jadejade's review
3.0
Please note that this comic series is now part of Legends, and is no longer canon within the Star Wars expanded universe.
Stuff I liked:
* This volume callback to or ties up a number of previous story threads together - very nice.
* I found "Model Officer" interesting: the dying Rebel looking up and seeing the wedge-shaped spaceship was a nice visual, and Vader's sick burn made me smile.
* My boy Luke is thrown in the mix - thankyou <3.
* It was nice to check in on our fav Imperial officer Lt. Janek Sunber - I genuinely was not sure how this story thread would go.
Stuff I didn't like:
* I personally did not find "The Wrong Side of the War" engaging until Luke was revealed.
* I was also super turned off that two of the three significant female characters were sexualised, irritating me enough that this lost the volume a star: one was a victim of an attempted rape to provoke doubt in a male character's mind, and the other was shown partially nude post-coitus while her male bed partner was already clothed - they couldn't both dress at the same time or both be in the same state of undress? Really??
Overall, this series is not the worst time I've had, and there have definitely been moments that I've really enjoyed. I would, however, hesitate to recommend this series to people outside of the fandom, and even then I would point out that this series is not my favourite. Take this as you will!
Stuff I liked:
* This volume callback to or ties up a number of previous story threads together - very nice.
* I found "Model Officer" interesting: the dying Rebel looking up and seeing the wedge-shaped spaceship was a nice visual, and Vader's sick burn made me smile.
* My boy Luke is thrown in the mix - thankyou <3.
* It was nice to check in on our fav Imperial officer Lt. Janek Sunber - I genuinely was not sure how this story thread would go.
Stuff I didn't like:
* I personally did not find "The Wrong Side of the War" engaging until Luke was revealed.
* I was also super turned off that two of the three significant female characters were sexualised, irritating me enough that this lost the volume a star: one was a victim of an attempted rape to provoke doubt in a male character's mind, and the other was shown partially nude post-coitus while her male bed partner was already clothed - they couldn't both dress at the same time or both be in the same state of undress? Really??
Overall, this series is not the worst time I've had, and there have definitely been moments that I've really enjoyed. I would, however, hesitate to recommend this series to people outside of the fandom, and even then I would point out that this series is not my favourite. Take this as you will!
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