SPOILER Marvel's Star Wars #11

O.K., Chewbacca FTW. That fight with Dengar was amazing and, of course, Han comes to save the day. I wonder who Gamemaster really is and if we will find out before the Empire arrives. Yes, I have an inkling that the one to save Luke will not be Han or Leia or Chewie but R2D2.

Don't close your eyes around Disemboweler, Luke! Still, he did all right, considering.

I got the impression that Sana was part of the team Han gathered, so she knew what was happening. And took her role too seriously. But, I could be wrong. We'll see.

Everything will come to a head in the next issue.

Not a bad issue, a lot of set-up, I hope next issue will be a payoff.

 

We can't forget that Han basically was a jerk, as Kyle put it, prior to and throughout ANH. We discover it's all for show later in the saga, but it should come as no surprise that Han would use somebody else to get what he wanted in the old days. I have a feeling Sana was part of the scheme, given the special set of skills she possesses, and was angry with Han for skipping out on her. I think she's toying with Han and putting strain on his budding relationship with Leia out of spite. I doubt she has any real feelings for him on her end either.

I liked the Gamemaster reveal - it was unexpected - I kind of thought he'd turn out to be an old Jedi in exile or something.

The fight with Dengar...fantastic artistry. Immonen is so great with action scenes.

This panel was interesting...



I feel like it is common knowledge throughout the galaxy that Obi-Wan and Yoda are still unaccounted for. Perhaps Palpatine put a bounty out on them?

 

I agree with this idea. However, I don't think it's that far fetched to assume that Palpatine made a big show of the Jedi after Order 66 with negative propaganda. In the novel Lost Stars, it is mentioned that Mace Windu was responsible for starting the Clone War in the first place by his unlawful interference with affairs on Geonosis (when he saved Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Padme). In other words, history was retconned during the Emperor's reign to paint the Jedi in the most negative light possible and place the blame on them. I think it's very likely citizens of the empire would have been very familiar with some of the faces of the Jedi still at large as they appeared in propaganda and bounties across the holonet.

But you have a point. Of all the Jedi, I assume Yoda would have been the most well known as he was the Grand Master of the Order, so people alive during the Jedi era might remember his face if not his name (hence "the little green guy"). In light of this, the exile of Obi-Wan and Yoda seems all the more important. Obi-Wan changing his name to Ben and going to a world controlled by the Hutts where no body would recognize him was crucial. Plus, if there was propaganda, it probably didn't reach Tatooine since Luke had never heard of Obi-Wan or Yoda before - allowing the Jedi to further slip into obscurity - while Yoda basically went to a place where he is the only sentient being on the whole planet.

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I agree. I have a love/hate relationship with reading comics issue by issue. I love collecting each individual issue and reading them the day of release. However, when you are left with no resolution, it gets frustrating month to month. I think the trades will be the way to go, as they usually are with every comic book no matter the brand or story.

I have been reading The Walking Dead for some time now, and when I started the series, it was with Compendiums 1 and 2. These compendiums included 48 issues each and were seamless reads with over 1000 pages. I couldn't quit turning the pages - I loved it. Then, when I finished these, I started getting the volumes which each had 6 issues - these were great as well as they generally consist of complete story arcs. Now, though, I am caught up and reading it issue by issue each month. I love finding out what happens as soon as possible, but it becomes agonizing getting to the end of each issue and wanting to turn the next page and there isn't one.

Trade paperbacks and omnibus volumes are the way to go. I feel like the Smuggler's Moon arc will be best presented in this format, and I look forward to going back and reading them through when all the issues are out. The trades for the first Star Wars and Vader arcs are out now, so if anybody hasn't checked those out, that's the route I'd go.

 

Agree with the trade paper back edition as I have both the vader & star wars first collection (Though in hindsight I wish I had backed up some of the first edition variant covers) & will be doing the same for Shattered empire as for vader down I will get that as it comes out & also get the collection as it will be out In a shorter time frame being a crossover

 

@Kyle, another one out of the park!!

 

I didn't know you were a fellow batman fan as well. I love the New 52 Snyder trades. I have The Court of Owls, The City of Owls,and Death of the Family. Haven't picked up vol. 4, but I've really enjoyed these. I recently just got Batman and Son by Grant Morrison and am enjoying it as well.

 

It was on sale through Google Play and I got it for less than $6. Couldn't pass that up. I'd watched the DCU animated films Son of Batman and Batman Vs. Robin which were Part 1 and 2 of an amalgamation of the Court of Owls & Batman and Son story arcs. They were good, and I enjoyed them a lot, but the comics are just so much better. I had never read the Batman and Son arc though, and I'm only about a third of the way through, but the first act has been a good read.

 

Twilight Company has been great so far. It's a lot better than I was expecting. Some nice little references to other Canon material as well. So far I've caught a reference to characters from A New Dawn, Rebels, & Aftermath.