Star Wars: Age of Rebellion - Villains (comic) - Paul's REVIEW

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Title: Star Wars: Age of Rebellion - Villains
Writers: Greg Pek & Simon Spurrier
Artists: Marc Laming, Emilio Laiso, Roland Boschi, Marco Turini, Ramon Bachs, & Caspar Wijngaard
Recent Release Date: August 27, 2019

Age of Republic - Villains
Age of Republic - Heroes

Synopsis: Writer Greg Pak (WEAPON H and WEAPON X) teams up with artists Chris Sprouse (BLACK PANTHER) and more to tell stunning adventures starring the most dangerous villains from the original Star Wars film trilogy. What other schemes did Grand Moff Tarkin hatch aboard the Death Star? STAR WARS: AGE OF REBELLION fills-in the gaps between and complements the fan favorite, iconic Star Wars moments, shedding new light on the films' eternal conflict between the light and the dark, good and evil.

COLLECTING: STAR WARS: AGE OF REBELLION - BOBA FETT 1, STAR WARS: AGE OF REBELLION - DARTH VADER 1, STAR WARS: AGE OF REBELLION - JABBA THE HUTT 1, STAR WARS: AGE OF REBELLION - WILHUFF TARKIN 1, STAR WARS: AGE OF REBELLION SPECIAL 1

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Review: This collection of stories focuses on the villains during the original trilogy era. I like that some of these characters aren't always featured as the point-of-view. 

The first story follows Tarkin during the events of A New Hope. He is absolutely ruthless. The past that made him is shown. 4/5

The next story is my favorite from this volume. Boba Fett! The colorful artwork beautifully captures the mostly mute bounty hunter. I especially liked the art style in this story. This story most feels like Boba Fett. This short comic story is the perfect medium for this story. 5/5

Jabba the Hutt is well known as a villain, but this story shows how crafty he can be. On Tatooine, there are many different factions. Jawas. Tuskens. Other Scoundrels. I also liked the Canto Bight reference, bringing the sequel trilogy era to the original trilogy era. 5/5

Darth Vader has probably had the most comics about him since the new canon comics began. I thought this story was probably unnecessary, but it portrayed how much of an outsider Vader was even within the Empire. 4/5

IG-88 is the focus of the last story featured in this volume. This is a story about bounties and how unusual of a droid IG-88 really is. 3/5

Overall, I give this volume a 4/5. I enjoyed the stories from lesser known characters more. The Boba Fett story was excellent.  


--PAUL