Monday, August 28, 2017

738. Star Wars Empire #5 ... #StarWars ... #DarthVader ...

[This is reviewed on 17th Dec 2017]

With the impending arrival on the movies front of the next chapter in the great Star Wars saga, is it any wonder that we are reviewing this which in our opinion is probably the best SW series to come out from Dark Horse? Mainly because it has loads of Stormtrooper action and taking place in episodes 4 to 6 era

And this issue starts a 2-part tale involving Leia just before episode 4

Hence we see as the comic opens she is still officially a princess and officially accorded some sort of diplomatic status even though she and her team are travelling and either gathering information or allies to go against the Empire. We even see Darth and her having a rather in-civil conversation instead of outright capture

However even her plans are going to fail because of a planet she landed called Ralltiir. The Imperial in-charge is a bloke named Lord Tion who apparently has a thing for the princess and she is coming with her crew to officially bring aid to the war torn place. Unfortunately when they were there one of the local rebels opened fire upon a squadron of troopers and things quickly go south

Aside from this and Leia learning more about what goes on, we also get a glimpse as she travels to a place called Kattada and what an awesome design of this planet with everything building rising out of perfect blue seas almost reminiscent of the last SW movie, Rogue One. Bad luck continues to dog our princess though cos even here she encounters problem and the last scene will leave us hanging when the troopers threatened to shoot her with a gun pointing at her head!

Ratings: 7/10 (good art from Davide Fabri)

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