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Star Wars (2015) (Single Issues)
Star Wars #7
A special one-off tale of Ben Kenobi! Injustice reigns on Tatooine as villainous scum run rampant. Will Ben risk revealing himself to do what's right? Guest artist Simone Bianchi (Wolverine, Astonishing X-Men) joins writer Jason Aaron for this special tale!
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First published July 29, 2015
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Jason Aaron
2,353 books1,680 followersJason Aaron grew up in a small town in Alabama. His cousin, Gustav Hasford, who wrote the semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers, on which the feature film Full Metal Jacket was based, was a large influence on Aaron. Aaron decided he wanted to write comics as a child, and though his father was skeptical when Aaron informed him of this aspiration, his mother took Aaron to drug stores, where he would purchase books from spinner racks, some of which he still owns today.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
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September 2, 2017
This standalone Obi-Wan issue is a welcome departure from the main storyline. It tells the story of the Jedi general who turned into a hermit while guarding young Luke Skywalker.
His story tells about how Obi-Wan makes tough decisions during this time, helping good people against Jabba the Hutt thugs, or keeping a low profile so as not to endanger Skywalker's life. For him, the latter weighs way more than helping others. I love that angle of storytelling.
Though the story is really playing safe, deviating from revealing much information about the Jedi Order. This issue could have been more Jedi-secrets related but Aaron stayed away from that part.
His story tells about how Obi-Wan makes tough decisions during this time, helping good people against Jabba the Hutt thugs, or keeping a low profile so as not to endanger Skywalker's life. For him, the latter weighs way more than helping others. I love that angle of storytelling.
Though the story is really playing safe, deviating from revealing much information about the Jedi Order. This issue could have been more Jedi-secrets related but Aaron stayed away from that part.
May 24, 2016
"As hard as it was to become a Jedi.. It was even harder to stop being one"
-Ben Kenobi
-Ben Kenobi
July 31, 2015
Nice stand-alone issue after the first arc being completed, we get Luke reading Obi-Wan's journal, so in short, we get a story about Old Ben Kenobi on Tattooine when Luke was a kid. Obi-Wan trying to stay out of sight while making sure Luke is safe and stays that way without him or anyone knowing.
April 20, 2025
me he querido suicidar
August 3, 2015
I had been looking forward to this issue ever since it was announced. Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi's time on Tatooine between the prequel trilogy and the original trilogy has been mysterious to Star Wars fans, as there are very few stories that detail his time there. After Luke retrieves Kenobi's journal at the end of the previous issue, we are able to get a glimpse into Kenobi's past.
When I opened the issue, I was impressed by the fact that the opening crawl was made up of characters from a Star Wars alphabet, accompanied by an English translation for the readers' benefit. The title of this issue is "From the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi: 'The Last of His Breed.'" One has to wonder whether Kenobi wrote that title and opening crawl in the third person. Well, maybe they do not "have to," but it is a bit of a headscratcher.
While Luke, Leia, and Han are drawn in this series having uncanny resemblances to the stars who portrayed them, Kenobi does not look exactly like Ewan McGregor. He has the brown hair, but his face looks different somehow, resembling that of a worn out man. And yet it still screams "Kenobi." His beard is a bit messy, and a closer look reveals that some of his beard is fading to white. This is a Jedi who has been living in isolation on a desert world for years, suppressing the urge to unleash his full potential as a warrior.
We get a very rare look at Luke as a kid. He appears to be around his father's age in The Phantom Menace. It would be safe to presume that it is around a decade after Revenge of the Sith or around a decade before A New Hope. It is a time of a drought, and moisture farmers are being harassed by goons of Jabba the Hutt to pay "water taxes." I suppose that taxation is a problem even long after The Phantom Menace. Kenobi keeps them away from the Lars moisture farm temporarily by using a mind trick. I kept hoping for, but never got, a conversation between Kenobi and Owen Lars, something that the prequel trilogy never gave us despite how dialog in A New Hope seemed to suggest that there was some sort of history between the two characters.
Kenobi goes to town from time to time and even tries to spread the word about rock-like fruit containing foul yet drinkable liquid that could help others just as it has helped the Tusken people for ages. When he nearly draws attention to himself during a dispute, he decides that it is not safe for him to go to town anymore. I find this decision very believable. Miserable, he longs to master fading into obscurity, something that he says that his master Qui-Gon Jinn had never taught him. This also echoes the fact that it is Qui-Gon who knows how to become a Force ghost after death, a fate that we know that Kenobi will endure. Later, Kenobi has to rescue Luke from the water taxers. Luke tells them that he is not afraid. I have to give Jason Aaron credit for not having the response to that line be, "You will be." Turning off the lights, Kenobi uses the Force to scare the water taxers away. This reminds me of Gandalf turning off the lights in the goblin lair in The Hobbit. This is very fitting since Kenobi is essentially "Gandalf in space." With Luke safe, Kenobi has a renewed sense of hope.
Back to a couple of weeks after A New Hope, Luke has reached the end of the journal. This is rather disappointing because I was hoping that this issue would be an amuse bouche for possible future journal entries. I knew that this would only last one issue since the cliffhanger regarding Han's supposed "wife" (which I am still getting used to) can be resolved. I would like a whole arc of Kenobi's time in exile, but it looks as though we will not be getting that in the near future. What puzzles me is that this issue will be collected into volume 2 of this line, which would be titled Showdown on Smugglers Moon. It will be strange beginning that trade paperback with this story, which might have fit better as an ending for a Skywalker Strikes trade paperback. I feel uncertain that the events that we see in this issue will really be essential to the Showdown on Smugglers Moon arc. I was expecting something like Star Wars: Legacy #16, which was a flashback taking place during Kenobi's exile on Tatooine that was essential to the Claws of the Dragon story arc.
Overall, this single journal entry might have been essential to Luke's overall arc in learning about the patience of a Jedi, but I am still left wanting more. I like what I saw, but I feel as though there is more that could have been seen. I would give this issue a 3.75. If you are like me, still thirsting for more of Kenobi's exploits in exile, then I would highly recommend reading John Jackson Miller's novel Star Wars: Kenobi. It is influenced by the western genre and has Obi-Wan interact with compelling new characters as he keeps himself a mystery and reflects on his mission. I consider it a solid character piece. Though it is considered Legends, there is nothing in this issue that says that the novel could not have happened at all. Even if there were, it is still a well-written novel.
When I opened the issue, I was impressed by the fact that the opening crawl was made up of characters from a Star Wars alphabet, accompanied by an English translation for the readers' benefit. The title of this issue is "From the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi: 'The Last of His Breed.'" One has to wonder whether Kenobi wrote that title and opening crawl in the third person. Well, maybe they do not "have to," but it is a bit of a headscratcher.
While Luke, Leia, and Han are drawn in this series having uncanny resemblances to the stars who portrayed them, Kenobi does not look exactly like Ewan McGregor. He has the brown hair, but his face looks different somehow, resembling that of a worn out man. And yet it still screams "Kenobi." His beard is a bit messy, and a closer look reveals that some of his beard is fading to white. This is a Jedi who has been living in isolation on a desert world for years, suppressing the urge to unleash his full potential as a warrior.
We get a very rare look at Luke as a kid. He appears to be around his father's age in The Phantom Menace. It would be safe to presume that it is around a decade after Revenge of the Sith or around a decade before A New Hope. It is a time of a drought, and moisture farmers are being harassed by goons of Jabba the Hutt to pay "water taxes." I suppose that taxation is a problem even long after The Phantom Menace. Kenobi keeps them away from the Lars moisture farm temporarily by using a mind trick. I kept hoping for, but never got, a conversation between Kenobi and Owen Lars, something that the prequel trilogy never gave us despite how dialog in A New Hope seemed to suggest that there was some sort of history between the two characters.
Kenobi goes to town from time to time and even tries to spread the word about rock-like fruit containing foul yet drinkable liquid that could help others just as it has helped the Tusken people for ages. When he nearly draws attention to himself during a dispute, he decides that it is not safe for him to go to town anymore. I find this decision very believable. Miserable, he longs to master fading into obscurity, something that he says that his master Qui-Gon Jinn had never taught him. This also echoes the fact that it is Qui-Gon who knows how to become a Force ghost after death, a fate that we know that Kenobi will endure. Later, Kenobi has to rescue Luke from the water taxers. Luke tells them that he is not afraid. I have to give Jason Aaron credit for not having the response to that line be, "You will be." Turning off the lights, Kenobi uses the Force to scare the water taxers away. This reminds me of Gandalf turning off the lights in the goblin lair in The Hobbit. This is very fitting since Kenobi is essentially "Gandalf in space." With Luke safe, Kenobi has a renewed sense of hope.
Back to a couple of weeks after A New Hope, Luke has reached the end of the journal. This is rather disappointing because I was hoping that this issue would be an amuse bouche for possible future journal entries. I knew that this would only last one issue since the cliffhanger regarding Han's supposed "wife" (which I am still getting used to) can be resolved. I would like a whole arc of Kenobi's time in exile, but it looks as though we will not be getting that in the near future. What puzzles me is that this issue will be collected into volume 2 of this line, which would be titled Showdown on Smugglers Moon. It will be strange beginning that trade paperback with this story, which might have fit better as an ending for a Skywalker Strikes trade paperback. I feel uncertain that the events that we see in this issue will really be essential to the Showdown on Smugglers Moon arc. I was expecting something like Star Wars: Legacy #16, which was a flashback taking place during Kenobi's exile on Tatooine that was essential to the Claws of the Dragon story arc.
Overall, this single journal entry might have been essential to Luke's overall arc in learning about the patience of a Jedi, but I am still left wanting more. I like what I saw, but I feel as though there is more that could have been seen. I would give this issue a 3.75. If you are like me, still thirsting for more of Kenobi's exploits in exile, then I would highly recommend reading John Jackson Miller's novel Star Wars: Kenobi. It is influenced by the western genre and has Obi-Wan interact with compelling new characters as he keeps himself a mystery and reflects on his mission. I consider it a solid character piece. Though it is considered Legends, there is nothing in this issue that says that the novel could not have happened at all. Even if there were, it is still a well-written novel.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 7, 2015
I really hated the last issue, and was hesitant to buy the this one, and I only bought it because of wanting all the first print issues, and I loved this story! It is amazing and I always wondered what Obi did with his life growing old in the dessert, and this shows how he dealt with this and the problems he has to face by no longer being a protector, and instead has to be an observer. I
March 27, 2016
Loved getting a glimpse at Obi-Wan during the days of exile on Tattooine. It was great to get inside his head and feel the struggle he went through to stay secret, while all alone on a pretty barren world. Gave some nice insight into the character as he approached the classic trilogy.
Nicely done!
Nicely done!
September 3, 2015
Very cool to get a glimpse of how Obi-Wan spent the years in exile on Tatooine while Luke was growing up. Hope they do more of these one-off journal flashbacks.
December 28, 2015
Not bad. I want to see more of Ben.
January 6, 2017
Obi-wan ♡♡♡♡ sendo Obi-wan ♡♡♡♡
December 9, 2017
We need a movie or a book from Obi-wan's years in tatooine...
December 13, 2017
This issue touches on Obi-Wan's "lost years," that 20-year-ish period from when Ewan McGregor dropped-off Luke at the Lars homestead and until he became Alec Guinness. This issue is couched in the series narrative as Luke reading Ben's journal, which gives some details (though not much) of this time. It's a good way to work in the story into the narrative arc itself.
I think this story deserves its own series or mini-series. Because it's contained in one issue, it lacks substance. I did like watching Obi-Wan (drawn in this issue looking both like McGregor and Guinness), and the sub-plot about the drought and the "moisture raiders" on Tatooine was also interesting. But the storyline . . . not great.
So, overall, an enjoyable read, but nothing groundbreaking in the burgeoning Star Wars canon.
I think this story deserves its own series or mini-series. Because it's contained in one issue, it lacks substance. I did like watching Obi-Wan (drawn in this issue looking both like McGregor and Guinness), and the sub-plot about the drought and the "moisture raiders" on Tatooine was also interesting. But the storyline . . . not great.
So, overall, an enjoyable read, but nothing groundbreaking in the burgeoning Star Wars canon.
August 10, 2018
Impressive one-shot arc and so believable to how I have mostly pictured how it would be. This was a nice little issue telling us about how it was to protect a boy that had the fate of the galaxy on his shoulders. There was not much action and I had expected that, but it did not need the action as much as other stories because this is more of a personal story from Obi-Wan that does not need that.
I give this a 4,5 out of 5
I give this a 4,5 out of 5
September 12, 2022
For a flashback/memory sequence, this was executed perfectly.
5 out of 5 stars.
Luke reflects upon Obi-Wan's past... which remarkable is like reading a copy/paste of the very recently released Obi-Wan (2022) TV show... which is perfect timing being I just finish my 2nd rewatch of the show _yesterday_. Another big plus, Luke is only in a couple pages at the very end after the dream is over.
5 out of 5 stars.
Luke reflects upon Obi-Wan's past... which remarkable is like reading a copy/paste of the very recently released Obi-Wan (2022) TV show... which is perfect timing being I just finish my 2nd rewatch of the show _yesterday_. Another big plus, Luke is only in a couple pages at the very end after the dream is over.
July 28, 2017
A nice background story about Obi Wan while he was watching over Luke from a distance when he was a young boy.
December 10, 2018
Muy entretenida
May 4, 2019
STAR WARS (2015) Single Issue #7
“Years spent alone. I wasn’t General Obi-Wan Kenobi anymore. I was no longer a Jedi Master. I was only Ben.”
“Years spent alone. I wasn’t General Obi-Wan Kenobi anymore. I was no longer a Jedi Master. I was only Ben.”
January 14, 2025
4.3 - love the visuals, love every bit of it
December 30, 2024
Cuando Obi-Wan debe pasar desapercibido en Tatooine para cuidar de Luke, decide escribir un diario. Años más tarde, lo resguarda y se lo dedica a Luke, quien lo encuentra y lee con curiosidad y cariño.
Sin embargo, las memorias del ex General no son tan felices, y una de ellas se nos es expuesta en este comic.
Personalmente, creí que me iba a gustar más, generar más emociones. Pero supongo que la realidad es que al crecer con las precuelas, el Obi-Wan que siempre me llega a las entrañas es el de Ewan McGregor y aquí nos vemos con uno más cercano al de Alec Guiness. No por eso no vislumbramos la parte emotiva de todo esto.
Una vez más nos muestran ese lado de Obi-Wan que no reluce tanto en las películas, ese que es inseguro y de baja autoestima.
Si bien la trama gira en torno a los problemas de Tatooine cuando Jabba decide que los granjeros deben ceder su agua durante la sequía, en realidad los pilares de la historia pasan por el desarrollo de personaje de Obi-Wan, cómo pasó de ser el gran General, uno de los Caballeros Jedi más exitosos, a un ermitaño que termina siendo calificado como un loco.
Lo vemos afrontar la pérdida, volverse uno con ella para aceptarla.
Sin embargo, también somos partícipes de cómo esas inseguridades también le hacen ver su gran propósito, que hay algo más por lo que seguir viviendo y por lo que seguir luchando. Porque eso es lo que hacen los Jedi, eso es lo que hace Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Sin embargo, las memorias del ex General no son tan felices, y una de ellas se nos es expuesta en este comic.
"As hard as it was to become a Jedi... It was even harder to stop being one. But I did."
Personalmente, creí que me iba a gustar más, generar más emociones. Pero supongo que la realidad es que al crecer con las precuelas, el Obi-Wan que siempre me llega a las entrañas es el de Ewan McGregor y aquí nos vemos con uno más cercano al de Alec Guiness. No por eso no vislumbramos la parte emotiva de todo esto.
Una vez más nos muestran ese lado de Obi-Wan que no reluce tanto en las películas, ese que es inseguro y de baja autoestima.
"Instead of Sith Lords and bounty hunters, my days were spent battiling monotony and inactivity. I should have been busier than ever. I should have been training the boy. But his uncle never allowed it. And I suppose there was a part of me that couldn't blame him. The last Skywalker I tried to train was gone. They were all gone. All the Jedi. And sometimes I wondered... If I should have gone with them."
Si bien la trama gira en torno a los problemas de Tatooine cuando Jabba decide que los granjeros deben ceder su agua durante la sequía, en realidad los pilares de la historia pasan por el desarrollo de personaje de Obi-Wan, cómo pasó de ser el gran General, uno de los Caballeros Jedi más exitosos, a un ermitaño que termina siendo calificado como un loco.
Lo vemos afrontar la pérdida, volverse uno con ella para aceptarla.
"You never trained me for this, Master Qui-Gon. You never taught me how to fade away."
Sin embargo, también somos partícipes de cómo esas inseguridades también le hacen ver su gran propósito, que hay algo más por lo que seguir viviendo y por lo que seguir luchando. Porque eso es lo que hacen los Jedi, eso es lo que hace Obi-Wan Kenobi.
"My name is Obi-Wan Kenobi. The last of my Order. But this is not the end of the Jedi."
September 13, 2015
This was an interesting, small story about Obi-Wan and his time between dropping off Luke with his aunt and uncle and A New Hope.
We discover that after dropping off Luke, he did his best to remove himself from society as an expense of his own morality.
However, young Luke pulls him back into human interaction when she stands up to Jabba's thugs who are stealing water from the local moisture farmers during a drought.
It was interesting to learn a little about what happened during this time and what Obi-Wan's thought process was.
We discover that after dropping off Luke, he did his best to remove himself from society as an expense of his own morality.
However, young Luke pulls him back into human interaction when she stands up to Jabba's thugs who are stealing water from the local moisture farmers during a drought.
It was interesting to learn a little about what happened during this time and what Obi-Wan's thought process was.
August 11, 2015
This absolutely helped Obi-Wan's character have some purpose other than sitting in a desert simply waiting. This is where people felt there was a huge plot hole and this one, simple comic filled it quite epically. It's like Disney has learned how to do just that with their storytelling, with making characters that had questionable motives turn into deep characters. I loved this one, possibly more than others in this series so far, and I've given all of them 5 stars.
January 15, 2016
This was such a good stand-alone after the first volume was finished. And honestly I've always loved Obi-Wan so much (especially after the prequels), to see a bit of his POV and his experience from all those years in Tatooine...ah <3 It really puts things in perspective. There are so many stories to tell from the years between RoTS and ANH, this was great proof of that.
P.S.: Line that killed me: "You never taught me this, Master Qui-Gon. You never told me how to fade away."
P.S.: Line that killed me: "You never taught me this, Master Qui-Gon. You never told me how to fade away."
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 6, 2016
First of all I love, that this story did nothing to undermine John Jackson Millers amazing non canon book "Kenobi". I was grateful though, that here we actually got to meet Ben, someone who actually tried to stay out of trouble, someone who would not always help those in need to maintain his cover and not risk his main mission: Protecting Luke. The art was great, the story was simple but spot on. I hope we get more stories out of old, crazy Ben.
February 8, 2018
An interesting look at Obi-Wan between EP3 (ROTS) and EP4 (ANH). Similar along the lines to the old legends novel "Kenobi" (by John Jackson Miller). The story in this is fine, and adds an new piece of lore to Tatooine in the intervening years (that of the drought). Not a big fan of the sketchy/sketch-book looking artwork in this, especially during the action scenes. But overall it was a good story that added/not detracted to the universe.
June 7, 2020
Y aquí parece que termina la etapa de Cassaday. Al dibujo... Simone Bianchi. Y no podian haber escogido un momento mejor, con esa historia sobre Obi-Wan en Tatooine que bucea en el pasado de Luke. Muy apropiada leerla ahora que van a rodar una serie sobre esa época los de Disney. Lástima que Bianchi a los lápices no me guste nada porque intenta darle un toque acuarelado junto con Ponsor al color y no salva un guión muy digno.
August 6, 2015
The departure from the story to show this scene in Obi Wan's past is jarring and slightly unnecessary. I like that we see him being a protector for Luke and guardian while in Tatooine but I don't know why this story had to come before explaining what's going on in the present. Hope we'll see why soon.
August 9, 2015
Excellent prelude issue focusing on Obi-Wan Kenobi as he struggles with his character while watching over Luke Skywalker on Tatooine. The life of a recluse conflicts with his desire to be an active participant for good, but Ben knows that he must remain hidden if he's to successfully protect his future protégé.
April 3, 2017
A look into what Obi-Wan (or Ben, to be more accurate to this issue) was up to during his time in hiding on Tatooine. Jason Aaron touches on the boredom, seclusion and, most difficult of all, the restraint faced by Obi-Wan, as well as how he managed to watch over Luke from afar. It's a solid standalone issue in the strong Star Wars title from Marvel.
August 3, 2016
"The last Skywalker I tried to train was gone. They were all gone. And sometimes I wondered... if I should have gone with them"
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