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Star Wars: Canon One-Shots
Star Wars: DJ - Most Wanted #1
When STAR THE LAST JEDI takes theaters in FORCE (get it?) this December, Star Wars fans will get a peek into some new dark corners of the Galaxy Far Away…and out of one of those corners scuttles DJ, the mysterious character played by Benecio Del Toro! Who is this mystery man, and what put him in the path of our Resistance heroes? Join Ben Acker & Ben Blacker (Star Wars Join the Resistance, Star The Last Jedi – The Storms of Crait) and Kev Walker (Star Doctor Aphra, Darkhawk) as they reveal a day in DJ's life just before his appearance in the film!
31 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 31, 2018
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February 5, 2018
Much like the Storms of Crait (or whatever it was called) one shot, this wasn't bad by any means, but it just was kinda... pointless? Like this actually did tie into the main story of The Last Jedi, but it wasn't really necessary considering DJ was a pointless character (Rose and Finn (two n's?) could've just snuck aboard the First Order ship and got caught, DJ was pretty much a waste of time, but really that whole side plot was if I'm being honest).
I like that Star Wars is doing things of this nature, but I wish they'd try some in the Prequel era. It really could be an untouched gold mine if only Star Wars would take a risk.
I like that Star Wars is doing things of this nature, but I wish they'd try some in the Prequel era. It really could be an untouched gold mine if only Star Wars would take a risk.
February 1, 2018
I really thought that this would expand upon the character of DJ as we don’t learn much about him the The Last Jedi but this just turned out to be a waste of time - this was a painfully dull comic and ultimately pointless. Marvel have got an amazing universe here to draw from but they keep putting out boring and lifeless comics!
October 12, 2020
A muddled story about a character no one cares about. Complete waste of time.
May 8, 2020
I'm personally not a fan of The Last Jedi, and DJ is far from being a good person, but in my opinion he was one of the more memorable characters in the film. As a fan of Benicio del Toro I might be a bit biased, but I thought he played the part very well, despite being underused.
This was quite a great comic, where we find out why he ended up in the same jail cell that Finn and Rose also end up in. I really liked DJ's internal dialogue/narration (which makes up for his small screentime in the film), as well as the side characters. Kev Walker is also a great artist, I was already familiar with his style on his work for Spider-Man, and he doesn't disappoint. He is easily one of my favourite Marvel artists.
This was quite a great comic, where we find out why he ended up in the same jail cell that Finn and Rose also end up in. I really liked DJ's internal dialogue/narration (which makes up for his small screentime in the film), as well as the side characters. Kev Walker is also a great artist, I was already familiar with his style on his work for Spider-Man, and he doesn't disappoint. He is easily one of my favourite Marvel artists.
January 27, 2019
"In my defense, I only burn the terrible people. 'Course there ain't any other kind. Nobody's a saint, not even a person bringing water to the desert as a cover for bringing desert drugs back to civilization. Closest you got is me, at least I'm honest. Except when I'm lying." – D.J.
March 21, 2018
After my most recent updates were a bunch of old reviews, here's the first new one I have had a chance to do for a while. And... this is yet another instance of me getting burned.
Look, I know the Last Jedi is polarizing, but I'm one of the movie's defenders. It has cemented itself as the best of the new star wars films for me (I'd rank the new films with Last Jedi on top, Force Awakens in the middle, and Rogue One on the bottom), and of the three major new characters that the movie introduced (Kellie Marie Tran's Rose Tico, Laura Dern's Amilyn Holdo, and Benicio Del Toro's DJ), I'd pick DJ as my fav. In fact, I probably liked DJ a little bit more than most people: Benicio Del Toro gave an enjoyable slimy performance, I liked the unpredictability of the character, and his presence brought an interesting shade of gray to the galaxy that helps set the sequel trilogy setting a little bit more apart from that of the original trilogy.
And now for the comic, which feels like one of the most phoned in entries the canon has put out yet, whether it be films, TV, video games, novels, comics, or otherwise.
THE STORY: to be honest, I really couldn't figure out what was going on. It's supposed to show how DJ wound up in that jail cell on Canto Bight before joining up with Finn and Rose. Basically what you see here is DJ gambling in the casino from The Last Jedi before he runs into thugs and cops.
THE BAD: First things first, the story is a total mess. I could not figure out what was going on. It feels like writer Ben Acker knew this comic was intended as a quick and lazy cash grab tie-in, so he just decided to phone it in and not care. The plot itself is ridiculously convoluted, acting like being convoluted will make it clever, even though its just not.
The writing is also everything I hate in comic book writing= excessive internal monologues in place of organic character development. Not quite as bad as narration, but it has the same obnoxious effect of telling in place of showing and obstructing the visuals.
The characters are completely forgettable too. You don't come out of this comic understanding DJ anymore than you did after seeing The Last Jedi and there's no new characters of note that are worth remembering either.
THE GOOD: eh... at least its existence doesn't diminish anything else from the canon.
The comic does capture the unpredictability and shadiness of the character of DJ pretty well. Sure he was as bland as everybody else in this comic, but he wasn't actively out of character. And his actions/decision towards the end that left him in the prison cell were passably interesting.
And to Kev Walker's credit, the visual style was good. This is the same artist behind the Dr Aphra comic series and he certainly doesn't put in as much effort here, but artwork has a pleasant color scheme and is not painful on the eyes.
The aspect that I legitimately liked the most out of this whole comic was the visual design of Canto Bight. It looks similar enough to the movie that I felt like it was the same location, but I actually think this comic's version of Canto Bight looks better than the one in the film. Many people complained that the casino doesn't look like star wars due to all the tuxedos, but here the outfits on the characters actually have a star warsy look to them- its more in line with the clothing you would see rich people in the original and prequel trilogies wearing. And because of this, Canto Bight in this comic looked more star warsy and because of that, it was a more interesting place to be.
THE CONCLUSION: Final rating is 2 stars. Sure it's bad, but I just found it not worth the effort to get angry over.
It's a one-shot that only cost me a couple bucks to further my need for star wars canon completionism. I read it within thirty minutes and forgot about it immediately afterward. It wasn't exhausting like the Phasma novel or actively offensive like Mark Waid's Princess Leia comic, it was just a phoned in mediocrity that was over as soon as it started.
If you're a completionist that will feel dirty for not adding this to your collection, go right ahead and buy it, read it for the sake of reading everything star wars canon, then move on with your life. For everyone else, I don't even feel like taking the effort to recommend it.
Look, I know the Last Jedi is polarizing, but I'm one of the movie's defenders. It has cemented itself as the best of the new star wars films for me (I'd rank the new films with Last Jedi on top, Force Awakens in the middle, and Rogue One on the bottom), and of the three major new characters that the movie introduced (Kellie Marie Tran's Rose Tico, Laura Dern's Amilyn Holdo, and Benicio Del Toro's DJ), I'd pick DJ as my fav. In fact, I probably liked DJ a little bit more than most people: Benicio Del Toro gave an enjoyable slimy performance, I liked the unpredictability of the character, and his presence brought an interesting shade of gray to the galaxy that helps set the sequel trilogy setting a little bit more apart from that of the original trilogy.
And now for the comic, which feels like one of the most phoned in entries the canon has put out yet, whether it be films, TV, video games, novels, comics, or otherwise.
THE STORY: to be honest, I really couldn't figure out what was going on. It's supposed to show how DJ wound up in that jail cell on Canto Bight before joining up with Finn and Rose. Basically what you see here is DJ gambling in the casino from The Last Jedi before he runs into thugs and cops.
THE BAD: First things first, the story is a total mess. I could not figure out what was going on. It feels like writer Ben Acker knew this comic was intended as a quick and lazy cash grab tie-in, so he just decided to phone it in and not care. The plot itself is ridiculously convoluted, acting like being convoluted will make it clever, even though its just not.
The writing is also everything I hate in comic book writing= excessive internal monologues in place of organic character development. Not quite as bad as narration, but it has the same obnoxious effect of telling in place of showing and obstructing the visuals.
The characters are completely forgettable too. You don't come out of this comic understanding DJ anymore than you did after seeing The Last Jedi and there's no new characters of note that are worth remembering either.
THE GOOD: eh... at least its existence doesn't diminish anything else from the canon.
The comic does capture the unpredictability and shadiness of the character of DJ pretty well. Sure he was as bland as everybody else in this comic, but he wasn't actively out of character. And his actions/decision towards the end that left him in the prison cell were passably interesting.
And to Kev Walker's credit, the visual style was good. This is the same artist behind the Dr Aphra comic series and he certainly doesn't put in as much effort here, but artwork has a pleasant color scheme and is not painful on the eyes.
The aspect that I legitimately liked the most out of this whole comic was the visual design of Canto Bight. It looks similar enough to the movie that I felt like it was the same location, but I actually think this comic's version of Canto Bight looks better than the one in the film. Many people complained that the casino doesn't look like star wars due to all the tuxedos, but here the outfits on the characters actually have a star warsy look to them- its more in line with the clothing you would see rich people in the original and prequel trilogies wearing. And because of this, Canto Bight in this comic looked more star warsy and because of that, it was a more interesting place to be.
THE CONCLUSION: Final rating is 2 stars. Sure it's bad, but I just found it not worth the effort to get angry over.
It's a one-shot that only cost me a couple bucks to further my need for star wars canon completionism. I read it within thirty minutes and forgot about it immediately afterward. It wasn't exhausting like the Phasma novel or actively offensive like Mark Waid's Princess Leia comic, it was just a phoned in mediocrity that was over as soon as it started.
If you're a completionist that will feel dirty for not adding this to your collection, go right ahead and buy it, read it for the sake of reading everything star wars canon, then move on with your life. For everyone else, I don't even feel like taking the effort to recommend it.
April 15, 2018
There was a lot of lingo and good number of new characters to follow for a one-shot. Exceptional art and character design.
February 2, 2018
I hope there are more comics to come that cover events around The Last Jedi/Force Awakens. I dug this one-shot of DJ. He is an interesting character. In this comic you get to see the events leading up to his introduction in The Last Jedi and sheds light on his ingenuity and hacking ability. I hope there is more to come for DJ.
February 5, 2021
Yeah, I don't think I'll remember this. In fact, I'm already forgetting most of this One-shot. The worst part of this entry reflects on the idea of doing an entire issue dedicated to one of the saga's most forgettable characters. Listen, I do like The Last Jedi, I don't love it, but I'm not part of the haters band, although, I do acknowledge that the worst part out of that film was the newly introduced characters: Rose, Holdo, and DJ, the "codebreaker" who was imprisoned at Canto Bight, now has a comic book issue dedicated to himself. For some reason, someone though that delivering a special just about him would be a great idea but I just cannot see it. I actually found incredible realising this was written by Acker and Blacker, the writers of Storms of Crait, another Star Wars One-shot, and an immensely superior one.
I guess the purpose of this was to dig upon this peculiar character in order to make him interesting, or relevant, for all that matters, but he just stumbled as awkward and uneven, just as he was in the film. Apparently we get to see a little bit of his scheme game, and some thought around the way he operates and acts: ways cheating and taking advantage from the situation. Yeah, he's basically a criminal and a thief but, unlike other Sequel-characters such as Phasma (who's entire mini-series does feel important), DJ never really obtains the level of appeal other new characters deliver, and just realising there's no other approach to him after Episode VIII doesn't help, either, and makes this not only an irrelevant story, but a meaningless one. The art department never really deliver anything special or gorgeous to witness, here the art is handled by Kev Walker, but in any of the panels is there a draw that could remain important or truly creative. Nothing.
Just a little design that makes the character as his human counterpart, but that's it. I don't recommend this, I admit I read it because when buying my regular Vader series this one came integrated in the issue, nevertheless, I'm glad I didn't invest further that to actually paying for this thing, well, . A boring story, for a forgettable main character, who's presence in the saga comes as almost pretentious and kind of awkward.
I guess the purpose of this was to dig upon this peculiar character in order to make him interesting, or relevant, for all that matters, but he just stumbled as awkward and uneven, just as he was in the film. Apparently we get to see a little bit of his scheme game, and some thought around the way he operates and acts: ways cheating and taking advantage from the situation. Yeah, he's basically a criminal and a thief but, unlike other Sequel-characters such as Phasma (who's entire mini-series does feel important), DJ never really obtains the level of appeal other new characters deliver, and just realising there's no other approach to him after Episode VIII doesn't help, either, and makes this not only an irrelevant story, but a meaningless one. The art department never really deliver anything special or gorgeous to witness, here the art is handled by Kev Walker, but in any of the panels is there a draw that could remain important or truly creative. Nothing.
Just a little design that makes the character as his human counterpart, but that's it. I don't recommend this, I admit I read it because when buying my regular Vader series this one came integrated in the issue, nevertheless, I'm glad I didn't invest further that to actually paying for this thing, well, . A boring story, for a forgettable main character, who's presence in the saga comes as almost pretentious and kind of awkward.
March 25, 2020
I really liked this. I hope we see more of DJ; this story was super interesting and made Canto Bright a more appealing place. (All the shoutouts to the spa/hammam made me reeeally wish we weren't in COVID isolation right now...)
(Side note and apropros of nothing, it does seem a little weird to me that this, "DJ: Most Wanted", came out a year before another Star Wars canon expansion called "Most Wanted", an unrelated novel about teenage Han Solo released a year later.)
(Side note and apropros of nothing, it does seem a little weird to me that this, "DJ: Most Wanted", came out a year before another Star Wars canon expansion called "Most Wanted", an unrelated novel about teenage Han Solo released a year later.)
July 10, 2021
DJ is a fascinating character. He is the definition of True Neutral and we don't even know his real name. Think about it. No one ever says his name in the movie, his name is never said here. DJ actually stands for "Don't Join" derived from a line he says in the movie.
This was a fun story although the digital comic version on Kindle is difficult to read because the font was very small. Nice artwork though.
This was a fun story although the digital comic version on Kindle is difficult to read because the font was very small. Nice artwork though.
January 23, 2026
"I liked it!" - 3 out of 5 star rating.
A very enjoyable 'Lando-like', where DJ plays highstakes gambling games to swindle and win big against the other side of the table. As much as I love the magnificent capes, Sabacc, and his dashingly good looks that the ladies love - it was nice to see a different character still pull off this type of delivery.
Not bad for a Sequel comic on a pretty minor character! Enjoyed it!
A very enjoyable 'Lando-like', where DJ plays highstakes gambling games to swindle and win big against the other side of the table. As much as I love the magnificent capes, Sabacc, and his dashingly good looks that the ladies love - it was nice to see a different character still pull off this type of delivery.
Not bad for a Sequel comic on a pretty minor character! Enjoyed it!
February 21, 2018
This shows a bit more of Canto Bight, but somehow I just was not that into this comic. I did not really expect DJ's origins to be fully explained, so no expectations were ruined. But even with those low expectations I thought this one-shot was pretty "meh." Even The Phantom Limb had its poignant moments.
September 23, 2018
*2.5*
A bit of a missed opportunity to not expand upon the character (My personal theory is that he’s Ezra Bridger all grown up), and honestly, comics like these could easily have been made into short films and release them online and/or on accompanying home video releases. I will say I did like the vibe of this story, very crime noir-ish and very un-Star Wars.
A bit of a missed opportunity to not expand upon the character (My personal theory is that he’s Ezra Bridger all grown up), and honestly, comics like these could easily have been made into short films and release them online and/or on accompanying home video releases. I will say I did like the vibe of this story, very crime noir-ish and very un-Star Wars.
July 28, 2024
Explains how DJ came to be in the jail where he meets Finn and Rose, so in that sense, it's nice, but the story is confusing. He's a computer hacker in a futuristic sci-fi world, so his explanations of the hacking he does is beyond my ken, and this brief story had some plot twists that weren't adequately presaged in my view to make complete sense. But I still liked it.
March 5, 2018
Star Wars movie tie-ins are usually not a good comics. And some of them are actually pretty crap. Like DJ, which is absolutely unnecessary. Too much jabber and nothing from it. The story is dull. At least the art is... fine, this only separate my rating from one star.
April 9, 2024
An okay one-shot that gives some backstory to DJ. It was fairly entertaining, if a bit unnecessary. If you didn't like his character in the movie, this probably won't sway you in favor of him. I always think it is weird when Marvel does these random one-shots.
October 11, 2025
Щось типу заплутаної історії про другорядного персонажа з 8-го епізоду, який грабує казино. Викликає нудьгу та спонукає до сну - бо тут немає нічого цікавого, за що можна вчепитися. Та й персонаж ніякий.
January 31, 2018
If I didn’t know it was a Star Wars comic then I’d have thought this was just your standard marvel comic. Not a lot happens in this at all, nothing that’d make it worth buying.
February 4, 2018
I quite enjoyed this (I really liked DJ's character in the Last Jedi so your mileage may vary) - I only wish that it was longer.
February 4, 2018
i really enjoyed this. But I really liked DJ in The Last Jedi, and I have always lived the underworld gang stuff in the Star Wars Universe.
February 6, 2018
Not much of a story here. Especially for a one-shot.
February 8, 2018
Nice little adition to the character of DJ. My favorite new character from The Last Jedi. Also shows a bit more of the casinoworld Canto Bight. Not a must read, but a pleasant short one.
February 10, 2018
It doesn't really feel like Star Wars.
February 25, 2018
This story is about as interesting as his character in The Last Jedi, not that interesting at all!
June 6, 2018
Pointless and plot structure is just jumbled. Left no tie to the Last Jedi character except being in the same setting.
November 16, 2018
Not bad. Arts pretty good. Well drawn likeness of the character.
February 19, 2019
Just no...
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