#Star wars force awakens book review movie
#Star wars force awakens book review series

The idea of Leia on her mother’s home planet is a fascinating prospect I wonder whether or not she knows she’s standing in her mother’s old throne room. Princess Leia gets a good spotlight in the issue as she undertakes a diplomatic mission to Naboo. Though she doesn’t get as much development in this issue as she did in the last, she continues to be an interesting character, one with an intriguing relationship to a well-known and favourite character from the Original Trilogy, as well as another from The Force Awakens.

#Star wars force awakens book review series

Rebel pilot Shera Bey is still the focal point of the series as we follow her through her experiences in the final days of the war. The second issue of the series takes place a couple weeks after the battle as the Rebellion, slowly trying to turn into the New Republic, mops up Imperial forces as they attempt to regroup and exact revenge with Palpatine’s posthumous orders. While books like Star Wars: Aftermath or Lost Stars have given fans a look at the long term effects of the Empire’s defeat at Endor, Marvel’s comic series Shattered Empire continues to examine the state of the galaxy in the immediate aftermath of Palpatine’s death. But this, an absolute recycling of the movie: this is droll.Ricky Church reviews Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Shattered Empire #2…įor the first time in the new Star Wars canon, journey with us into the time after the end of Return of the Jedi! Writer Greg Rucka (PUNISHER, WOLVERINE, Gotham Central) and artist Marco Checchetto (AVENGERS WORLD, PUNISHER) take us past the destruction of the second Death Star into the chaos of a Shattered Empire. The “Star Wars” franchise is fundamentally a business: a money sieve with a fine particle size, designed to extract as much as possible from the cross-generational legion of fans. Chuck Wendig has the very dubious honour of being described as the writer: but in reality he is an editor, paring away at dialogue from the movie. It is deeply disappointing for those seeking or expecting new direction in the story, or even additional back story.

#Star wars force awakens book review movie

In addition, Disney have caused much fan hatred with the erasure of the Star Wars “Extended Universe” and particularly the reversal of existence of the very popular female character Mara Jade.Īccordingly, Disney may not want to create an entirely new Extended Universe and have that potentially interfere in the direction of the motion pictures, or spark more outrage from fanatics.īut the purpose of the comic is not apparent given it regurgitates the movie in paper form, which will suit a certain category of avid collectors. Granted, Disney are very unlikely to let any creative impulse interfere in the execution of the movie. The story does not deviate at all from the movie, save that it is an edited version of the first few chapter of the movie plot. In promoting this title, Marvel Comics should have (but did not) make it extremely apparent from the copy on the cover that this comic is a very strict film adaption. It does not contain any new backstory to any of the characters. It does not contain any tangential plot lines arising from the motion picture. With that in mind, we warn you: Do not buy this comic book if you expect that the title contains anything new. Some of these stories are bubbling with creativity, fuelled by the sheer enthusiasm which so many imaginative and ardent writers have for the franchise. “Star Wars” comic book adaptions are very popular, and recent spin-off titles have centred many of the main characters (we have recently reviewed “Vader Down”, by way of one example). This is a six issue mini-series by Marvel Comics based upon the movie, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (2015, LucasFilms Ltd / Walt Disney Studios).