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A review by valthebrave
Star Wars Leia, Princess of Alderaan, Vol. 1 (Manga) by Claudia Gray
5.0
I've not read the book this was adapted from.
Overall I enjoyed reading this. I liked seeing Leia as a small child and as a teen. I liked seeing more of Alderaan and its culture. I found it interesting to see into the lives of people while they still played more of a passive role in the overarching story.
I especially enjoyed the Art by Haruichi. With Manga adaptations of actual people, it tends to be hard to properly depict them instead of a clean-scrubbed, big-eyed likeness with a couple of identifying features.
Haruichi seems to be quite adept at bridging this gap between human faces and the manga aesthetic. I'm impressed with how the older characters are depicted, like Bail and Breha Organa. I'm not used to middle-aged people looking like middle-aged people while reading manga. Leia, who also looks her age, is very expressive without looking too comically and shows off some fantastic glares. Including the fantastic background and background character design this was a treat for the eyes.
The only bothersome thing is that Leia appears a bit too naive. From the way she is depicted to how she acts. Now, I understand that it's supposed to be a younger, more innocent and more relatable Leia, but considering that in three years she's gonna be part of smuggling the greatest state secret to a super illegal organisation and while doing so, blatantly lying about the crime she just committed to the most dangerous person in the empire, it does seem like a big change.
Like what I've seen of the show Obi-wan Kenobi, haven't actually watched it just seen parts of it floating around, Leia in the show seems to be more aware. I know the book was released before the show, and differences are to be expected. Similarly, I do think it's a missed opportunity of the book, not to have Leia exhibit any force-sensitivity, at least so far.
But yeah, I liked it and am excited to read the second volume, which was weirdly hard to get.
Overall I enjoyed reading this. I liked seeing Leia as a small child and as a teen. I liked seeing more of Alderaan and its culture. I found it interesting to see into the lives of people while they still played more of a passive role in the overarching story.
I especially enjoyed the Art by Haruichi. With Manga adaptations of actual people, it tends to be hard to properly depict them instead of a clean-scrubbed, big-eyed likeness with a couple of identifying features.
Haruichi seems to be quite adept at bridging this gap between human faces and the manga aesthetic. I'm impressed with how the older characters are depicted, like Bail and Breha Organa. I'm not used to middle-aged people looking like middle-aged people while reading manga. Leia, who also looks her age, is very expressive without looking too comically and shows off some fantastic glares. Including the fantastic background and background character design this was a treat for the eyes.
The only bothersome thing is that Leia appears a bit too naive. From the way she is depicted to how she acts. Now, I understand that it's supposed to be a younger, more innocent and more relatable Leia, but considering that in three years she's gonna be part of smuggling the greatest state secret to a super illegal organisation and while doing so, blatantly lying about the crime she just committed to the most dangerous person in the empire, it does seem like a big change.
Like what I've seen of the show Obi-wan Kenobi, haven't actually watched it just seen parts of it floating around, Leia in the show seems to be more aware. I know the book was released before the show, and differences are to be expected. Similarly, I do think it's a missed opportunity of the book, not to have Leia exhibit any force-sensitivity, at least so far.
But yeah, I liked it and am excited to read the second volume, which was weirdly hard to get.