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A review by wyrmbergmalcolm
Star Wars: Honor and Duty by C.P. Smith, Steve Firchow, Jasen Rodriguez, Luke Ross, John Ostrander
4.0
As much as I like reading about the Jedi, it was very refreshing to have the focus of someone else for a change. In this case, one of the blue senate guards, named Sagoro Autem. Here we learn about his work-life, his family life and his disdain for the Jedi. I also appreciated seeing the underground sport of Pit Racing first seen in the beginning of Greg Bear's Rogue Planet that saw a young padawan Anakin Skywalker face off against a blood carver.
As with many 'cop' stories, the family did have the usual tropes of neglected wife and out of control children with nothing we haven't seen many times before. The mystery of the whodunnit was revealed pretty early on leaving the reader to simply watch the guard discover the truth for himself.
The artwork was perfectly serviceable. The likenesses weren't all that close, but was at least consistent and I could still tell who was who.
This volume concludes with a follow-up story, Loyalties, that follows Sagoro as an officer in the newly formed Empire. As the next round of purges takes place, he finds himself on the run from Darth Vader. This was a fairly standard hunted story with a twist that was pretty obvious. Nevertheless, it was a fitting conclusion to Sagoro's story. The artwork is noticeably different here, less cartoony than the main story and did the story justice.
As with many 'cop' stories, the family did have the usual tropes of neglected wife and out of control children with nothing we haven't seen many times before. The mystery of the whodunnit was revealed pretty early on leaving the reader to simply watch the guard discover the truth for himself.
The artwork was perfectly serviceable. The likenesses weren't all that close, but was at least consistent and I could still tell who was who.
This volume concludes with a follow-up story, Loyalties, that follows Sagoro as an officer in the newly formed Empire. As the next round of purges takes place, he finds himself on the run from Darth Vader. This was a fairly standard hunted story with a twist that was pretty obvious. Nevertheless, it was a fitting conclusion to Sagoro's story. The artwork is noticeably different here, less cartoony than the main story and did the story justice.