jenny_librarian's reviews
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I don’t know how to feel about this series. On one hand, it’s a must read to better understand what the Jedi are against in Phase 3. The film noir vibe of the first issue was also pretty cool. And I stand by my idea (brought up from reading the Jedi Path) that it would be great for Disney to do a detective series with a Jedi investigator, set in the High Republic era.

But on the other hand, the issues felt a bit disjointed, like I was missing information when moving on to the next issue. And was that a romance they tried to establish between Emerick and Sian? That didn’t land at all. They could’ve just been friendly. There’s no need for amatonormativity. Emerick’s casual mention of Avar and Stellan having once been a “thing” (or 2/3 of one) was plenty enough, and a much better inclusion of romance.

That’s was a really cute compilation of short stories. Some of them didn’t exactly give the moral the writers might have wanted to (A Coruscant Solstice screams « eat the rich »), but they were all pretty good.

I think the only story I didn’t like that much was Reflection Day, on account that I’m not a huge fan of destiny romance tropes.

And I am thankful I was told about Chewie’s family beforehand. That would have been jarring to learn while reading The Tree of Life…

As expected hitting the 55 issues mark, this is getting a little boring. The story seems to be losing its thread, then finding it again after a few issues. At least Larocca and his hideous artwork is gone.

It wasn’t bad, but introducing a love interest and a warrior, just to have them either die or leave by the end of this volume… I’m tired of having new characters thrown in for the sake of being a side plot. Tula could’ve been a great addition, but it’s clear we’ll never see again.

And then we have Bad Batch 2.0 (Scar Squadron) popping up at the last moment once again. I swear those guys are just there to fill the void when writers can’t come up with something.

It was entertaining, but I’m glad there’s only 3 volumes left.

Not a bad story, and it's nice to know how Ty Yorrick turned her back on the Jedi Order, but it didn't draw me in all that much. As far as THR goes, this was mid for the comic runs.

I'm also slightly disturbed by the rabbit-ear kid... 

I really tried, but this book is just way too boring for me. I coulebt bring myself to care about any of the characters when they author gave us nothing but a series of battles with very little description of anything else.

Namir felt like some sort of macho soldier caricature, and nobody else gave me much hope. It doesn’t feel like Star Wars. It feels like an 80s war book set in the GFFA.

It's interesting to read about the side characters on Starlight Beacon and get to fit their adventures into the larger story. I didn't care much for the interviews, but the short stories were good.

That book was really cute and a great way to celebrate some of the women of Star Wars. As a children’s comic, it works really well to deliver a message with each issue, while showing in general that the girls in the GFFA are just as cool as the boys.

I think at least two of the issues were almost word for word episodes of the Forces of Destiny animated series, so it wasn’t exactly all new material, but I still appreciated it. I do wish Padmé and Ahsoka had separate issues though (that scene with Barriss would’ve been great as a whole issue with the two of them).

Even without having read Phasma, I absolutely loved this book! Vi is a great character, and Archex is so complex! Both were incredibly interesting to follow through this little adventure to establish the Resistance hideout on Batuu.

I loved the way the author explored the trauma of both main characters and how they made peace with it. For all its traumatic events, Star Wars rarely explores the after effects on characters. It’s gotten better in written material over the years (THR doesn’t shy away from it), but it’s still marginal from what I’ve seen in both visual and written canon material. So to have not one, but both MCs learn to live with their trauma at each other’s hand is just *chef kiss*

All the characters were interesting, and – as a Disney World fan – I love learning more about the lore of Galaxy’s Edge. But Vi and Archex are definitely my favourite here. And Vi being ace and Archex being autistic-coded are just the cherry on top.

I shall now go back and read Phasma. I need to know how things happened for them to get there.

The only downside of this book is that it's Legends and inaccurate with the new canon. Oh, and that I have no bloody idea who Thame is.

Everything else is great. The commentary is the best, and even those who haven't read any Legends books (like me) will enjoy it. And now I kinda want to read all the other books in that series!

Definitely a major uptake in action here. It’s like a second breath has been given to this comics run.

Art is still crap (someone please fire Larroca already) but it was less distracting this time around, possibly because of all the stuff happening in every panel.

I just have one tiny continuity complaint, and it’s that

Vader should have been able to hold the TIE fighter Leia escaped in with the Force. We’ve seen time and again how strong he is with it, and you’re trying to make us believe Leia could escape in one of those tiny metal coffins without him just grasping and reeling it in?!