I go into Star Wars graphic novels with the lowest of expectations, and this one was not so bad. The story itself is bland and uninteresting, but within the story there is a more intriguing debate about whether the Jedi are doing the right thing in becoming generals and leading clone armies into battle. That's the kind of moral dilemma that was almost entirely missing from the prequel movies, and it's the sort of thing I'm very interested in. I think in this book, we're supposed to believe that the dissenter is wrong and Mace Windu is right, but that wasn't how I felt. The Jedi have serious issues that they never confront. The Last Jedi suggests that it's going to confront issues like that, but then it ends up running away from them or ignoring them. Maybe someday . . .

The primary question I have about the Clone Wars is: Why is it worth causing death and destruction to prevent some planets from breaking away from the Republic and forming another governance system? That doesn't make sense to me. It's like the American Civil War, but without the slavery issue. Should an entire galaxy be governed by one system? Could a galaxy support two governments, especially if they're cooperative? Separation from the Republic doesn't seem like a compelling reason to throw the galaxy into chaos (which is what the Republic/Jedi are fighting to prevent; in fighting for that ideal, they're destroying that ideal). Related to that: What's the big deal about Jedi deciding to leave the order? Do you really have to become homicidal and destroy some Jedi in order to get out of it? This seems like a strange cult. An exit option would've solved one character's problem in this story--and, of course, it would have been a good option for Anakin.

The art in this book is unremarkable, the flashback to Mace Windu as a padawan is insubstantial, the villain should have been Durge, and it seems odd to me that the Jedi Council can't spare any clone troops to send with Mace, but they can spare three other Jedi generals.

Not the worst Star Wars comic, but not at all the best.