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A review by jaredkwheeler
Rebel Girl by Stéphane Créty, Brian Wood
4.0
Star Wars Legends Project #241
Background: Rebel Girl, released in October of 2014, collects issues 15-18 of Dark Horse's Star Wars run (March-June 2014). All 4 issues were written by [a:Brian Wood|20493|Brian Wood|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1413750561p2/20493.jpg] and drawn by [a:Stéphane Créty|1152915|Stéphane Créty|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]. Wood wrote this entire 20-issue series. Créty's only other Star Wars credit is for half of an Agent of the Empire arc.
Rebel Girl is set a few months after the Battle of Yavin, beginning where From the Ruins of Alderaan ended (my review). The main characters are Leia, Luke, and Han with minor roles for Chewie, Wedge Antilles, Mon Mothma, Darth Vader, etc. Most of the story takes place on and around Arrochar.
Summary: The Rebellion is in desperate need of a safe haven to call home, and Princess Leia has finally found them the perfect planet. There's just one catch: She has to marry into the planet's ruling family. This is a sacrifice she thinks she is prepared to make, though her closest friends aren't so sure. Still, as the Rebellion begins to establish a new base, all seems to be going well . . . maybe too well.
Review: This storyline is a really risky play. It's been tried before with decidedly poor results, and we all already know that this marriage isn't going to work out. That's two strikes against going in. I have to say, though, that it mostly worked for me. Wood knows how to put characters we know really well in an interesting situation, and then use it to examine how they act and react in compelling ways. I've seen a fair amount of negativity directed at this arc, and I get it, but I kind of enjoyed it.
Wood is walking a fine line, but he stays on the right side of it by being consistent with the characters and staying focused on landing this story. I'm not sure how well this meshes with any other established continuity (which is starting to become fairly moot for this section of the timeline anyway), but it is internally consistent with itself, and that's the first test that so many Star Wars stories that I have a problem with fail. So . . . this is a fairly decent story told with Star Wars characters, and that's about all I can promise.
B+
Background: Rebel Girl, released in October of 2014, collects issues 15-18 of Dark Horse's Star Wars run (March-June 2014). All 4 issues were written by [a:Brian Wood|20493|Brian Wood|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1413750561p2/20493.jpg] and drawn by [a:Stéphane Créty|1152915|Stéphane Créty|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]. Wood wrote this entire 20-issue series. Créty's only other Star Wars credit is for half of an Agent of the Empire arc.
Rebel Girl is set a few months after the Battle of Yavin, beginning where From the Ruins of Alderaan ended (my review). The main characters are Leia, Luke, and Han with minor roles for Chewie, Wedge Antilles, Mon Mothma, Darth Vader, etc. Most of the story takes place on and around Arrochar.
Summary: The Rebellion is in desperate need of a safe haven to call home, and Princess Leia has finally found them the perfect planet. There's just one catch: She has to marry into the planet's ruling family. This is a sacrifice she thinks she is prepared to make, though her closest friends aren't so sure. Still, as the Rebellion begins to establish a new base, all seems to be going well . . . maybe too well.
Review: This storyline is a really risky play. It's been tried before with decidedly poor results, and we all already know that this marriage isn't going to work out. That's two strikes against going in. I have to say, though, that it mostly worked for me. Wood knows how to put characters we know really well in an interesting situation, and then use it to examine how they act and react in compelling ways. I've seen a fair amount of negativity directed at this arc, and I get it, but I kind of enjoyed it.
Wood is walking a fine line, but he stays on the right side of it by being consistent with the characters and staying focused on landing this story. I'm not sure how well this meshes with any other established continuity (which is starting to become fairly moot for this section of the timeline anyway), but it is internally consistent with itself, and that's the first test that so many Star Wars stories that I have a problem with fail. So . . . this is a fairly decent story told with Star Wars characters, and that's about all I can promise.
B+