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Star Wars (2013) (Single Issues)
Star Wars #6
When he and Chewbacca are cornered by Imperials, Han Solo resorts to an improvised plan-with the most dangerous results imaginable! Meanwhile, half a galaxy away, Princess Leia and Wedge Antilles prepare for certain death, unaware that Luke Skywalker has an improvisation of his own. And Darth Vader is watching . . .
32 pages, Comic
First published June 12, 2013
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Brian Wood
1,180 books964 followersBrian Wood's history of published work includes over fifty volumes of genre-spanning original material.
From the 1500-page future war epic DMZ, the ecological disaster series The Massive, the American crime drama Briggs Land, and the groundbreaking lo-fi dystopia Channel Zero he has a 20-year track record of marrying thoughtful world-building and political commentary with compelling and diverse characters.
His YA novels - Demo, Local, The New York Four, and Mara - have made YALSA and New York Public Library best-of lists. His historical fiction - the viking series Northlanders, the American Revolution-centered Rebels, and the norse-samurai mashup Sword Daughter - are benchmarks in the comic book industry.
He's written some of the biggest franchises in pop culture, including Star Wars, Terminator, RoboCop, Conan The Barbarian, Robotech, and Planet Of The Apes. He’s written number-one-selling series for Marvel Comics. And he’s created and written multiple canonical stories for the Aliens universe, including the Zula Hendricks character.
From the 1500-page future war epic DMZ, the ecological disaster series The Massive, the American crime drama Briggs Land, and the groundbreaking lo-fi dystopia Channel Zero he has a 20-year track record of marrying thoughtful world-building and political commentary with compelling and diverse characters.
His YA novels - Demo, Local, The New York Four, and Mara - have made YALSA and New York Public Library best-of lists. His historical fiction - the viking series Northlanders, the American Revolution-centered Rebels, and the norse-samurai mashup Sword Daughter - are benchmarks in the comic book industry.
He's written some of the biggest franchises in pop culture, including Star Wars, Terminator, RoboCop, Conan The Barbarian, Robotech, and Planet Of The Apes. He’s written number-one-selling series for Marvel Comics. And he’s created and written multiple canonical stories for the Aliens universe, including the Zula Hendricks character.
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July 5, 2023
"It was amazing." - 5 out of 5 star rating.
For a comic book, these 2013 Star Wars comics from Wood continue to be absolutely stellar. I am not joking when I say TV/film quality material.
Story build-up issue, but still remarkably well done.
Quite possibly the best space combat/starship fighter content within any comic book I've ever touched is found within this series. If not #1, definitely top tier/fighting contender for the spot.
I am 100% pulled into this series.
For a comic book, these 2013 Star Wars comics from Wood continue to be absolutely stellar. I am not joking when I say TV/film quality material.
Story build-up issue, but still remarkably well done.
Quite possibly the best space combat/starship fighter content within any comic book I've ever touched is found within this series. If not #1, definitely top tier/fighting contender for the spot.
I am 100% pulled into this series.
July 24, 2021
Just easy reading fir me I like comic books
August 17, 2013
You can read the full review over at The Founding Fields. I reviewed issues #6-8:
http://thefoundingfields.com/2013/08/...
Shadowhawk reviews the last three issues of Dark Horse’s ongoing brand-new Star Wars comic, including this week’s new release.
“Mysteries deepen. Plots thicken. Action intensifies. Discoveries made. Brian Wood is rolling on a high with this book!” ~Shadowhawk, The Founding Fields
The first five issues of this series have been fairly intense so far. In the aftermath of the Battle of Yavin, the fledgling Rebel Alliance has been fighting against odds to survive and things have never been harder for them. There’s a spy loose in their highest ranks and they are still space-bound with no fixed base of operations, always moving from place to place in a feeble attempt at staying one step ahead of the Imperial forces. They need allies, supplies, and a permanent location to operate out of, so that they can have some kind of stability, instead of living moment to moment. This is at the core of what Brian Wood’s Star Wars is about and the ride until now has been very thrilling and satisfying in a number of ways.
Star Wars 06Most of #6 is taken up with the kind of fights that, in the larger Expanded Universe, the Rebel Alliance and later the New Republic have thrived upon. Long odds stacked against them, but winning through ingenuity and a good dose of luck. The action here is remarkable for the fact that Leia is at the heart of it. I’ve mentioned before that the series has been doing great to add some much needed agency to her character beyond appearing to be the pretty princess with an occasional badassery that often gets overshadowed later on. That’s how she was portrayed in the original movie and Brian Wood has done a lot to have her step beyond the confines of that characterisation. Now she gets into the thick of the action just like the others and she is actively involved in the missions, whether covert or not.
We don’t get to see Leia much outside her flight suit and her X-wing, so a lot of the art shows her in the cockpit of the snubfighter. This adds an interesting challenge for penciller Carlos D’Anda, and I think he more than rises up to the occasion, giving her different expressions in each panel so that she stands out and doesn’t come across as wooden or static.
The cameos, relatively speaking, by Luke, Wedge and Mon Mothma were very welcome. The scenes with these three ram home the sore point that there is a traitor in the Rebel Fleet and that urgent steps needed to be taken to flush this traitor out, whoever he or she may be. These particular scenes are long and full of a lot of exposition, and they repeat a few things we already know, but are for the benefit of Luke and Wedge who aren’t aware of all the intricacies, so it wasn’t all that bad, all things considered.
In terms of the artwork, these scenes were slightly problematic in that all three characters appear to have highly flexible and long necks. That was just… odd. It wasn’t really ever apparent before, but here it is, and just served as a somewhat irritating distraction.
All things considered, this was still a fairly good issue, with writer Brian Wood and artists Carlos D’Anda, Gabe Eltaeb and Michael Heisler on top form as usual.
Rating: 8.5/10
http://thefoundingfields.com/2013/08/...
Shadowhawk reviews the last three issues of Dark Horse’s ongoing brand-new Star Wars comic, including this week’s new release.
“Mysteries deepen. Plots thicken. Action intensifies. Discoveries made. Brian Wood is rolling on a high with this book!” ~Shadowhawk, The Founding Fields
The first five issues of this series have been fairly intense so far. In the aftermath of the Battle of Yavin, the fledgling Rebel Alliance has been fighting against odds to survive and things have never been harder for them. There’s a spy loose in their highest ranks and they are still space-bound with no fixed base of operations, always moving from place to place in a feeble attempt at staying one step ahead of the Imperial forces. They need allies, supplies, and a permanent location to operate out of, so that they can have some kind of stability, instead of living moment to moment. This is at the core of what Brian Wood’s Star Wars is about and the ride until now has been very thrilling and satisfying in a number of ways.
Star Wars 06Most of #6 is taken up with the kind of fights that, in the larger Expanded Universe, the Rebel Alliance and later the New Republic have thrived upon. Long odds stacked against them, but winning through ingenuity and a good dose of luck. The action here is remarkable for the fact that Leia is at the heart of it. I’ve mentioned before that the series has been doing great to add some much needed agency to her character beyond appearing to be the pretty princess with an occasional badassery that often gets overshadowed later on. That’s how she was portrayed in the original movie and Brian Wood has done a lot to have her step beyond the confines of that characterisation. Now she gets into the thick of the action just like the others and she is actively involved in the missions, whether covert or not.
We don’t get to see Leia much outside her flight suit and her X-wing, so a lot of the art shows her in the cockpit of the snubfighter. This adds an interesting challenge for penciller Carlos D’Anda, and I think he more than rises up to the occasion, giving her different expressions in each panel so that she stands out and doesn’t come across as wooden or static.
The cameos, relatively speaking, by Luke, Wedge and Mon Mothma were very welcome. The scenes with these three ram home the sore point that there is a traitor in the Rebel Fleet and that urgent steps needed to be taken to flush this traitor out, whoever he or she may be. These particular scenes are long and full of a lot of exposition, and they repeat a few things we already know, but are for the benefit of Luke and Wedge who aren’t aware of all the intricacies, so it wasn’t all that bad, all things considered.
In terms of the artwork, these scenes were slightly problematic in that all three characters appear to have highly flexible and long necks. That was just… odd. It wasn’t really ever apparent before, but here it is, and just served as a somewhat irritating distraction.
All things considered, this was still a fairly good issue, with writer Brian Wood and artists Carlos D’Anda, Gabe Eltaeb and Michael Heisler on top form as usual.
Rating: 8.5/10
September 28, 2015
In this volume of “In the Shadow of Yavin”, after disobeying orders and having an ill-advised engagement with the Star Destroyer, Luke and Prithi try to save an injured Princess Leia. Upon their return, Leia is treated for her injuries and Luke and Wedge are promoted as plans are made for a final showdown with the Empire. There is lots of action for fans of the series and those familiar with the Star Wars franchise.
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