It's our big FIVE HUNDREDTH review ... and how can we cover anything but the year's BIGGEST SALES comic - the new STAR WARS. Hehehehe! Enough with the caps, yes? Actually this issue would have been granted a 10/10 if not for the cover. Seriously. Look at it. Could they not find someone who can do better for such a monumental issue? How about someone like P Craig Russell/ Alex Ross/ Arthur Adams/ Bill Sienkiewicz? Right? Ugh!Yes it is by John Cassaday but ... it still looks weak ... sorry!
Anyway, similar to our review of Vader, this issue takes place after the destruction of the Destroyer. So feeling that the Empire is going all over the place panicking and witch hunting, our friends in the Rebel Alliance realizes that here is yet another awesome opportunity to press home their advantage and go all out trying to kick the Empire's butt
The opening sequence is plain awesome as it feels exactly like the movie where after the rolling titles and summary we get a space ship zooming down to a planet. SPOILER ALERT. And before you know it, our friends Han/ Luke/ Leia is on a roll trying to infiltrate and destroy whatever they can get their hands on
Naturally to complicate things, they ran into a slave pen and being the good guys that they are, they try to accommodate. However, as if that wasn't enough, along comes Vader and this is totally unexpected. What was meant to be mayhem earlier is nothing when you add Vader into the mix. Here we get to see an angry Vader who coldly sacrifices his loyal troops just to proof his point. Just ... wow!
And lots of Stormtroopers get their chips cashed in too!
Suffice to say, the story and interior artwork are just perfect. Feels so good that it could have been taken off from panels in a movie!
Ratings: 9/10
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