that Marvel has put out has also been doing some great work and adding some much needed life into the struggling franchise.
Like many Star Wars fans, I have been constantly disappointed by the mediocre outings that the movies have consistently brought out. I have a soft spot for the prequels, considering that I grew up in the era when they came out, but even I can't ignore the glaring flaws of those movies. Then we got the sequel movies which was an elaborate form of smoke and mirrors, tricking us into thinking we were returning to form and instead giving us empty fan service and shoddy storytelling. Star Wars fans have become more cynical...but a new hope has arrived.
Jason Aaron continues to prove his versatility as a writer with Star Wars. He has a keen understanding of the feel and tone that Star Wars should have. The adventurous spirit of Star Wars feels alive and well in this volume and one can sense that Aaron is having a complete blast while writing this. The pace is fast, but not without losing sense of the characters and their motivations. The dialogue is snappy and the characters sound like themselves, to the point where I could hear young Hamill, Fisher, and Ford's voices when reading this.
Like The Clone Wars, this volume expands upon and further develops characters that we've come to know, as well as introducing us to new characters and giving further development to the world that we've come to know for all of these years. This book doesn't simply fill in the gaps, but also gives us new, memorable moments that make the original films proud. While the world-building isn't as vast as it is in The Clone Wars or KOTOR, Aaron never gets too ambitious with his storytelling and focuses on telling a fun, and good yarn. He fully embraces the pulp adventure roots of Star Wars, and never attempts to be anything more than a romp.
Cassaday's art is solid as well, while I find his style to be standard in terms of comic book art, his style is confident and is complimented by magnificent colors that give the worlds depicted in this volume a lot of personality. He gets the designs of the major characters down well, while also adding a certain flare to them that is uniquely his own. He also compliments Aaron's writing with an art style that is just as adventurous and fast paced.
This is a Star Wars comic that is written for fans and the love for the franchise burns through as you read through it. This is probably the best way that this series could start, and it is exciting to see where this run of Star Wars will go as it moves along.
It's no KOTOR of course. But then again, nothing is.
altoid's review
2.0
A decent start to filling in the gaps between films according to the new Disney canon. I'm not nearly as upset about Han's wife reveal as some have been, and I particularly like Boba's Tatooine subplot, but the intro mission on Cymoon is pretty atrocious, only serving to set up the reasoning behind the Falcon's state of disrepair by Empire Strikes Back. The juggling of Luke's saber between him and Vader is laughable at best, as is the AT-AT hijacking. Thankfully things pick up after they get off Cymoon, and the sections on Tatooine make up for the beginning. Looking forward to whatever is contained is Kenobi's journals...