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Star Wars Adventures: Clone Wars: Battle Tales
Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales #1
This exciting weekly series explores a time of great upheaval in the galaxy—the Clone Wars! While Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and other Jedi Knights fight against incredible odds, Commander Cody, Captain Rex, and other clones, pinned down for the duration, swap war stories that feature your favorite characters from The Clone Wars animated series, such as Padmé Amidala, General Grievous, and many more!
35 pages, ebook
Published May 20, 2020
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About the author
Michael Moreci
426 books212 followersMichael Moreci is a bestselling comics author and novelist. His original works include the space adventure novels Black Star Renegades and We Are Mayhem, as well as the comic series Wasted Space, The Plot, Hexagon, Curse, Archangel 8, and more. The Plot appeared on numerous best of 2019 lists, and Wasted Space has been hailed as one of the best comics of the past decade. Moreci's comic trilogy Roche Limit was called one of the best sci-fi comics of all-time by Paste Magazine, and Black Star Renegades was an Audie Award finalist for best sci-fi of 2018.
Moreci has also written for Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, and the DC universe--including the YA graphic novel The Lost Carnival: A Dick Grayson Story. He's also adapted Eoin Colfer's bestselling Artemis Fowl series into graphic novels.
He lives outside Chicago with his family.
Moreci has also written for Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, and the DC universe--including the YA graphic novel The Lost Carnival: A Dick Grayson Story. He's also adapted Eoin Colfer's bestselling Artemis Fowl series into graphic novels.
He lives outside Chicago with his family.
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July 21, 2020
" No one gets left behind "
May 21, 2020
This takes place before the Battle of Christophsis. Anakin has his scar, but Ahsoka isn't his padawan yet. I knew going in that this would be more geared towards kids. Doesn't feel like an important story just yet, but the characters feel like themselves, even if the art isn't my cup of tea.
May 25, 2020
Following in the footsteps of Tales from Vader's Castle and its sequel, The Clone Wars - Battle Tales is a five-issue miniseries structured with a framing story set during a Republic operation on the planet Hisseen sometime before The Clone Wars movie. As the framing story advances, each issue will tell a secondary story, told as a flashback and illustrated by different artists.
Issue 1 opens with Rex, Cody, Wolfe, and their men pinned down by enemy droids, being saved by Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Plo Koon. With their men safe, the three Jedi continue their mission to prevent Count Dooku from finding Hisseen's hidden leaders. Left to hold the line, Cody expresses doubt in Anakin, leading to Rex defend his Jedi general, remembering when the young Jedi left nobody behind during a mission to the planet Benglor.
I found issue 1 to be an okay start. The shift in art styles between the framing story and the flashback isn't jarring and the flashback didn't come off as interrupting the framing story. In fact, with how the flashback is framed, it comes off as Rex remembering the story, instead of stopping to tell Cody. I feel that is an improvement over Tales from Vader's Castle, as there, the story would screech to a stop for the characters to tell their tale. Here, the flashback felt more organic. It's also implied that Anakin and Rex had not been working for long in the flashback, with Benglor being what cause Rex to have undying loyalty for Skywalker.
However, as with Tales from Vader's Castle, I feel that the split between flashbacks and the framing story can lead to the latter being underdeveloped. Only time will tell with the coming issues.
Issue 1 opens with Rex, Cody, Wolfe, and their men pinned down by enemy droids, being saved by Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Plo Koon. With their men safe, the three Jedi continue their mission to prevent Count Dooku from finding Hisseen's hidden leaders. Left to hold the line, Cody expresses doubt in Anakin, leading to Rex defend his Jedi general, remembering when the young Jedi left nobody behind during a mission to the planet Benglor.
I found issue 1 to be an okay start. The shift in art styles between the framing story and the flashback isn't jarring and the flashback didn't come off as interrupting the framing story. In fact, with how the flashback is framed, it comes off as Rex remembering the story, instead of stopping to tell Cody. I feel that is an improvement over Tales from Vader's Castle, as there, the story would screech to a stop for the characters to tell their tale. Here, the flashback felt more organic. It's also implied that Anakin and Rex had not been working for long in the flashback, with Benglor being what cause Rex to have undying loyalty for Skywalker.
However, as with Tales from Vader's Castle, I feel that the split between flashbacks and the framing story can lead to the latter being underdeveloped. Only time will tell with the coming issues.
July 30, 2020
Great start! It was nice to see Rex and Anakin just starting to get used to working together. It was also nice to see Cody not quite used to Anakin yet either. Hardcase was wonderfully in character, but I don't want to spoil anything! I'm looking forward to hopefully seeing Rex, Cody, and Wolffe working together!
This was easy to follow and aimed at a younger age group. Definitely something I will be sending along to my nieces and nephews who are currently into Star Wars.
This was easy to follow and aimed at a younger age group. Definitely something I will be sending along to my nieces and nephews who are currently into Star Wars.
April 13, 2025
Pretty cool seeing Rex and Anakin relationship start to build
7/10
7/10
August 21, 2020
Love, war, and humor bring the comic book series together!!
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