New Comic Book Wednesday: 9/9/15
12:53 AM
Pick of the week: Star Wars Shattered Empire #1-Written by Greg Rucka, illustrated by Marco Checchetto, and published by Marvel.
THIS is what I've been waiting for! It's the first comic book series to take place after the events of Return of The Jedi with a story leading up to The Force Awakens. The book begins with the final scenes of the destruction of the rebuilt Death Star. A young rebel pilot named Bey is introduced, and we begin to follow her story. We also see many familiar characters such as Luke, Han, Chewie, and Lando as they all celebrate the victory over the empire along with the ewoks on Endor. As they learn that there is still an empire holdout on the opposite side of Endor, we are introduced to more new characters! Bey is searching for her husband Kes, another rebel pilot, and he has a very recognizable last name that involves a major character from The Force Awakens. I won't say who, but I definitely got way too excited and might have screamed and woken up the cat when I read it! The empire has fallen, but it doesn't mean clean up is done. There's still a lot of work to do and enemies to take down, and that's where the book leaves off! I loved it, but it's only going to be 4 issues long. So, 3 more and then it's over. Boo. Absolutely pick this one up, because it'll most definitely hold you over until The Force Awakens comes out in December!
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