Star Wars Omnibus War With the Empire Review

I find myself reading these Omnibuses all out of social club for a couple of reasons. One is that after reading near Rogue Squadron and some Sith from similar five,000 years ago, I just can't exist bothered with the earlier stuff... and the other is that they don't seem to have been released in any club to begin with. I grabbed this i mostly because it has Leia and Chewie on the comprehend and I just wanted something familiar.

The get-go of the three stories in the motorbus, Shadows of the Empire takes place betwe

I find myself reading these Omnibuses all out of order for a couple of reasons. One is that after reading nigh Rogue Squadron and some Sith from like 5,000 years agone, I just can't be bothered with the before stuff... and the other is that they don't seem to have been released in any order to begin with. I grabbed this one mostly because it has Leia and Chewie on the cover and I merely wanted something familiar.

The outset of the three stories in the motorcoach, Shadows of the Empire takes place betwixt the events in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. From what I empathize, it is an adaptation of the volume of the aforementioned proper noun, which I have non read. I've seen reviews that say information technology isn't equally good as the novel, only I've no idea if those people have the slightest thought what a book to comic accommodation should wait like... and I'm certain I don't. Equally nosotros starting time the story, Leia, Chewie, and Luke are trying to notice Boba Fett, who currently has Han frozen in carbonite. We are also treated to the Emperor existence upset with Vader, who continues trying to track down Luke. Side plots most the Blackness Dominicus gang and some compensation hunters trying to steal Han from Fett ensure that something is e'er happening.

Since this was originally a movie tie-in, I was expecting it to end with Luke and the gang about to infiltrate Jabba'due south palace(?), or at least planning that out. Instead, the story ends as soon as Boba Fett successfully delivers Han to Jabba. That does brand a better ending than I was expecting, just I was still a piffling disappointed.

My other thwarting in this otherwise fine story was the art. It is fine overall, and in other circumstances I wouldn't actually notice, but this was supposed to be a tie-in. Why don't Leia, Luke, and Lando look more similar the actors? I hateful, they practise a little sometimes, merely come on. You can exercise better.

Shadows of the Empire – Evolution is the 2d story, and takes place immediately after Render of the Jedi. This story doesn't really accept much to do with the previous Shadows of the Empire, which may be why people seem to dislike it. As a standalone comic, I thought information technology was a good fourth dimension. We follow forth with Guri, who is a human replica droid. There are simply most 5 of these highly advanced droids who look completely human being, this 1 being programmed as an assassin working for the Blackness Sun. Guri has left the Black Dominicus and decided that she doesn't want to be an assassinator anymore. To this end she is hunting downwardly her creator, who hopefully tin erase her memory and her assassin programming so she tin live a normal life.

While she is doing that, at that place are some other interested parties later on her. Later on all, she is an assassination droid who hung out with the leader of the Black Lord's day. She probably knows things, or could be useful in some fashion. Or perhaps you lot have a way to strength her dorsum into service. If naught else, these Star Wars stories like to have a lot of players in the game.

This story does have Luke and the Scooby Gang, but they are really secondary to the primary plot, which I suspect is some other matter that people dislike almost this ane. They are trying to effigy out what is going on with the Black Sun, and cease upwardly in the aforementioned identify equally Guri completely by blow. They are merely looking for someone who is looking for her.

In that location are a couple of funny lines, mostly around women hit on Han and Leia giving him crap about information technology. I believe past this bespeak they should be by this, only the comic is treating it like they are still at the signal in their relationship where she is calling him a nerf-herder. I think that's fun, but I'1000 certain others more than true to the lore are upset.

The Scooby Gang looks more like themselves than in the previous story, which is a huge plus. As with the previous story, it's adept, not great.

Mara Jade: By the Emperor's Paw

For me, this is the highlight of this Omnibus. I was already introduced to Mara Jade from the Thrawn novels by Timothy Zahn. I liked those books so much that I have signed copies of two of them sitting on my bookshelf, and so I might exist a little biased towards this.. This story, also written by Timothy Zahn, takes identify around the end of Render of the Jedi when the Emperor dies, and before everything that happens in the novels.

For those who do not know, Mara Jade is a force-sensitive orphan who was raised past the Emperor and made into his spy/assassinator (lightsaber and everything). The position known as The Emperor's Hand. Where Vader is obvious and intimidating, Mara is subtle to the point that no one even knows that she is more than arm-candy for the Emperor at parties.

The emperor at a party.. there's something you've never idea nigh before.

(No thought why GR hates that gif, merely yous should run across information technology. Click me.)

We go started with a brusk introduction to who Mara is and see that she was in the room at Jabba's when Luke was trying to recover Han'southward body. She failed in her mission in that location to kill Luke, and off we go to her side by side mission to kill a cartel leader trying to replace the fallen Black Sun organization. Eventually nosotros get to the interesting bit where Mara gets a vision of Luke and Vader killing the Emperor, which ends with the Emperor telling her to kill Luke Skywalker. So now she hates Luke and is pretty pissed at herself for failing to kill him when she had the chance.

The Emperor is dead and Mara is taken prisoner during a power struggle within the empire leadership. There is a great sequence about her escape, before running to another planet to hide. Some stuff goes down, and Mara Jade remembers that she'south the frikkin Emperor's Mitt, and so why is she hiding?

The last portion of the story is her attempting to murder the aforementioned cartel boss from earlier, as she has since learned that she killed a decoy previously.

The art is serviceable. None of the Scooby Gang are in this except a few panels of Luke during the vision, so information technology doesn't suffer for not recreating movie actors correctly. But it is fairly banal overall.

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Every bit seems to be a trend with these Omnibuses, 3 stars. A pretty good read, just nothing amazing.

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Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7166367-star-wars-omnibus

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