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SW and Darth Vader are awesome, I like that Marvel is putting their top tier creatives on these books. Unlimited recently added a ton of the old Dark Horse Star Wars comics. I'm reading Legacy and was wondering if there's some sort of resource about which books are worth reading?
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Apr 26, 2015 21:45
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Busting Vader down to Scrub Lord of the Sith is one of the rare conventions that both makes narrative sense and allows him to go on cool adventures.
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Apr 26, 2015 22:25
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I assume that the original DH releases didn't have "Legends" on them and that's the marketing adspeak they're using for "These comics don't count y'all".
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Apr 28, 2015 19:21
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Wheat Loaf posted:No; they were about as official as it got at the time, but obviously that's no longer the case. Of course, since I'm not a complete wanker* I don't need stories to "count" or whatever to enjoy them. So long as I'm entertained by them, their canonicity or lack thereof doesn't trouble me. Oh yeah I don't give a poo poo personally.
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Apr 28, 2015 19:41
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Hahaha you are on fire and also dead
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Apr 28, 2015 21:37
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TwoPair posted:I picked up Vader on a whim and am loving it. The OP says that things in the main series tie in to it? Am I missing out on stuff? The very first Vader issue refers to something that resolves in issue 3 of Star Wars, so I don't think they are doing a concurrent timeline.
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Apr 28, 2015 23:52
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One thing I've learned from checking out old SW comics on Unlimited is that they did not put top artistic talent on these books.
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May 1, 2015 14:54
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Wheat Loaf posted:I don't know, I like Jan Duursema's Star Wars art.   
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May 1, 2015 15:56
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Gaz-L posted:To be fair, that Rebel pilot just looks kind of bland, not bad. Look at the perspective on the eyes.
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May 2, 2015 04:26
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Gillen is a top tier writer and he is murdering it with Darth Vader.
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May 13, 2015 19:17
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radlum posted:I think I missed an issue; who is the guy with the cyborg eye? was his crew machines as well and that's why Vader said they had nothing to do with the Force? I think that's a Rodian eye and he's the guy, or the clone of the guy, that 000 tortured to death last issue.
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May 14, 2015 15:02
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SW #5 out today. Aaron is nailing the characterization of the big three and it's nice to see Boba Fett back to being just plain old bad guy rather than an anti-hero with complicated motivations.
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May 20, 2015 17:40
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Yeah, Vader #6 and SW #6 might be the best non-OT Star Wars thing I've ever seen.
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Jun 4, 2015 05:41
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VirtualStranger posted:It kind of got missed in the discussion of SW and DV #6, but Princess Leia #4 and Kanan #3 were both released recently. So this happens after RotJ then? They really are putting top tier creative talent on these books, it's great.
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Jun 17, 2015 16:04
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Reminder that Lando #1 is out today.
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Jul 8, 2015 17:45
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Is it any good? It's a set up issue, but the premise Lando gets roped into one big score to pay off a debt, all is not as it seems is promising and Maleev drawing SW is worth the price of admission. They are putting serious heavy hitters on these SW books.
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Jul 8, 2015 18:24
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Yeah well I always err on the side of "you cannot BELIEVE what some people get upset about".
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Jul 8, 2015 18:30
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Star Wars #7, Bianchi's first issue on pencils, was pretty good. I like the way that they are filling in the movie gaps, between how Vader found out about Luke and now just exactly what Obi-Wan was doing as a Jedi in hiding for 20ish years on Tatooine. Normally when later media goes back in to retcon or flesh out gaps in the original material, it feels contrived and obvious and involves way too many side characters who suddenly have connections to backstory. With the new Marvel books, the new material fits in very well and feels organic to the story.
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Jul 29, 2015 16:51
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SynthOrange posted:So what was he doing? Nothin. Being sad. Hakkesshu posted:I don't know, none of this is new at all. To me it has the same problem that most tie-ins do, we all know what happened, they're just filling in context that's totally unnecessary to understanding the characters (because all of that is implied in the movies to begin with). Also stuff like Han Solo's long forgotten wife is the definition of a side character who suddenly has connections to his backstory. Say what you will about the EU, but I'd rather have new stories than any of this completely pointless fluff. Obi-Wan somehow met Luke's family when he delivered the infant Luke directly into the hands of Lars Beru. If this was an EU story it would've been a six issue arc where Obi-Wan has to team up with sand people against some Imperial Moff who was also the father of the stormtrooper that bangs his head in episode 4 to liberate the king of the Tusken raiders from an evil factory with the help of the dad of the Bothan who got the Death Star Plans and the dad of the ice cream maker guy from Bespin and stop the flow of Bantha fodder from being used as fuel for a new Imperial superweapon that we've never heard of.
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Jul 30, 2015 14:00
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Hakkesshu posted:Just because it isn't as overwrought doesn't make it a more interesting story to tell. Also it's a false dichotomy since a lot of the Dark Horse comics were great about not doing this exact thing. Which ones?
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Jul 30, 2015 14:38
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Every one likes Vader, most people like SW, Lando is also good so far. My personal opinion is that the three I just said all own.
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Aug 18, 2015 02:47
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Noto posted his covers for Chewbacca #3 and #4:  I'm super excited to see Noto's take on the SW universe.
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Aug 19, 2015 14:37
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Why the gently caress are they called snubfighers?
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Aug 20, 2015 14:23
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You guys reading Lando or what?
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Aug 27, 2015 17:33
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Sentinel Red posted:Am I racing to horrifically wrong conclusions or is Vader sending Aphra to Naboo to dig up Padme's remains??? He was sitting side saddle...
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Sep 10, 2015 00:11
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So dainty. Shattered Empire was really cool, how many issues is it slated for?
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Sep 10, 2015 01:10
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X-O posted:Hello Star Wars fans. I'd like to ask a question. I'm not a very big Star Wars fan, I've seen and enjoyed all the movies but that's about the extent of my relationship with the franchise. I tried to watch a couple of the cartoons and it never grabbed me. I do however see a new comic out today from Greg Rucka, who I love, and Marco Checchetto who I also love and believe is one of the most underrated and under appreciated artists in comics. First question of course, is it good? Second, is it easily accessible to someone very only a basic knowledge of the movies? It is extremely accessible and relies wholly on movie canon. It occurs to me that one series is based on the Rebels cartoon but I haven't read it. All the other new Marvel SW books follow main characters in and around the (all most entirely) the original trilogy. zoux fucked around with this message at 01:22 on Sep 10, 2015 |
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Sep 10, 2015 01:17
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 From an unlettered preview of SE #2. Gotta say, some of the space battle art in the new SW books has been insanely good.
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Sep 10, 2015 15:58
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Wheat Loaf posted:Speaking of classic Marvel Star Wars, the new series will need to up its game to have a cover better than this one: The price is in cents but they spell it lightsabre? Interview with Noto about the upcoming Chewbacca mini. It's five issues, takes place between IV and V and is described as a "Star Wars western". zoux fucked around with this message at 22:57 on Sep 10, 2015 |
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Sep 10, 2015 21:00
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Is it more powerful than that swole as gently caress Hutt on Nar Shadda in SW?
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Sep 17, 2015 05:23
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Larocca is really doing a good job getting expression out of Vader through shading and body language. When he is debriefing Aphra and she says "Yeah sounds like she was something special" the "cut" to the shadowed Vader face is really effective. Funny that the DV/SW books are doing a better job of adding weight and depth to the Anakin/Padme relationship through flash backs and innuendo than they could do in three live action movies. I've said this before but it's awesome how Marvel is demonstrating the quality of stories you can tell in the SW universe if you put tip top talent on them.
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Oct 8, 2015 17:21
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Wheat Loaf posted:Dark Horse had John Ostrander as their main Star Wars writer for close to 10 years... Yeah but they had Jan Duursema on art.
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Oct 8, 2015 17:31
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enigmahfc posted:I'm enjoying the C-3P0/Chewie buddy cop thing far more than I should. She Chewie being loyal to Luke and being able to go full Wookie is pretty fun. It also accounts for their relationship on ESB, with Chewie carrying him around and trying to fix him in Cloud City. Of course in the movie it was probably just that Chewie was the biggest so he should carry the droid junk, but I think good spinoff stories are best when they subtly shade things in the original material.
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Oct 9, 2015 03:29
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Shattered Empire continues to be fine, I don't know that it would be compelling for a non SW fan but to see the immediate aftermath of ROTJ is interesting to me. Also the next issue is coming out next week, how many issues is it supposed to be in total? Chewbacca was awesome. It's hard to say if the plot will be good since it's got a pretty standard premise and layout, but Chewie's interactions with the other main character are great. Also Noto drawing SW, you gotta be kidding me. Though all his Quarren faces do look the same...
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Oct 14, 2015 21:15
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Endless Mike posted:The next issue of Shattered Empire is the last one. It's kind of weird that there was a normal gap between the first couple, and then the final three in consecutive weeks. Or am I misremembering?
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Oct 14, 2015 21:22
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Galaga Galaxian posted:I liked Chewie. He didn't want to get involved, but he is just a big softy. Noto draws his fur almost too luxuriously. Endless Mike posted:Nah, that's how it was, and it's weird, but whatever. They probably realized they want to get a trade out before the movie and give it time to sell so rushed it out. That makes sense.
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Oct 14, 2015 22:11
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I'm not sure why but I got STAR WARS FEVER so what are the good post-ROTJ old school comics? I've read Legacy.
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Oct 20, 2015 17:22
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I got about five pages into the Rogue Squadron one and then Wedge goes "Heh we call this the wingtip, Imperial" and uses his S-foils to force a TIE fighter into the ground. That's as far as I cared to read.
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Oct 20, 2015 19:43
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Keiya posted:Alecia Beck! I thought the name was familiar! She shows up in Smuggler's Run, but I didn't connect the two until the missing eye mention. Oh that's neat. While I didn't hate Shattered Empire, it had a lot of great action and art, I'm not sure how essential it was. I'd be interested in an ongoing about the aftermath of the Rebel victory but I don't think that four issues covered it all. I mean, Project Cinder is still happening right?
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Oct 22, 2015 17:31
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Anyone else reading Chewbacca?
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Oct 29, 2015 01:15
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