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melissachristene's review against another edition
3.0
3.5/5 Stars
Slightly disappointing, but I love the artwork!
Slightly disappointing, but I love the artwork!
srlemons42's review against another edition
3.0
I'm really enjoying the different Star Wars comics. I think i have liked the "main" story lines better, but the offshoots are still entertaining.
I would definitely recommend them to fans!
I would definitely recommend them to fans!
quitenerdyblog's review against another edition
3.0
A friend bought this for me around the time it first came out, which felt like a joke but has ironically proved another piece of evidence as to why I feel Star Wars is broken. This is a really well drawn comic, fleshing out in interesting ways a character whose only on-screen purpose has been to suffer two unceremonious deaths. However, because of that, it feels pointless. Why spend all this paper fleshing out a character who is of no importance to the Star Wars story at all? It smacks of "people liked this character's design, we should fill her story in", except the creatives knew she wasn't actually important enough for the films. I feel myself rambling, but the TL:DR is, it's a cool comic but wasted on a pointless character.
bloodravenlib's review against another edition
3.0
Quick impressions: Picks up right after The Force Awakens film. It's a decent story, but it does feel a bit like filler between films. What really saves this volume is the excellent art.
(Full review in my blog later).
(Full review in my blog later).
aprilmarie's review against another edition
2.0
Two stars for the artwork. However the story was a mess.
books17's review against another edition
3.0
This was alright - Phasma definitely works more in a comic/visual medium than in a text medium (see my recent review of [b:Phasma|34859132|Phasma (Journey to Star Wars The Last Jedi, #2)|Delilah S. Dawson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1492211485l/34859132._SY75_.jpg|56100365]), and it's a fairly small contained story of Phasma killing a bloke who discovered that she was the one who dropped the shields on Starkiller Base.
Gorgeous artwork throughout as I've come to expect from most Star Wars comics, writing was fine. Whatever. I'm still waiting to be blown away by a Star Wars comic like I was by the original Gillen Vaders and yes I will keep going on about it.
Gorgeous artwork throughout as I've come to expect from most Star Wars comics, writing was fine. Whatever. I'm still waiting to be blown away by a Star Wars comic like I was by the original Gillen Vaders and yes I will keep going on about it.
alassea's review against another edition
3.0
Phasma was forced at gunpoint to lower the shields to Starkiller base. After the heroes run off to do whatever heroes do, Phasma sets about to delete the records implicating her in the destruction. Unfortunately (for him), Lt. Rivas have seen the record and Phasma sets him up as a scapegoat while chasing him down as a loose end.
I loved the art! There was a battle with a monster where I found the art hard to read, but otherwise, the art was excellent. I liked Pilot, and I think the empathy with her may be involved in strengthening the ruthlessness of Phasma. Phasma is a survivor, period.
I also think the story could work well in a discussion group about revisions of truth and who makes the choices of what the history books tells us.
I loved the art! There was a battle with a monster where I found the art hard to read, but otherwise, the art was excellent. I liked Pilot, and I think the empathy with her may be involved in strengthening the ruthlessness of Phasma. Phasma is a survivor, period.
I also think the story could work well in a discussion group about revisions of truth and who makes the choices of what the history books tells us.
quirkycatsfatstacks's review against another edition
4.0
From the minds of Kelly Thompson (Hawkeye, Jem and the Holograms, Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps) and Marco Checchetto (Avengers World, Punisher, Gamora) comes Captain Phasma. This volume tells us what happened to our shiny captain after she was shoved into the trash compactor during The Force Awakens (confession time: I totally thought they had actually crushed her in there, so happy she’s alive!).
Fans who have read the novel Phasma will appreciate the references dropped throughout this short series (though for the record you do not need to have read the book to understand what is occurring during this volume). It is only four issues long, so it is a very quick read.
While I love Captain Phasma’s character, I’m not going to pretend I think she’s a good person either. This volume shows us Phasma planting the blame from the events in The Force Awakens (where Finn and team made her use her codes to shut down the shielding) on the only person that knew what she had done. Pretty brilliant actually, though very harsh; which is basically what I’ve come to expect from her.
Those that have read Phasma (and if you haven’t, please do! It’s amazing) will understand just how ruthless Phasma can be when it comes to covering up her pasts, so one can only imagine what she would do to hide a mistake of hers. Despite this I was still a little surprised by the turn of events in this volume. For some reason I kept expecting somebody to step in and do something (well, somebody other than Phasma that is). So emotionally I was a bit torn up about that, though I still can’t deny that it was a good read, as I greatly enjoyed it and read it in one sitting.
I honestly think my favorite part about this mini-series was the artwork. It’s absolutely stunning. Marco Checcetto uses these exquisite shades of blues and teals in his aquascapes, of which there’s no shortage of in this volume. The artwork, for lack of a better description is so rich in color and detail, it’s hard not to fall in love with it.
In a way I’m almost sad that this was a mini-series, instead of the start of a more long term series focusing on Phasma. But I’ll take what I can get! I can’t wait to see the Last Jedi to see how this all fits together.
For more reviews, check out Quirky Cat's Fat Stacks
Fans who have read the novel Phasma will appreciate the references dropped throughout this short series (though for the record you do not need to have read the book to understand what is occurring during this volume). It is only four issues long, so it is a very quick read.
While I love Captain Phasma’s character, I’m not going to pretend I think she’s a good person either. This volume shows us Phasma planting the blame from the events in The Force Awakens (where Finn and team made her use her codes to shut down the shielding) on the only person that knew what she had done. Pretty brilliant actually, though very harsh; which is basically what I’ve come to expect from her.
Those that have read Phasma (and if you haven’t, please do! It’s amazing) will understand just how ruthless Phasma can be when it comes to covering up her pasts, so one can only imagine what she would do to hide a mistake of hers. Despite this I was still a little surprised by the turn of events in this volume. For some reason I kept expecting somebody to step in and do something (well, somebody other than Phasma that is). So emotionally I was a bit torn up about that, though I still can’t deny that it was a good read, as I greatly enjoyed it and read it in one sitting.
I honestly think my favorite part about this mini-series was the artwork. It’s absolutely stunning. Marco Checcetto uses these exquisite shades of blues and teals in his aquascapes, of which there’s no shortage of in this volume. The artwork, for lack of a better description is so rich in color and detail, it’s hard not to fall in love with it.
In a way I’m almost sad that this was a mini-series, instead of the start of a more long term series focusing on Phasma. But I’ll take what I can get! I can’t wait to see the Last Jedi to see how this all fits together.
For more reviews, check out Quirky Cat's Fat Stacks
vinceyface's review against another edition
2.0
2.5 stars, maybe 3... Truly this was a waste, I wanted more Phasma because I like EU stuff. However this was just overlong and bland, same old story we get in so much Star Wars media. The times where Kelly Thompson's writing is clear are the best, but then within a page it's back to a rigid story with bad queer-baiting. You could have done this as a one-shot and it would have been fine. Who was this for, other than a bad money grab, Bobba Fett has more humanizing in the PREQUELS for heavens sakes. I don't get mad about Star Wars, ever, it's not my precious franchise. However when you try to make a bit character cool by having someone super talented like Kelly Thompson write them, and then you waste it like this... Boy howdy...boy howdy indeed.
meganhumphres's review against another edition
3.0
I bought this hoping there would be little snippets of Kylo Ren and.....I wasn’t disappointed.