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Marvel Star Wars (1977-1986) #82-95
Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Vol. 6: Wookiee World
The latest volume of Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... features more classic stories not seen for more than twenty years! Originally printed by Marvel Comics (issues 82 to 95), these stories take place after Return of the Jedi, as the heroes establish a base of leadership for their newly freed galaxy. Also: a stranded Leia fights for her life with a native of her destroyed home world...an Imperial trooper! Lando goes to the aid of an old flame and gets caught in a planet's political struggles. Han and Chewie set out on a treasure hunt, but manage to thwart an Imperial plot. And much more!
Introduction by Dark Horse Star Wars writer and editor Randy Stradley.
Introduction by Dark Horse Star Wars writer and editor Randy Stradley.
360 pages, Paperback
First published June 4, 2003
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May 18, 2018
This was an interesting volume because it takes place after Return of the Jedi so the Marvel writers finally had true creative freedom to take the story wherever they wanted. (They actually had been doing that anyway, but the movies always led to a creative reboot of sorts.) The series flounders at times, but there are some interesting characters and old plotlines are followed up on. I personally prefer these simpler straight forward Star Wars stories with the original cast of characters more than some of the expanded universe stories that came later. Complex doesn't always mean better, and I'll always like the original Star Wars cast best.
If you are a fan of Star Wars this is worth checking out as a sort of alternate Star Wars timeline as that's basically what this Marvel series was relegated to once a more defined canon was established.
If you are a fan of Star Wars this is worth checking out as a sort of alternate Star Wars timeline as that's basically what this Marvel series was relegated to once a more defined canon was established.
January 31, 2022
Star Wars Legends Project #300
Background: Wookiee World, released in May 2003, collects issues #82-95 of the original Marvel run of Star Wars comics (originally published from January 1984 to February 1985). Mary Jo Duffy continues as the regular writer for 10 of these 14 issues. There are single issues guest-written by Linda Grant, Roy Richardson, Randy Stradley, and Ann Nocenti. Bob McLeod drew the largest number of issues in this collection, with 5. Cynthia Martin drew 2 issues. The rest is 1 issue apiece by: Ron Frenz, David Mazzucchelli, Tom Palmer, Bret Blevins, Tony Salmons, Jan Duursema, and Sal Buscema. Duffy's run continued through the end of the series, making her responsible for over a third of the issues. These are the only Star Wars stories by Grant, Richardson, and Nocenti, but Stradley went on to play a significant role in Star Wars comics as an executive at Dark Horse in the late '90s. Aside from one earlier issue, this is McLeod's only Star Wars work. Frenz (formerly a series regular) and Buscema went on to draw only one additional issue, and Palmer largely concluded his run here as well. This is the only Star Wars work by Mazzucchelli, Blevins, and Salmons, but Martin continued as the regular artist through the end of the series. Duursema went on to draw (and write!) several dozen issues in the 2000s.
Wookiee World picks up where Fool's Bounty (my review) left off, shortly after the Battle of Endor, 4 years after the Battle of Yavin. The main characters are Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, Lando, Threepio, and Artoo, plus various recurring characters like Plif the Hoojib, Dani the Zeltron, Kiro the Iskalonian, Rik Duel, and Lumiya.
Summary: The Alliance is triumphant after their victory at Endor resulted in the destruction of the Second Death Star, the Emperor, and Darth Vader. But now that the war is all but won, they face the more challenging task of governing the galaxy. Alliance delegations fan out to all corners of the galaxy to invite various planets to join the fledgling galactic government if they want to have a say, but the response isn't always what they expect, or hope. And troubling signs are emerging that, although the Dark Lords of the Sith are no more, evil may not have been entirely extinguished from the galaxy.
Review: I was thrilled by Duffy's initial run as the series writer in the last volume, but sadly her hot streak does not extend into this one. I don't know if it's the fact that her issues are broken up by random one-offs, or if the large number of contributing artists lending further incoherence to what we see on the page. I'm inclined to think, mainly, that the problem is no one seems to have a clear idea for what the story should look like now that the "war" part of "Star Wars" has nominally ended. Consequently, the series just kind of spins its wheels for about a dozen issues, throwing a bunch of random ideas at the wall to see what sticks . . . and let me tell you, in general "random ideas" is always where '70s and '80s Star Wars is at its goofy worst.
In this case, though, a lot of the issues are almost worse than big, spectacular failures . . . they're just kind of . . . dull. Almost nothing stands out in this volume as extremely great or extremely terrible, although I'm probably giving it a bit of a pass because I've grown used to the silliness of some of the recurring elements. The comics fans of this era seemed to really like elements that I hate, like stories about Hoojibs and Zeltrons and Lahsbees/Huhks, but the stories themselves mostly aren't so bad. In fact, the best (and final) episode of the bunch, my one spark of hope amid the mediocrity, features Zeltrons pretty heavily.
Despite this penultimate slump, I still have hopes for the final volume in this series, but aside from issue #95, I'd probably give the rest of this a miss.
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Background: Wookiee World, released in May 2003, collects issues #82-95 of the original Marvel run of Star Wars comics (originally published from January 1984 to February 1985). Mary Jo Duffy continues as the regular writer for 10 of these 14 issues. There are single issues guest-written by Linda Grant, Roy Richardson, Randy Stradley, and Ann Nocenti. Bob McLeod drew the largest number of issues in this collection, with 5. Cynthia Martin drew 2 issues. The rest is 1 issue apiece by: Ron Frenz, David Mazzucchelli, Tom Palmer, Bret Blevins, Tony Salmons, Jan Duursema, and Sal Buscema. Duffy's run continued through the end of the series, making her responsible for over a third of the issues. These are the only Star Wars stories by Grant, Richardson, and Nocenti, but Stradley went on to play a significant role in Star Wars comics as an executive at Dark Horse in the late '90s. Aside from one earlier issue, this is McLeod's only Star Wars work. Frenz (formerly a series regular) and Buscema went on to draw only one additional issue, and Palmer largely concluded his run here as well. This is the only Star Wars work by Mazzucchelli, Blevins, and Salmons, but Martin continued as the regular artist through the end of the series. Duursema went on to draw (and write!) several dozen issues in the 2000s.
Wookiee World picks up where Fool's Bounty (my review) left off, shortly after the Battle of Endor, 4 years after the Battle of Yavin. The main characters are Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, Lando, Threepio, and Artoo, plus various recurring characters like Plif the Hoojib, Dani the Zeltron, Kiro the Iskalonian, Rik Duel, and Lumiya.
Summary: The Alliance is triumphant after their victory at Endor resulted in the destruction of the Second Death Star, the Emperor, and Darth Vader. But now that the war is all but won, they face the more challenging task of governing the galaxy. Alliance delegations fan out to all corners of the galaxy to invite various planets to join the fledgling galactic government if they want to have a say, but the response isn't always what they expect, or hope. And troubling signs are emerging that, although the Dark Lords of the Sith are no more, evil may not have been entirely extinguished from the galaxy.
Review: I was thrilled by Duffy's initial run as the series writer in the last volume, but sadly her hot streak does not extend into this one. I don't know if it's the fact that her issues are broken up by random one-offs, or if the large number of contributing artists lending further incoherence to what we see on the page. I'm inclined to think, mainly, that the problem is no one seems to have a clear idea for what the story should look like now that the "war" part of "Star Wars" has nominally ended. Consequently, the series just kind of spins its wheels for about a dozen issues, throwing a bunch of random ideas at the wall to see what sticks . . . and let me tell you, in general "random ideas" is always where '70s and '80s Star Wars is at its goofy worst.
In this case, though, a lot of the issues are almost worse than big, spectacular failures . . . they're just kind of . . . dull. Almost nothing stands out in this volume as extremely great or extremely terrible, although I'm probably giving it a bit of a pass because I've grown used to the silliness of some of the recurring elements. The comics fans of this era seemed to really like elements that I hate, like stories about Hoojibs and Zeltrons and Lahsbees/Huhks, but the stories themselves mostly aren't so bad. In fact, the best (and final) episode of the bunch, my one spark of hope amid the mediocrity, features Zeltrons pretty heavily.
Despite this penultimate slump, I still have hopes for the final volume in this series, but aside from issue #95, I'd probably give the rest of this a miss.
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February 4, 2019
I'd previously read volume 2: Dark Encounters, and found an innocent joy of it. This one was a bit of a
slog, if I'm being honest, which I am. The artwork was less of the charming and a bit cheap. It didn't help I've missed the events from volumes 3-5 and this ended on a cliffhanger (no, I've not got volume 7!). I didn't hate it, there was enjoyment to be found, but I forced myself to read it, which is not a good thing.
slog, if I'm being honest, which I am. The artwork was less of the charming and a bit cheap. It didn't help I've missed the events from volumes 3-5 and this ended on a cliffhanger (no, I've not got volume 7!). I didn't hate it, there was enjoyment to be found, but I forced myself to read it, which is not a good thing.
January 8, 2009
The sixth in the run of Marvel comics from the 70s and 80s. It loses steam after the movies wrapped up, and the art isn't all that great. But it's still a great nostalgia trip and some fun light reading (necessary after Erik Dorn and The Road!).
It amazes me how many of the artists and writers didn't "get" Star Wars and keep trying to pull the series back into the pre-SW era of scantily clad heroes and heroines and damsels in distress and all that silliness.
It amazes me how many of the artists and writers didn't "get" Star Wars and keep trying to pull the series back into the pre-SW era of scantily clad heroes and heroines and damsels in distress and all that silliness.
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August 30, 2012
Worth reading for Star Wars fans.
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