SPOILER Marvel's Star Wars Princess Leia #5

I couldn't have said it better. I really had high hopes for this one and it was almost a total let-down for me.

 

Another great review @Kyle! I gotta say, I myself enjoyed the series. It really fits in with the heroic, old-school tone that ANH brought, especially considering Star Wars was a blockbuster when more serious and emotional movies were the thing for many movie awards. I do admit it was off-the-rails, but I do like and understand now why Leia doesn't like being called "Your Worshipfulness" in TESB by Han. Sure, it's a bit mocking, but also, because she saved and united her people, before giving up her royalty to Evaan. I really liked that, and I do admit this series doesn't do too much for the canon, but for Leia's true reaction to Alderaan, I believe the series was very nice. Plus...

NIEN NUNB IS AWESOME!

 

Which makes me wonder why they felt compelled to tell this story, at least ahead of the many other projects they have in the pipeline. I think the main thing we learned from this limited series is that there were many survivors of Alderaan, and Leia sought them out to relocate them and protect from the Empire. Why do we need to know this, right now? I'm guessing the Alderaanian survivors are relevant to Aftermath and ultimately Episode VII.

 

Good thinking there. Evaan and New Alderaan could be visited in the books. Not New Alderaan from the old comics, but the planet they eventually will settle on.

 

Maybe it's a good thing that nothing REALLY BIG & important to the canon happens in the comic (i have not read it, but i would like to read the Vader comic if it's released in sweden) Death stars blowing up & main characters dying is for the films, if something really important happened in any of the comics, some people would start to talk about it & the rest would have no idea what they were talking about. Maybe it is difficult to write canon without anything important happening. Vader comic seems interesting, but know i really want to read Leias just to see how bad it could be (IMO all the old comics from the 80s was kind of uninteresting, but i still enjoyed them) PS. Artwise it seems like they put all energy into getting a good cover & hasted through the rest

 

To offer a different point of view, the Leia series has been my favorite of the three Marvel OT series out now. I've enjoyed the issues more than either the Vader or SW series, except for #6 of each of those, which were tremendous (and tremendously important in canon). Kanan: The Last Padawan is my second favorite.

I love the character of Leia; she's probably my favorite in the OT. I don't find her dour at all; she combines many of Anakin's and Padme's best traits, and is a general badass. It was great to see her command her own adventure, and also see her grow as a character. I did not expect the subject of her final conversation with Evaan, but it works. I hope we see more of Evaan and the New Alderaanians in the future.

 

Welcome to the Cantina! Glad you offered your point of view on the series. You're saying that you're a huge Leia fan, so what Leia fan wouldn't want to see her star in a new story? I appreciate that point of view a ton.

 

I actually think the "Princess Leia" series is more necessary than any of the other Star Wars comics. The fate of the Alderaanian survivors and how Leia dealt with the destruction of her home was uncharted territory in the new canon. Compare that to "Star Wars" and "Darth Vader", which have been forcing in major confrontations and events that simply don't vibe well with what we saw in the original trilogy (Vader vs. Luke, Han's wife, Boba vs. Luke). If you want to talk about essential storytelling, I think Leia (including her connections to Alderaan's survivors, as well as Naboo) was by far the character most deserving of some added focus.

 

I did not like it. The worst of all of the new comics, imo. The art is weak and the story is not that good too.

 

I, akin to 90% of the rest of our hive of scum and villainy, regard the Leia series as the least impressive. The artwork is a little different, but I can cope with that fairly well; the same goes for the general story and feel of it. My main source of anguish is the broad array of characters that receive little to no development because of the short span of the series. I'm just really hoping Lando doesn't fall to the same fate. Jora and Evaan were dealt with in an acceptable manner, but even in their cases, the dialogue was somewhat bumpy. That said, there's a lot to live up to when you have characters like Janus in Kanan that seem to evolve so naturally and seem to possess an abundance of personality.

 

This hasn't been posted here yet but MSW posted a few days ago hypothesizing on who the ruler of the planet Alderaan actually was before it was blown up. They do this only based on canon material and cite the Princess Leia comics as well in making their case: http://makingstarwars.net/2015/07/opinion-the-case-for-queen-breha-as-ruler-of-alderaan/

 

One thing is tugging on my mind somewhat after reading this one... At the end we see Leia return to Yavin IV, but surely, given the Empire knew of the Rebel's location, the length of Leia's zipping about and such would be long enough for the Rebels to gain resolution on their situation, pack up and leave. Why did they not do so? We know from the other comics and novels that the Rebel fleet is on the move shortly after this in search of a new home, but why did they hang about so long?

 

I went back and read the series in one sitting. IMO, it does flow a little better that way. I do have some issues with the series but the biggest one is: If the Rebels were supposed to evacuate the base immediately then why did Leia and Co. go back to a base they know is about to be raided?

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