SPOILER Marvel's Star Wars Obi-Wan and Anakin #2

First off, I love the review! It captured a lot of the feelings I had about this issue.
But I figure I can nuance my views a bit here, too.

1) I'm really (really [really]) in love with this art style. It's just so sleek and beautiful. I can just stare at any random page of this series and get my money's worth.
2) Yeah, Palpatine is so incredibly obviously shifty here, but I kinda like it (I mean even when he was ostensibly good, he was a shady dude)
3) On that note, I'm glad to see the flashbacks continue. I wasn't 100% sure that they would.
4) I do find Anakin a tad bit whiny, but I can't fault him for that. I mean, I've accepted that's just kinda who he is now.
5) The "modern-day" conflict is starting to look interesting and I'm looking forward to learning more about these cultures.

I was cautiously optimistic last month, but no more! I have confidence in this series going forward.
There's still a chance I guess that it could fall on its face, but I think that that's an increasingly unlikely possibility with as good as it is so far.

All in all, if this series keeps up at this level of quality for all 5 issues, it'll be by far my favourite of these miniseries!

 

@Kyle, great review man! This issue was a great follow up! Anakin was perfectly characterized, and seeing the Chosen One struggle and kill, like we see him more easily do in AOTC, was great. Palpatine is one crazy smart dude, and he's doing better than I imagined, twisting Anakin's mind. Obi-Wan sounds and acts like the one Anakin occasionally references in AOTC, but I want to see more of the "aggressive discussions" that can only continue when Anakin is overcome with a now reasonable and solidified teenage angst and confusion. I also want to see Obi-Wan be a bit weak, he was played by Dooku, so I want to see a bit of his shortcomings, but I don't think everyone would want that

 

@Kyle thanks for the review! Enjoyed this issue, actually I didn't notice at first it was from Checchetto and Mossa but noticed Mother Pran and Kolara looked a lot like Shara Bey at "Shattered Empire"

1) "Who needs a blaster by their side when you’ve got a perfectly good lightsaber?" Tell that to Han Solo lol in ANH.
2) When Obi-Wan told Anakin to use the Force to drive the Corpse-Leeches away (I know, that's a cool name!) and Anakin replies: "I'll try, Master", just for a moment I thought Obi-Wan would reply as Yoda in ESB lol. ("TRY NOT!")
3) I found the flashback to Palpatine taking Anakin for a walk in the lower levels of Coruscant really interesting. It is good to see how the Chancellor/Sith starts influencing the young padawan.
4) And talking about that club, it looked a lot like the crew in Jabba's palace lol. Only that the Hutt creature was wearing make-up lol.

 

I don't get why he is so violent at this stage of his development. You can count on one hand how many people Obi-Wan killed. It would make more sense if he had cut off hands and arms. Didn't he just cut the barrels off guns without out the native people so much as losing a finger.

 

I loved this issue as well. The artwork was spectacular! At first when I read the first issue I was unsure of it and the only thing that interested me was the artwork. But once I read the second I fell in love.<3

 

Thanks for the welcome Hard case. Love your avatar by the way!

 

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