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vendea's review
I guess I'll just come out and say it - I could not stand the art style in this volume. Everything else so far I have usually liked - the Journals of Obi Wan are not very much to my taste but they're tolerable. This volume was so bad that I just stopped reading and finishing it sort of felt like a chore.
ablakespace's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
maren_e's review
adventurous
funny
hopeful
mysterious
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
4.5
ogreart's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting. I like how they are bringing back characters from earlier graphic novels and giving them more of a backstory. Makes it more fun for me to read.
ppetropoulakis's review
4.0
A series of stories introducing Scar Squadron, the elite stormtroopers trying to bring the rebellion heroes down. The stories are unremarkable but the worldbuilding and some characterisation of the villains is the highlight. Altogether, a solidly entertaining story.
jenny_librarian's review
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
3.0
Meh. It’s probably my least favourite so far in the series. The drawing was the worst, it looks like caricatures.
Still not a fan of the Obi-Wan issues. And this one is really stretching it. It’s on the verge of diverging completely from what happened in the OT.
The small addition at the end was cute. Nothing amazing, but cute.
But in general I didn’t like this issue all that much. Kreel is fine as a villain, but the whole Task Force 99 thing is just the Bad Batch with stormtroopers. I could even tell which trooper corresponded to which clone. This is how similar they are.
Still not a fan of the Obi-Wan issues. And this one is really stretching it. It’s on the verge of diverging completely from what happened in the OT.
The small addition at the end was cute. Nothing amazing, but cute.
But in general I didn’t like this issue all that much. Kreel is fine as a villain, but the whole Task Force 99 thing is just the Bad Batch with stormtroopers. I could even tell which trooper corresponded to which clone. This is how similar they are.
Content Warnings
Graphic: War, Gun violence, and Violence
Minor: Sexism
neilrcoulter's review
3.0
This isn't the worst of the current Star Wars graphic novel series. The story stays focused on the action, with no distractions of tangential subplots. The artwork looks better than other volumes of this series have been. It's an unnecessary story, and I dislike cramming the space between the movies full of almost-encounters between Luke and Vader, because that takes away the power of their movie confrontations.
Well, if I keep writing, I'll end up not liking this book at all, so I'll just stop here.
Well, if I keep writing, I'll end up not liking this book at all, so I'll just stop here.