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wyrmbergmalcolm's review
4.0
This story is actually split into 2 halves: Fel's tale and the Mission. Fel's tale is told during his debriefing and chronicles his life from just before joining the Imperial Academy to his capture by the Rebels. This gives a great insight into how a good man can become fervently loyal to an evil regime and how, even when his comrades mutiny and join the Rebellion, he remains steadfast in his belief in the Empire. Eventually, however, even he can no longer remain blind to the cracks in his beloved regime and finds he must make some difficult choices.
I really enjoyed this telling and the artwork was pretty good too.
The second half follow a Rebel mission to rescue Fel's wife before news of his capture reaches the Empire. What follows is a somewhat confusing and convoluted series of events that are punctuated by some cartoonish humour. I wasn't a great fan of this half, particularly as it has a jarringly different artwork compared to the first half. It does introduce Corran Horn, though, so it was nice to see him.
I really enjoyed this telling and the artwork was pretty good too.
The second half follow a Rebel mission to rescue Fel's wife before news of his capture reaches the Empire. What follows is a somewhat confusing and convoluted series of events that are punctuated by some cartoonish humour. I wasn't a great fan of this half, particularly as it has a jarringly different artwork compared to the first half. It does introduce Corran Horn, though, so it was nice to see him.
depizan's review
3.0
The art's actually good in the first half of this! The first half is also the much better written half, though the second half isn't terrible, just kind of overly convoluted.
It's always interesting to see writers take on the question of what the conflict looked like from the Imperial side. Granted, there remains the problem that the Empire tends to be portrayed as fairly blatantly evil, so any in-Empire view looks so different from what we see most of the time that it feels like more than just a perspective shift.
It's always interesting to see writers take on the question of what the conflict looked like from the Imperial side. Granted, there remains the problem that the Empire tends to be portrayed as fairly blatantly evil, so any in-Empire view looks so different from what we see most of the time that it feels like more than just a perspective shift.
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