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Star Wars (2015) (Single Issues)
Star Wars #17
Han takes Luke out to fly the Falcon with him! Meanwhile...Leia and a few of her "friends" have troubles of their own. The rebel prison base is under siege!
21 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 23, 2016
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About the author
Jason Aaron
2,338 books1,696 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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June 5, 2016
"You still believe you're fighting a noble fight, don't you? But there's nothing noble about war, princess. Not if you want to win."
April 9, 2016
Loved the part about the nerfs!
April 19, 2016
This lost a star for one very arbitrary reason: WHY is it they have to be against killing? Why is everyone in every comic against killing? I get we are trying to have a nicer word, but crazy killers are crazy killers, and then they become crazy killers who escape from prison and kill more people, so... you know.
BUT points for Han becoming a literal Nerf Herder.
BUT points for Han becoming a literal Nerf Herder.
March 26, 2016
All this time, I'd been thinking that it was Vader's hired bounty hunters breaking into Sunspot Prison. Instead, they seem to be led by someone who wants the murderers in the prison to die. And they try enabling Leia to kill the prisoners, one of them being Kolar Ludd, who's been dropped in villages by Imperials to kill everyone. I like this moral dilemma. It's The reminiscent of The Walking Dead. As expected, Leia and Sana free Aphra to get her help. Meanwhile, Luke repeats Han's dialogue in the cantina, which is kinda annoying. But what's funny is that they get a job herding nerfs. It feels like a goofy side adventure though, not tonally in line with the Leia story. Not a fan of the cover art.
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June 3, 2018
A team-up I never knew I wanted SO badly - Leia, Sana, and Aphra. We'll see if this lasts long - but women doing what women have always had to do: clean up a big-A mess. Speaking of big messes, I LOVE the addition of a good Nerf into the Millennium Falcon.
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April 20, 2016
Ah, Nerf Herding is truly a noble profession. Leia kind of annoyed me during this one, but not as much as all of the red. It was too much.
April 26, 2016
Well the story took a neat unexpected turn, but I'm still not invested in this particular arc or the artwork that goes along with it.
February 11, 2020
The rebel internment facility, Sunspot Prison, is under attack! An anonymous madman has broken INTO the prison along with an army of droids to execute the prisoners. Only Princess Leia, Sanna Starros, and the recently incarcerated Doctor Aphra stand in his way!
So far this is shaping up to be an interesting prison assault story. The characters are trapped in a remote facility with no way of contacting help and limited resources. They don’t get along, but have to put their differences aside just to survive. While this kind of story has been done before, it hasn’t been done in Star Wars, and certainly not with a group of female characters. It’s a compelling twist to everything and certainly speaks to cultural influences.
Aaron is writing Doctor Aphra very snide and self-confident, which seems perfect for her. She’s not under the threat and power of Darth Vader here and you can see she feels like she can hold her own against the rebels and Princess Leia in particular. Her past with Sanna is still intriguing and I’m just waiting for more of that to be revealed.
I generally like Yu’s art, but it’s a little dark in places. His fine lines can work very well, but sometimes they make the characters look a little bit strange. Not sure he’s a great fit for Star Wars, but it’s not horrible.
Lots of action in this story which provides a real page-turner of a read. The storyline provides a nice departure from a typical Star Wars story.
So far this is shaping up to be an interesting prison assault story. The characters are trapped in a remote facility with no way of contacting help and limited resources. They don’t get along, but have to put their differences aside just to survive. While this kind of story has been done before, it hasn’t been done in Star Wars, and certainly not with a group of female characters. It’s a compelling twist to everything and certainly speaks to cultural influences.
Aaron is writing Doctor Aphra very snide and self-confident, which seems perfect for her. She’s not under the threat and power of Darth Vader here and you can see she feels like she can hold her own against the rebels and Princess Leia in particular. Her past with Sanna is still intriguing and I’m just waiting for more of that to be revealed.
I generally like Yu’s art, but it’s a little dark in places. His fine lines can work very well, but sometimes they make the characters look a little bit strange. Not sure he’s a great fit for Star Wars, but it’s not horrible.
Lots of action in this story which provides a real page-turner of a read. The storyline provides a nice departure from a typical Star Wars story.
November 4, 2022
I am really curious why the artwork too such a nose dive in quality with these, especially compared to issue #15 that was pretty much the most highly skilled artwork I've seen in any comic.
Regardless of appearances, the overall story and execution was just not great here. I am probably being too generous with a 2.
Also, there is an interaction between Doctor Aphra and Leia that is so unrealistic... yeah okay, changing this to a 1 after all.
I did not like this one.
Regardless of appearances, the overall story and execution was just not great here. I am probably being too generous with a 2.
Also, there is an interaction between Doctor Aphra and Leia that is so unrealistic... yeah okay, changing this to a 1 after all.
I did not like this one.
September 20, 2017
“Star Wars #17” by Jason Aaron, Leinil Yu (Illustrator), Terry Dodson (Illustrator)
“Their [droids'] eyes are always so CREEPY. Why do they make the with such creepy eyes?”
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“Their [droids'] eyes are always so CREEPY. Why do they make the with such creepy eyes?”
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July 5, 2019
Fun.
Might pick up this run.
Might pick up this run.
July 2, 2021
Un giro en los acontecimientos, mucha filosofía moral de la que nos gusta y el humor que siempre acompaña a Han Solo. Star Wars en estado puro.
August 20, 2016
- Luke looks like a girl on the cover :(
- Sana is like a female Han Solo.
- We are in the middle of a war, and Han has time to gamble and do some smuggling on the side. Ha!
- I don't like the new artwork. It is weird.
- Sana is like a female Han Solo.
- We are in the middle of a war, and Han has time to gamble and do some smuggling on the side. Ha!
- I don't like the new artwork. It is weird.
January 6, 2023
Brilliant. These stories feel like genuine "Star Wars" and much more authentic than the recent movies (pity this writer couldn't have been enlisted for the film's). The art, meanwhile, is just sublime.
December 6, 2021
Another great installment in this series.
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