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Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters (Single Issues) #5
Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters #5
THE ULTIMATE FINALE! THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR CHANGES THE FACE OF THE GALAXY! Everything and everyone in the galaxy is against bounty hunter BOBA FETT, from Sith Lords to Hutt rulers to the mysterious CRIMSON DAWN. He can’t succeed. There’s no way he can regain HAN SOLO, escape the bounties on his head, and survive to get his prize to JABBA THE HUTT and get paid. But HAN SOLO belongs to him, and no one will take him away. With a shocker of an ending that sets up a revolutionary new status quo for STAR WARS COMICS!
33 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 13, 2021
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Charles Soule
1,531 books1,694 followersCharles Soule is a #1 New York Times-bestselling novelist, comics author, screenwriter, musician, and lapsed attorney. He has written some of the most prominent stories of the last decade for Marvel, DC and Lucasfilm in addition to his own work, such as his comics Curse Words, Letter 44 and Undiscovered Country, and his original novels Light of the Jedi, The Endless Vessel, The Oracle Year and Anyone. He lives in New York.
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October 16, 2021
Charles Soule’s illustrious Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters miniseries has come to a close and Han Solo has been not-so-safely retrieved by Boba Fett and returned to Jabba the Hutt. Not only has the comic series expanded the interlude between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, but it has further contextualized the current Marvel Star Wars comic series — Doctor Aphra, Bounty Hunters, and the mainline series — in a way that strengthens the present storytelling.
War of the Bounty Hunters has also set up a very important connection with Solo: A Star Wars Story, by reintroducing Qi’ra and paving the way for Soule’s upcoming series Star Wars: Crimson Reign. But Qi’ra isn’t the only familiar character that is set to play a major role in the upcoming five-part series — as the final issue of War of the Bounty Hunters reveals, Ren and the Knights of Ren show up, which will undoubtedly add to and strengthen what we already know about the characters from The Rise of Kylo Ren (also written by Soule).
Star Wars may, at times, suffer from ‘small galaxy syndrome,’ but the way that Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunter has been used to really strengthen existing storytelling while setting the stage for more adventures, has been really spectacular to read each month. Charles Soule has a natural knack for capturing the voices of familiar characters while breathing new life into them and taking charge of new characters like the Knights of Ren.
The fifth and final issue finally connects the dots on one of the major elements of the storyline — thanks to Lando, Leia now knows the “ancient history” about Qi’ra and Han’s romantic involvement. It will be interesting to see if this information will play out further in the mainline Marvel comics or if there are more stories on the horizon.
Outside of The High Republic, it does feel like Star Wars is somewhat stuck in the graveyard of the Original Trilogy. The current comic series all center around characters that are inherently bound to this period of galactic upheaval, with the exception of the Knights of Ren who have clear throughlines into the Sequel Trilogy. It will be interesting to see if War of the Bounty Hunters and, by extension, Crimson Reign, will play any role in the upcoming Book of Boba Fett series. Especially with Crimson Reign launching mere weeks before the series premiere.
Overall, Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters was a welcome surprise. I had had my reservations with the crossover event, especially with my distaste for how Boba Fett had been previously presented in Star Wars: Bounty Hunters, but I should have known that Charles Soule would never lead me astray. He is dedicated to creating compelling stories that quickly capture the attention of readers and they always add so much to the already-existing universe we all know and love.
War of the Bounty Hunters has also set up a very important connection with Solo: A Star Wars Story, by reintroducing Qi’ra and paving the way for Soule’s upcoming series Star Wars: Crimson Reign. But Qi’ra isn’t the only familiar character that is set to play a major role in the upcoming five-part series — as the final issue of War of the Bounty Hunters reveals, Ren and the Knights of Ren show up, which will undoubtedly add to and strengthen what we already know about the characters from The Rise of Kylo Ren (also written by Soule).
Star Wars may, at times, suffer from ‘small galaxy syndrome,’ but the way that Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunter has been used to really strengthen existing storytelling while setting the stage for more adventures, has been really spectacular to read each month. Charles Soule has a natural knack for capturing the voices of familiar characters while breathing new life into them and taking charge of new characters like the Knights of Ren.
The fifth and final issue finally connects the dots on one of the major elements of the storyline — thanks to Lando, Leia now knows the “ancient history” about Qi’ra and Han’s romantic involvement. It will be interesting to see if this information will play out further in the mainline Marvel comics or if there are more stories on the horizon.
Outside of The High Republic, it does feel like Star Wars is somewhat stuck in the graveyard of the Original Trilogy. The current comic series all center around characters that are inherently bound to this period of galactic upheaval, with the exception of the Knights of Ren who have clear throughlines into the Sequel Trilogy. It will be interesting to see if War of the Bounty Hunters and, by extension, Crimson Reign, will play any role in the upcoming Book of Boba Fett series. Especially with Crimson Reign launching mere weeks before the series premiere.
Overall, Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters was a welcome surprise. I had had my reservations with the crossover event, especially with my distaste for how Boba Fett had been previously presented in Star Wars: Bounty Hunters, but I should have known that Charles Soule would never lead me astray. He is dedicated to creating compelling stories that quickly capture the attention of readers and they always add so much to the already-existing universe we all know and love.
October 15, 2021
2.75 out of 5 stars. Like most of what Charles Soule writes - a pretty uninteresting conclusion...
November 9, 2022
Not a bad conclusion. I hope Crimson Reign will be good
October 13, 2021
"Instability and chaos are sure to follow, as the galaxy’s balance of power realigns. A true opportunity for us. And though we gained new enemies…. We found others who might serve the dawn. Time will tell… This was a good beginning. The dawn has come."
3,5/5!
War of the Bounty Hunters 5 pretty much wraps up this months long crossover event storyline. I liked the issue - it had some great moments that honestly gave me chills (more on those later) and overall it was just a very enjoyable issue. But still, I decided on 3,5/5 stars, because as much as I've enjoyed many issues in this story event, as a whole, it hasn't really been what I hoped it would be and this issue didn't manage to wrap this story up in a satisfying way.
I think the major issue of this story event was how many comics were involved. The story wasn't able to progress in a satisfyingly fast pace because every time one comic moved the story forward, the next few issues were about the rest of the comics catching up to that point. The story lost a lot of its dynamicity and intensity because of this. I also just didn't care about some of the storylines, such as all the stuff with Valance from the Bounty Hunters comic and Sly Moore in the Vader comic. I also just didn't feel like this was a "war" between bounty hunters - I was expecting a lot more from that title. For the longest time the story felt like it was just people standing at the auction waiting for something to happen or people planning or trying to make something to happen.
I wish this story would've been more focused on Qi'ra and a few character rather than such a huge cast, cause at its core, this is a cool story. Especially all the stuff with Qi'ra was awesome. Her big moment at the end of this comic was incredible and the scene where the Falcon receives a message from her gave me chills. I don't really know why, it just did. I loved it.
I am eager for Crimson Reign, the next comic series in this trilogy of comic stories that are, I think, all focused on Qi'ra and Crimson Dawn's rise. But I hope the next series will feel more focused and really dig into Qi'ra as a character, cause in this series she still remained very mysterious and mainly as a background player pulling the strings.
3,5/5!
War of the Bounty Hunters 5 pretty much wraps up this months long crossover event storyline. I liked the issue - it had some great moments that honestly gave me chills (more on those later) and overall it was just a very enjoyable issue. But still, I decided on 3,5/5 stars, because as much as I've enjoyed many issues in this story event, as a whole, it hasn't really been what I hoped it would be and this issue didn't manage to wrap this story up in a satisfying way.
I think the major issue of this story event was how many comics were involved. The story wasn't able to progress in a satisfyingly fast pace because every time one comic moved the story forward, the next few issues were about the rest of the comics catching up to that point. The story lost a lot of its dynamicity and intensity because of this. I also just didn't care about some of the storylines, such as all the stuff with Valance from the Bounty Hunters comic and Sly Moore in the Vader comic. I also just didn't feel like this was a "war" between bounty hunters - I was expecting a lot more from that title. For the longest time the story felt like it was just people standing at the auction waiting for something to happen or people planning or trying to make something to happen.
I wish this story would've been more focused on Qi'ra and a few character rather than such a huge cast, cause at its core, this is a cool story. Especially all the stuff with Qi'ra was awesome. Her big moment at the end of this comic was incredible and the scene where the Falcon receives a message from her gave me chills. I don't really know why, it just did. I loved it.
I am eager for Crimson Reign, the next comic series in this trilogy of comic stories that are, I think, all focused on Qi'ra and Crimson Dawn's rise. But I hope the next series will feel more focused and really dig into Qi'ra as a character, cause in this series she still remained very mysterious and mainly as a background player pulling the strings.
October 14, 2021
I think this is my least favorite of the main War of the Bounty Hunters issues. By this point, I kinda stopped caring, and it ends pretty much how anyone would expect. I suppose the fate of Beilert Valance is still somewhat of a question mark. Interesting dialogue at the end, but I'm glad this is finally over. All that being said, this definitely blows Shadows of the Empire out of the water.
October 18, 2021
I liked it but it felt like Crimson Dawn did a lot of work for not much gain. So they’ve created some destabilization and made new enemies and allies but was it worth the risk of outing themselves? Only time will tell…
January 3, 2022
Cheesy 🧀 ending... 2/5
August 25, 2022
Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters #5 – “Attack at Dawn”
Boba Fett seeks access to board Star Destroyer
“Does he have access codes?”
“Slightly out of date, but they do check out.”
Boba Fett seeks access to board Star Destroyer
“Does he have access codes?”
“Slightly out of date, but they do check out.”
August 22, 2023
That was a pretty solid story actually.
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