Star Wars: Revelations (2023) #1

by Alyssa Wong, Charles Soule, Greg Pak

FROM THE HIGH REPUBLIC TO THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY AND BEYOND! JABBA THE HUTT! DARTH VADER! MACE WINDU! KEEVE TRENNIS, THRAWN AND MORE! Introducing new characters, new twists and new turns across all of Marvel's STAR WARS line! This star-studded issue puts the pieces on the board for what's to come in a galaxy far, far away!

Genres: Star Wars, Comics, Science Fiction

48 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 20, 2023

About the author

Alyssa Wong studies fiction in Raleigh, NC, and really, really likes crows. She was a finalist for the 2016 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and her story, “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers,” won the 2015 Nebula Award for Best Short Story and the 2016 World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction. Her fiction has been shortlisted for the Pushcart Prize, the Bram Stoker Award, the Locus Award, and the Shirley Jackson Award. Her work has been published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, Nightmare Magazine, Black Static, and Tor.com, among others.

Reviews

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keeve trennis, bitch!

[Ahdom · Rating 3 out of 5]

Star Wars: Revelations (2023) #1 offers a thrilling glimpse into the expansive Star Wars universe, spanning from the High Republic to the Original Trilogy and beyond. This star-studded one-shot issue shows us glimpses of upcoming comics featuring iconic characters like Jabba the Hutt, Darth Vader, Mace Windu, Keeve Trennis and Thrawn! The creative team skillfully introduces new twists and turns, setting the stage for exciting developments across Marvel's Star Wars line in 2024. This issue comes highly recommended for fans eager to embark on new adventures in a galaxy far, far away. I'm anticipating what lies ahead in Star Wars comics.

[Elwin Kline · Rating 2 out of 5]

"It was okay." - 2 out of 5 star rating.

To my surprise, this is a collection of comic shorts that feed into various Star Wars comic book collections. Everything from Doctor Aphra, Lord Vader, Mace Windu, Jango Fett, Jabba, The High Republic, and more.

While these shorts are interesting... there simply is just not enough content within each sub-comic to be able to give each individual story a 2-3 star rating at best.

As I make my way to each of these different series, maybe I will appreciate the 5-10 pages received here... but at the same time I feel like what little bit was provided here with be minimal gain overall at best for the experience of the actual full length series they support.

Not a big fan of this content delivery strategy and hopefully this is a rare/few and far between type situation where we get a "comic" like this.

For what its worth:
1. A Trick of the Mind - 3 Stars
2. Tall Tales - 3 Stars
3. Stolen Hope - 2 Stars
4. Showdown at Ocean's Deep - 2 Stars
5. Tool of the Empire - 2 Stars
6. All of the Republic - 2 Stars
7. Duel of the Reprobates - 2 Stars

Again, each one of these are pretty good and definitely interesting. They are just simply too short.

[ashlabooks · Rating 3 out of 5]

This year's "Revelations" issue once again sets starting points for new series or story arcs in the following months. Overall there are seven stories ("Star Wars", "Doctor Aphra", "Jango Fett", "Mace Windu", "Darth Vader", "High Republic", an unnamed possible comic featuring Jabba). Comparing the actual content to the cover makes it obvious: there is no Thrawn story! Yes even though his comic will only be an adaption, a little bonus story wouldn't have hurt anyone. Instead all we got are a few uncolored preview panels hooray 🥳 The other stories range from entertaining ("Star Wars", "Jango Fett", "Doctor Aphra") over action centered ("Mace Windu", "High Republic") to below average ("Darth Vader", Jabba). All are just a few pages long so don't expect earth shattering innovations. Just a quick read to have some mindless fun.

[Tyler Jenkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

There’s some really good previews in here and I’m throughly excited for the 2024 slate of Star Wars comics. A little upset that they didn’t tease any events at all but I’m sure there will be at least one.

[Daniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

worth it for the sexy Jango Fett variant cover I bought

[Norrin Shearer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Has me pretty excited for what’s to come!

[Elizabeth (Miss Eliza) · Rating 3 out of 5]

I mean, it's very much, here's what's happening in all our series, go spend your entire paycheck to keep up! But it was still enjoyably Star Wars...

[ComicBookCult Luke · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun insight into some of the upcoming Star Wars stories for 2024.

Gets 3 stars as I enjoyed about 50% of the book, some of it was great, some I don’t really care for.

[Tyler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Duel of the Reprobates was my favorite story in this collection.

[Luana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just a collection of entirely fine little short vignettes to whet your appetite for this year's releases. LOL is there really a market for a Jango Fett AND a Mace Windu book? Surely these are minis!

[Andres Pasten · Rating 2 out of 5]

Solo es un enganche, y bastante pobre...

[Jason · Rating 4 out of 5]

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