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Star Wars Legends Epic Collection #36
Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Rebellion, Vol. 2
The rebels and the Empire - locked in conflict! When Leia announces plans to marry, will the Rebellion lose a princess, or gain a new safe haven? Darth Vader is on a mission to instill fear and discipline into the Imperial ranks using his elite stormtroopers! But as Obi-Wan Kenobi haunts the Dark Lord's dreams, the name Skywalker dominates his mind! Meanwhile, Luke fights side-by-side with a veteran of the Clone Wars and Han Solo flirts with an old flame. When Leia risks everything for a childhood friend, Han, Luke and Chewie must risk it all for her!
COLLECTING: STAR WARS (2013) 13-20, STAR WARS: EMPIRE 19-27, MATERIAL FROM STAR WARS KIDS (1997) 1-20
COLLECTING: STAR WARS (2013) 13-20, STAR WARS: EMPIRE 19-27, MATERIAL FROM STAR WARS KIDS (1997) 1-20
488 pages, Paperback
Published May 9, 2017
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Brian Wood
1,095 books961 followersBrian Wood's history of published work includes over fifty volumes of genre-spanning original material.
From the 1500-page future war epic DMZ, the ecological disaster series The Massive, the American crime drama Briggs Land, and the groundbreaking lo-fi dystopia Channel Zero he has a 20-year track record of marrying thoughtful world-building and political commentary with compelling and diverse characters.
His YA novels - Demo, Local, The New York Four, and Mara - have made YALSA and New York Public Library best-of lists. His historical fiction - the viking series Northlanders, the American Revolution-centered Rebels, and the norse-samurai mashup Sword Daughter - are benchmarks in the comic book industry.
He's written some of the biggest franchises in pop culture, including Star Wars, Terminator, RoboCop, Conan The Barbarian, Robotech, and Planet Of The Apes. He’s written number-one-selling series for Marvel Comics. And he’s created and written multiple canonical stories for the Aliens universe, including the Zula Hendricks character.
From the 1500-page future war epic DMZ, the ecological disaster series The Massive, the American crime drama Briggs Land, and the groundbreaking lo-fi dystopia Channel Zero he has a 20-year track record of marrying thoughtful world-building and political commentary with compelling and diverse characters.
His YA novels - Demo, Local, The New York Four, and Mara - have made YALSA and New York Public Library best-of lists. His historical fiction - the viking series Northlanders, the American Revolution-centered Rebels, and the norse-samurai mashup Sword Daughter - are benchmarks in the comic book industry.
He's written some of the biggest franchises in pop culture, including Star Wars, Terminator, RoboCop, Conan The Barbarian, Robotech, and Planet Of The Apes. He’s written number-one-selling series for Marvel Comics. And he’s created and written multiple canonical stories for the Aliens universe, including the Zula Hendricks character.
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November 7, 2020
There are some ok issues here, especially the continuing Dark Horse Star Wars line, but overall, vol.2 of the Rebellion collection takes a bit of a stumble.
The Empire storyline is weaker than it should be, as is the Star Wars Kids strips (though I shouldn’t take those too seriously as anything to keep kids interested in this franchise is always a plus).
The Empire storyline is weaker than it should be, as is the Star Wars Kids strips (though I shouldn’t take those too seriously as anything to keep kids interested in this franchise is always a plus).
September 2, 2020
A large collection of little known stories set during the Rebellion era. From Vader instilling discipline in the ranks, to Leia possibly marrying a Prince to gain the Rebellion a safe haven, to dogfights in space we see various events from both the Imperial and Rebellion perspectives.
A lot of the events in this collection were brutal. Suicide, torture, explosions, much of it was depicted and made the stories very dark. I understand that much of this was about war, but I personally did not think the excessive level of brutality was necessary.
A lot of the art was beautiful. Vibrant and detailed, it really brought the stories to life. One thing I didn't like was, in my view, a lot of the faces, like those of Leia and Han did not look like the actors. Also, more often than not, the faces were so cruel and haughty looking, it made you think everyone was angry all the time.
The wide variety of tales made this a very interesting collection to read.
A lot of the events in this collection were brutal. Suicide, torture, explosions, much of it was depicted and made the stories very dark. I understand that much of this was about war, but I personally did not think the excessive level of brutality was necessary.
A lot of the art was beautiful. Vibrant and detailed, it really brought the stories to life. One thing I didn't like was, in my view, a lot of the faces, like those of Leia and Han did not look like the actors. Also, more often than not, the faces were so cruel and haughty looking, it made you think everyone was angry all the time.
The wide variety of tales made this a very interesting collection to read.
February 7, 2019
This was going okay up until the inclusion of 80 or so pages of kids star wars comics.
July 17, 2024
Review Only Of Star Wars Kids Issues #1-20
I own most of this volume digitally in other collections, I just happened upon it in an eBay lot with other books I wanted. These issues I had little interest in, but if I bought the book, I might as well read them. Haven’t gotten to the rest of this collection’s content, but here’s my thoughts on these issues, which combined total out to only four interconnected story arcs over 80 pages.
This picks up basically a day after the battle of Yavin. Han’s given back his reward, but the Rebellion still needs a lot of money to revamp the fleet. Han finds ancient buried treasure and sells it for half a million credits, but he does so behind Leia’s back, making her mad that he tricked her into thinking he’d fled again.
Once they have the money, they’re off to get more ships, come across an Alderaanian Imperial spy, and encounter pirates along their way to Hoth.
These are silly. They’re fluff stories, I read the entirety in about 45 minutes, and that was a leisurely pace. And that’s exactly what it was aiming to be, mission accomplished. Truth be told, I enjoyed these a lot for what they were, as it made for a nice relaxing morning off of work. These would be great for kids, too, of course, and I appreciated the artist’s clear homage to the art style of the Holiday Special’s animated segment. It feels like the Holiday Special should be played right on the heels of reading this… or, um, well, maybe just the animated part… we don’t need any more stirring and whipping for now…
I own most of this volume digitally in other collections, I just happened upon it in an eBay lot with other books I wanted. These issues I had little interest in, but if I bought the book, I might as well read them. Haven’t gotten to the rest of this collection’s content, but here’s my thoughts on these issues, which combined total out to only four interconnected story arcs over 80 pages.
This picks up basically a day after the battle of Yavin. Han’s given back his reward, but the Rebellion still needs a lot of money to revamp the fleet. Han finds ancient buried treasure and sells it for half a million credits, but he does so behind Leia’s back, making her mad that he tricked her into thinking he’d fled again.
Once they have the money, they’re off to get more ships, come across an Alderaanian Imperial spy, and encounter pirates along their way to Hoth.
These are silly. They’re fluff stories, I read the entirety in about 45 minutes, and that was a leisurely pace. And that’s exactly what it was aiming to be, mission accomplished. Truth be told, I enjoyed these a lot for what they were, as it made for a nice relaxing morning off of work. These would be great for kids, too, of course, and I appreciated the artist’s clear homage to the art style of the Holiday Special’s animated segment. It feels like the Holiday Special should be played right on the heels of reading this… or, um, well, maybe just the animated part… we don’t need any more stirring and whipping for now…
August 22, 2024
Another just okay epic collection. The highlights of this book are the Five Days of Sith issues from the Star Wars (2013) series. The rest of the issues from that series are just okay. The Empire issues were hit or miss, and the Star Wars kids series is nothing to write home about. Though I will say there is an issue of Star Wars kids where Luke does a front-flip with his lightsaber to cut a tie fighter in half that is so ridiculous yet so awesome.
November 30, 2020
Royal weddings of alliance, scoundrel hijinks, forgotten clones, and...BoShek? Really? Hey, I'm not complaining. An underused Star Wars Expanded Universe if ever there was one.
The final run of the Dark Horse era may not mesh perfectly with preestablished lore, but the various adventures still have that Star Wars feel.
The final run of the Dark Horse era may not mesh perfectly with preestablished lore, but the various adventures still have that Star Wars feel.
May 5, 2019
Nah
I only found the first story to be interesting enough to keep my attention, the rest of the comic felt more of space filler of useless pages. Other than the intro story give this comic an avoid an get the single story instead.
I only found the first story to be interesting enough to keep my attention, the rest of the comic felt more of space filler of useless pages. Other than the intro story give this comic an avoid an get the single story instead.
June 30, 2024
A sad end to the 2013 Dark Horse Series, such a shame Disney bought up Star Wars and push out there Drek instead, the 2013 series has great art and story, the stuff from 2004 is hit and miss and the kids stories form the late 90s, isn’t very good.
November 8, 2024
I like that the collection is meant to be in timeline order, but there are some odd inclusions because of it. Stories that weren't meant to be part of the official timeline. That's why the original collections had the "tales" volumes
February 11, 2020
Some very interesting stories mixed with some not as great filler.
June 25, 2023
Fun, but inconsequential and overly silly.
October 18, 2025
The best part was the comic version of a new hope. The rest was kind of middle of the road.
October 7, 2025
My my my what we have here? An amazing read
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