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jaredkwheeler's review against another edition
5.0
Star Wars Legends Project #293
Background: Tag & Bink Were Here, released in November of 2006, collects 4 issues originally published between October 2001 and April 2006. All 4 issues were written by [a:Kevin Rubio|452071|Kevin Rubio|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1525890081p2/452071.jpg] and drawn by [a:Lucas Marangon|452069|Lucas Marangon|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]. Both also did a handful of stories for Star Wars Tales. Rubio also wrote the episode "Bombad Jedi" for The Clone Wars show, though he is perhaps best-known for creating the fan-favorite short film TROOPS.
Tag & Bink Were Here takes place throughout both the original trilogy and most of the prequel trilogy films, but it is not canon and therefore has no bearing on the timeline. The main characters are Tag Greenley and Bink Otauna, with cameo appearances by most major characters from the saga. The story takes place primarily in the various locations of the films.
Summary: Friends and comrades-in-arms Tag and Bink, one from Corellia, the other from Alderaan, are a pair of Rebels who always seem to manage to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. We first meet them aboard the Tantive IV, moments before it is boarded by Darth Vader. Life expectancy for any expendable Rebel trooper is short, but things are about to get so much worse . . .
Review: There are probably people who will hate, or at least be indifferent to what Rubio is doing here, but I can't imagine why anyone that deprived of a sense of fun would be a Star Wars fan to begin with. With an obvious nod to "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead," Rubio drags his characters through the background of almost every major event in a Star Wars film to that point, with a seemingly bottomless capacity to generate inventive and hilarious gags out of familiar scenes. I found the whole exercise totally delightful from start to finish.
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Background: Tag & Bink Were Here, released in November of 2006, collects 4 issues originally published between October 2001 and April 2006. All 4 issues were written by [a:Kevin Rubio|452071|Kevin Rubio|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1525890081p2/452071.jpg] and drawn by [a:Lucas Marangon|452069|Lucas Marangon|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]. Both also did a handful of stories for Star Wars Tales. Rubio also wrote the episode "Bombad Jedi" for The Clone Wars show, though he is perhaps best-known for creating the fan-favorite short film TROOPS.
Tag & Bink Were Here takes place throughout both the original trilogy and most of the prequel trilogy films, but it is not canon and therefore has no bearing on the timeline. The main characters are Tag Greenley and Bink Otauna, with cameo appearances by most major characters from the saga. The story takes place primarily in the various locations of the films.
Summary: Friends and comrades-in-arms Tag and Bink, one from Corellia, the other from Alderaan, are a pair of Rebels who always seem to manage to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. We first meet them aboard the Tantive IV, moments before it is boarded by Darth Vader. Life expectancy for any expendable Rebel trooper is short, but things are about to get so much worse . . .
Review: There are probably people who will hate, or at least be indifferent to what Rubio is doing here, but I can't imagine why anyone that deprived of a sense of fun would be a Star Wars fan to begin with. With an obvious nod to "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead," Rubio drags his characters through the background of almost every major event in a Star Wars film to that point, with a seemingly bottomless capacity to generate inventive and hilarious gags out of familiar scenes. I found the whole exercise totally delightful from start to finish.
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theonionboy's review
4.0
A fun story. I wish it wasn't so short, but if they tied these two into too many events, it would get too ridiculous. I recommend it.
alexander0's review against another edition
4.0
Inspired by the Shakespearian back-story parody of Hamlet, "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead", Tag & Bink is a very clever non-canon read. Unfortunately, I'm not sure that this will hold well with future canon works, but it was a lot of fun nevertheless. This is a work any Star Wars fan would find to be entertaining.
wyrmbergmalcolm's review against another edition
4.0
Told in four parts - covering episodes 4, 5, 6 and the prequel trilogy - this enjoyable send-up is clearly made of fans for fans with many in-jokes and references casual Star Wars readers may not pick up on. More blatantly are the unlikely cameos, such as Buzz Lightyear, an exploding Krypton and various robots from other franchises. What's particularly amusing are the number of Disney references in here despite this being published six years before they bought it.
The story itself is pretty weak and relies heavily on the visual gags, twists of the established lore, how they end up in almost every significant scene from the films and fun artwork. From finding Chewie’s ungifted medal on Yavin 4, being disguised as one of Jabba's henchmen and accidentally shooting Luke's robot hand to being the Imperial Royal Guards who, when told to 'Leave us' go round the back of the elevator to find no second door there and spend the rest of the movie sitting there.
However, it's the prequel segment where the writing really picks up. Along with more visual gags, there was more of an attempt to make a cohesive story that actually works and brilliantly lampooned many of the questionable scenes (particularly with Anakin and Padme on Naboo - '"I hate sand?" What were you thinking?'). It was a shame this was so short.
Not the best send-ups of the franchise, but lovingly done, brilliantly illustrated and is a joy to read if you're willing to take it all at face value.
The story itself is pretty weak and relies heavily on the visual gags, twists of the established lore, how they end up in almost every significant scene from the films and fun artwork. From finding Chewie’s ungifted medal on Yavin 4, being disguised as one of Jabba's henchmen and accidentally shooting Luke's robot hand to being the Imperial Royal Guards who, when told to 'Leave us' go round the back of the elevator to find no second door there and spend the rest of the movie sitting there.
However, it's the prequel segment where the writing really picks up. Along with more visual gags, there was more of an attempt to make a cohesive story that actually works and brilliantly lampooned many of the questionable scenes (particularly with Anakin and Padme on Naboo - '"I hate sand?" What were you thinking?'). It was a shame this was so short.
Not the best send-ups of the franchise, but lovingly done, brilliantly illustrated and is a joy to read if you're willing to take it all at face value.
jennykeery's review against another edition
3.0
Tag and Bink are to Star Wars what Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are to Hamlet - they are two nobodies who repeatedly find themselves watching the major scenes unfold and commenting on the action without understanding the consequences. Light and fun, but if you've watched the films more than once you can probably guess the jokes!
streetsmcrts's review against another edition
4.0
Tag & Bink series is probably one of my favourite Star Wars spinoff series that I've ever read. it's a great parody of Rrosencratz and Guildenstern are Dead, with a lot of cameos and even fourth-wall breaking. and how they actually involved in major events in Star Wars made this better. I also love their bromance (or such an otp? *cough*) that already been made from the Episode 2 (AND THEY EVEN A FRIEND OF ANAKIN SKYWALKER? OHMY).
so yep, rated this 3.5 stars. too bad there's only a little of this even though these such a potential series and characters.
so yep, rated this 3.5 stars. too bad there's only a little of this even though these such a potential series and characters.
jedi_indyjones's review against another edition
4.0
This comic was alot of fun. It was Star Wars Legends' Deadpool-like comic. It was really fun to witness Star Wars' Rosencrantz and Guildenstern interact with the film timeline, along with some great cameos, including Jay and Silent Bob. I read this because I know that these characters will appear in the new Solo movie and I had never read these before. I am hopeful that the canon will do more with the characters in other media and create their own version. I later found out that the creator was the same dude who did the famous youtube video "Troopers". It's alot of fun. Recommend.
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