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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story #1
The Rebellion is here! The biggest movie of the year jumps from the big screen to the comic book page! All looks lost for the Rebellion against the Empire as they learn of the existence of a new super-weapon — the Death Star. New heroes Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor set out on a desperate mission to steal the plans to destroy the new super-weapon. Written by Jody Houser (MAX RIDE) and drawn by Emilio Laiso (STAR WARS ANNUAL; HERCULES), join as the story is set up for the epic saga to follow…
33 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 5, 2017
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November 30, 2017
Not bad. Just not very detailed.
April 7, 2017
All my favorite things: Jody Houser, Star Wars, comic books.
This was a good start to a series that I have very high hopes for. It was almost a direct adaptation to the movie with some extra details and a few hints at cut scenes that we'll see more of in the next issues. I wished that it had deviated a bit from the movie and given me more info that I didn't already know. However, as this first issue is just a launching pad, I don't particularly mind. I can't wait for #2! Hoping for some extra info on Bodhi Rook (which seemed like a definite possibility).
This was a good start to a series that I have very high hopes for. It was almost a direct adaptation to the movie with some extra details and a few hints at cut scenes that we'll see more of in the next issues. I wished that it had deviated a bit from the movie and given me more info that I didn't already know. However, as this first issue is just a launching pad, I don't particularly mind. I can't wait for #2! Hoping for some extra info on Bodhi Rook (which seemed like a definite possibility).
May 6, 2023
"It was okay / I liked it." - 2.5 star rating, with a round down to a 2.
Going against the popularity grain, Rogue One while overall is good Star Wars... it is not best in class to me by any means. I enjoyed the film and there are some definitely unforgettable and remarkable scenes, such as the infamous Vader hallway moment. But yeah... I guess the point I am trying to drive home here is that I like Rogue One, but I am not a diehard fan of it, nor do I place it very high in the overall grand scheme of Star Wars as a whole.
A 2 might seem harsh, but the truth of the matter is... this is Rogue One at 10x speed. I mean, you might as well watch the movie (again for the x time) instead of reading this.
What amazes me is that the comic here actually provides LESS depth than the movie does! I mean, entire 15-20 minute blocks of film content is thrown down into a single page of the comic.
This is not the way.
If someone has never seen the movie and was solely basing their judgement on Rogue One off of these - they would be missing a ton of content that actually does make Rogue One a pretty damn good Star Wars entry.
The pace here seems very rushed - the opposite of what I come to the comics for.
Going against the popularity grain, Rogue One while overall is good Star Wars... it is not best in class to me by any means. I enjoyed the film and there are some definitely unforgettable and remarkable scenes, such as the infamous Vader hallway moment. But yeah... I guess the point I am trying to drive home here is that I like Rogue One, but I am not a diehard fan of it, nor do I place it very high in the overall grand scheme of Star Wars as a whole.
A 2 might seem harsh, but the truth of the matter is... this is Rogue One at 10x speed. I mean, you might as well watch the movie (again for the x time) instead of reading this.
What amazes me is that the comic here actually provides LESS depth than the movie does! I mean, entire 15-20 minute blocks of film content is thrown down into a single page of the comic.
This is not the way.
If someone has never seen the movie and was solely basing their judgement on Rogue One off of these - they would be missing a ton of content that actually does make Rogue One a pretty damn good Star Wars entry.
The pace here seems very rushed - the opposite of what I come to the comics for.
May 9, 2017
Interesante inicio de la adaptación a cómic.
Los pequeños grandes detalles en la ilustración y en los descubrimientos progresivos de la historia presente y también de la pasada (aunque en realidad es en el futuro) hacen que el producto final sea muy bueno.
Evidentemente es cuestión de gustos, pero me ha impresionado la primera entrega de 6.
El lector no debe de esperar un impacto visual como el de otros cómics, no es la idea, sino el universo creado a partir de los inicios y su complemento con este tipo de arte. La composición de la ilustración, fragmentos de la historia, el manejo del guión adaptado y la experiencia de tomar un cómic de star wars hace de este título un deber tener para todo fan. Desgraciadamente yo no lo soy, pero al menos me la leeré completa.
Esperaré con ansia las siguientes entregas de la adaptación de Rogue one para cómic.
Los pequeños grandes detalles en la ilustración y en los descubrimientos progresivos de la historia presente y también de la pasada (aunque en realidad es en el futuro) hacen que el producto final sea muy bueno.
Evidentemente es cuestión de gustos, pero me ha impresionado la primera entrega de 6.
El lector no debe de esperar un impacto visual como el de otros cómics, no es la idea, sino el universo creado a partir de los inicios y su complemento con este tipo de arte. La composición de la ilustración, fragmentos de la historia, el manejo del guión adaptado y la experiencia de tomar un cómic de star wars hace de este título un deber tener para todo fan. Desgraciadamente yo no lo soy, pero al menos me la leeré completa.
Esperaré con ansia las siguientes entregas de la adaptación de Rogue one para cómic.
November 2, 2024
Probably this movie is no 3 in the whole franchise for me. Galen being brought back under duress to continue his work. Mining of Kyber Crystals. A weapon beyond mass destruction this fucking things takes out entire planets! Great to see Andor doing his INTEL work with vest. Don't mind it's a complete retelling of the movie.
November 30, 2017
I did like the additional scenes that were added, but the editing could've been better. When Mon Mothma talks to Bail, she says his name twice within one sentence. And the flashback is dated as 15 years prior when it should be less years than that.
January 13, 2018
Man did this jump around a lot. I’m not sure I’d have been able to follow it if I hadn’t seen the movie. Though I did like the last issue with Cassian meeting K2, kinda wish they’d do a whole series with them.
June 23, 2017
It's a retelling, if you like the movie, you'll like this series.
July 2, 2017
Hmmm. Adds a little extra to the film, from the writer of Mother Panic.
September 14, 2017
4.5* 156p
May 5, 2019
This is a fun read! It follows the movie closely with a few extras. :) This series set would be a good edition to a middle school library.
February 29, 2020
The extra novella at the end explaining how Cassian and K2-SO met was great. K2 is one of my favourite droid characters.
June 11, 2017
Jody Houser's script is pretty close to the original film, though obviously condensed in some places. If fact its kind of choppy and does not flow from scene to scene and dialogue beat to beat as a good comic script should. Emilio Laiso's likenesses of recognisable actors are ok... much better than Carmen Infantino's attempt in the late 70s. Infantino's artwork was very stylised but didn't really resemble the look of the actors in the films. In this edition, Daniel Mays looks terrible though. Mad magazine has possibly done the best likenesses as satirical as that is.
My main issue with the artwork is the digital cols and inking that ruins most comics these days. The cols are indeed richer than what was possible with the 4 dot process but the computerised look is vastly inferior to Terry Austin's or Bob Wiacek's inks in the 1970s series. Its all about the quality of line. There is no depth of line in Oscar Baldua's computer linework and it makes the art look gloppy and souless. And much of the actual linework seems scratchy and does not carry its own weight leaning too much on the colorist to illustrate the image.
The establishing shots are also consistently too small relative to the other frames so Laiso does not seem to understand the rhythm of each frame. In a similar vein the gutters are either too narrow or a simple black rule with no whitespace seems again to not understand the language of the page.
To be fair maybe these are problems in much of Marvel's recent work but by comparison the artwork in the Disney published book, Art of Coloring Star Wars: Rogue One (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...), although it is a different type of book, the illustrations show a much better feel for the weight of lines in illustrations, yet still maintains a painterly look overall.
My main issue with the artwork is the digital cols and inking that ruins most comics these days. The cols are indeed richer than what was possible with the 4 dot process but the computerised look is vastly inferior to Terry Austin's or Bob Wiacek's inks in the 1970s series. Its all about the quality of line. There is no depth of line in Oscar Baldua's computer linework and it makes the art look gloppy and souless. And much of the actual linework seems scratchy and does not carry its own weight leaning too much on the colorist to illustrate the image.
The establishing shots are also consistently too small relative to the other frames so Laiso does not seem to understand the rhythm of each frame. In a similar vein the gutters are either too narrow or a simple black rule with no whitespace seems again to not understand the language of the page.
To be fair maybe these are problems in much of Marvel's recent work but by comparison the artwork in the Disney published book, Art of Coloring Star Wars: Rogue One (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...), although it is a different type of book, the illustrations show a much better feel for the weight of lines in illustrations, yet still maintains a painterly look overall.
April 6, 2017
A decent first issue of the adaptation with some good art, although it does feel a bit needless as it doesn't really add anything more to the story, you might as well watch the movie or read the book!
April 13, 2017
The art was a bit wonky in places, especially where Tarkin and Krennic are concerned, and there were a few typos that ticked me off. However, it seems to be a clever adaptation and already far superior to the TFA comics.
Unlike Wendig, Jody Houser seems to grasp that a 1:1 adaptation doesn't work very well, so she rearranged scenes, taking certain things out of order and introducing them as flashbacks in dialogue heavy scenes. It helps the pacing tremendously, and while yes, it still has to breeze through movie content quickly due to the medium's nature, I felt it far less jarring than expected. This issue has just the right amount of extra panels and well-placed lines to be entertaining and not a waste of time.
Unlike Wendig, Jody Houser seems to grasp that a 1:1 adaptation doesn't work very well, so she rearranged scenes, taking certain things out of order and introducing them as flashbacks in dialogue heavy scenes. It helps the pacing tremendously, and while yes, it still has to breeze through movie content quickly due to the medium's nature, I felt it far less jarring than expected. This issue has just the right amount of extra panels and well-placed lines to be entertaining and not a waste of time.
April 21, 2017
I am really enjoying this book so far. It's giving me a little more insight to what I watched in the movie. The artwork is great and I am enjoying the characters. I highly recommend it for Star Wars fans and look forward to reading the next issue!
April 29, 2017
I was kind of looking forward to this, but turns out it's somewhat of a disappointment in the art department. Jyn, Cassian, Chirrut and Baze looks like themselves, but Bodhi, Galen, Krennic, and Tarkin has suffered some sort of a genericized Cosmetic Lift. Can't even distinguish them if not for the different hairstyles and clothing.
Other than that, the story appears to follow the novelization. So no surprises there.
Other than that, the story appears to follow the novelization. So no surprises there.
October 14, 2017
Somewhat boring adaptation so far.
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