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Star Wars (2015) (Single Issues)
Star Wars #22
The Star Destroyer Harbinger, a massive weapon of Imperial war. Also the target of the rebels' new top-secret plan. Join Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Leia Organa for "The Last Flight of the Harbinger"!
21 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 24, 2016
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About the author
Jason Aaron
2,351 books1,679 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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Displaying 1 - 13 of 13 reviews
September 14, 2016
actual rating: 3.5
the drawing is really good.. the battle was well drawn. Han, Leia, and Luke are trying to steal a Star Destroyer .. what can go wrong? :P
the drawing is really good.. the battle was well drawn. Han, Leia, and Luke are trying to steal a Star Destroyer .. what can go wrong? :P
September 6, 2016
This one lost me a bit in interest. Which was surprising, but it happens. Also, did the artist change? It's not a dig on the artist, the art style just appears to have changed and at first I was like, "What happened?"
March 19, 2017
Que importante y cojonudo es el personaje de Han Solo.
November 18, 2016
I'm not sure how I felt about this one. The gang's all together which is neat, the illustrations did the space battle justice but I'm not quite sure if I like the artwork overall, and there were some overused Star Wars tropes that hindered the story a little. We'll see where it takes us next.
November 17, 2022
Hands down, the #1 very best Starship fighter based Star Wars comic so far.
Star Destroyers, TIE fighters, X-Wing, the works. This is not only action packed, but the space combat is presented in an absolute best-in-class manner. This is videogame/TV Show/Movie quality execution.
I am so glad around issue 19/20 the lead content creator for this incredibly long Star Wars comic series (75 issues) switched. This new team is on fire. Can't wait to see what happens next!
Star Destroyers, TIE fighters, X-Wing, the works. This is not only action packed, but the space combat is presented in an absolute best-in-class manner. This is videogame/TV Show/Movie quality execution.
I am so glad around issue 19/20 the lead content creator for this incredibly long Star Wars comic series (75 issues) switched. This new team is on fire. Can't wait to see what happens next!
August 27, 2022
#22 – “’Captain’? You’re LOOKING at the captain, sweetheart.” – Solo to Leia.
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September 15, 2024
Some good shenanigans for the crew here, makes you wonder why the talk about Sargent Kreel and the previous issue though
August 24, 2016
It's really cool that these rebels are in a space battle in which they try to steal a Star Destroyer. Also refreshing to see Imperials evacuate before the ship can explode. One of them even wants to commit suicide so that he doesn't have to face Vader. But when the main reactor of the Harbinger blows up, the panel does not make it clear what happened. Though we see the explosion but not the Star Destroyer itself in the panel, it seems as though we're expected to believe that the Harbinger blew up with the OT characters on it. Even the rebels seem to believe that this is the case, causing them to leave. This doesn't make sense. As expected, the OT characters stay alive on the Harbinger for a week before beginning its last voyage. Apparently there are 200 rebels on the Star Destroyer (which would normally be run by thousands of Imperials), but I don't recall seeing 200 rebels board it.
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August 24, 2016
Space battles featuring the Millennium Falcon and Luke, yay. However, the Imperial commander is drawn pretty stereotypically. He's got an evil mustache AND an eyepatch, and the new(?) artist's style turns them into even better carricatures.
In general not a fan of the art direction change. The backdrops are fine, but the characters' faces are... cartoony, more so than previous issues. Exaggerated features, round faces, and Leia's lips are driving me nuts. It doesn't fit the tone of a series that had a prison ship with people getting vented into a sun, or last issue's elite Stormtrooper squad.
On top of that, the plot has some serious holes in it. But we'll see what the rest of the arc will do to amend that.
In general not a fan of the art direction change. The backdrops are fine, but the characters' faces are... cartoony, more so than previous issues. Exaggerated features, round faces, and Leia's lips are driving me nuts. It doesn't fit the tone of a series that had a prison ship with people getting vented into a sun, or last issue's elite Stormtrooper squad.
On top of that, the plot has some serious holes in it. But we'll see what the rest of the arc will do to amend that.
February 21, 2017
- Sweet!! A space battle!! It's about time there was one of these. It's always fun to see the Falcon in action!!
- Oi vey! New artwork again! I like the ships and environment a lot, but I'm not sure about the characters. Han and Leia look a little cartoony.
- I love the bantering between Han and Leia. They haven't had that for a while in the series! This story felt more like the movies than some of the previous stuff.
- This was a really fun issue. I loved the battle and the plot.
- Oi vey! New artwork again! I like the ships and environment a lot, but I'm not sure about the characters. Han and Leia look a little cartoony.
- I love the bantering between Han and Leia. They haven't had that for a while in the series! This story felt more like the movies than some of the previous stuff.
- This was a really fun issue. I loved the battle and the plot.
August 24, 2016
Much better than issue #21.
September 10, 2016
That was an interesting plan. I'm still not sure what I think about the recent illustrator change. It's not bad, but it's definitely different.
November 30, 2016
3.5 stars
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