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Star Wars (2015) #5-6
Star Wars, Vol. 3
With one member of the rebel crew captured and imprisoned, we return to the journals of Ben Kenobi and a legendary adventure with Jedi Master Yoda! He's trapped on a world full of vicious, mysteriously powered children. Not easy, will this be. And the ripples of Yoda's struggle in the past will be felt by Luke Skywalker in the present! Plus, Luke finally gets the alone time he's been after with Princess Leia - unfortunately, it's while they're stranded on a desert island! Meanwhile, Sana and Lando join forces on Coruscant, while Han and Chewie go back to smuggling - for a Hutt?! Plus, Leia takes on a deadly top-secret mission, and Han has a dangerous idea for a new Rebel base. And what are the droids up to? The epic saga continues!
COLLECTING: STAR WARS 26-30, 33-37, ANNUAL 2-3
COLLECTING: STAR WARS 26-30, 33-37, ANNUAL 2-3
256 pages, Hardcover
Published July 3, 2018
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About the author
Jason Aaron
2,356 books1,679 followersJason Aaron grew up in a small town in Alabama. His cousin, Gustav Hasford, who wrote the semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers, on which the feature film Full Metal Jacket was based, was a large influence on Aaron. Aaron decided he wanted to write comics as a child, and though his father was skeptical when Aaron informed him of this aspiration, his mother took Aaron to drug stores, where he would purchase books from spinner racks, some of which he still owns today.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
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January 19, 2020
Gonna be honest, I only read the Yoda War arc. I read the other arc included as single issues and hated them, if I remember correctly. The annuals I flipped through but wasn’t very interested in.
The Yoda War arc was really cool and I liked the concept of stonepower. Yoda is such an amazing character and I would love more stories that feature him.
The Yoda War arc was really cool and I liked the concept of stonepower. Yoda is such an amazing character and I would love more stories that feature him.
August 10, 2018
Alot of filler with this one. Was really disappointed with the Yoda story, it was just so random. Some of the others were ok but it seemed to have lost some steam as compared to the previous storys. Not sure I'll continue this for now
September 4, 2019
I am kind of glad that as of now there are no other hardcover books available because I could use a break from SW comics.
This collection was by far the weakest one. The first part, Yoda's Secret War, was extremely boring and painful to read especially because of the way how Yoda speaks and he speaks a lot here...
The second part is bunch of one-shot stories. Some of them are good, some of them average.
This collection was by far the weakest one. The first part, Yoda's Secret War, was extremely boring and painful to read especially because of the way how Yoda speaks and he speaks a lot here...
The second part is bunch of one-shot stories. Some of them are good, some of them average.
February 25, 2020
"Book VI, Part V
YODA'S SECRET WAR
It is a time of renewed hope for the Rebel Alliance as heroic rebel soldiers strive to overthrow Imperial efforts throughout the galaxy.
Luke is stranded in his X-wing when R2-D2 goes on a solo mission to rescue C-3PO. The rebel pilot has only the old journals of Ben Kenobi to return to, and has been reading tales from the earlier days of Master Yoda.
Yoda feels a calling in the Force and follows it to a planet inhabited only by child warriors embroiled in a tribal conflict. Banished to the depths of a mountain, Yoda, along with an exiled child, Garro, discovers that the mountain is alive-the last of a race of enormous stone beings. Soon, Garro betrays Yoda to earn the respect of his tribe. Compelled to investigate, Luke flies to the planet-where he finds Garro, dead set on finishing the fight...."
This was brilliant...
YODA'S SECRET WAR
It is a time of renewed hope for the Rebel Alliance as heroic rebel soldiers strive to overthrow Imperial efforts throughout the galaxy.
Luke is stranded in his X-wing when R2-D2 goes on a solo mission to rescue C-3PO. The rebel pilot has only the old journals of Ben Kenobi to return to, and has been reading tales from the earlier days of Master Yoda.
Yoda feels a calling in the Force and follows it to a planet inhabited only by child warriors embroiled in a tribal conflict. Banished to the depths of a mountain, Yoda, along with an exiled child, Garro, discovers that the mountain is alive-the last of a race of enormous stone beings. Soon, Garro betrays Yoda to earn the respect of his tribe. Compelled to investigate, Luke flies to the planet-where he finds Garro, dead set on finishing the fight...."
This was brilliant...
August 5, 2022
Overall I enjoyed this book. The stories were ok .. but there were many character moments I quite liked. In between ANH and ESB is a strange place for our heroes. Luke gets the least interesting stuff, and the most egregious continuity stuff. Him reading a story about Yoda before he met Yoda is quite annoying to me. Even if the story somehow never said his name, it definitely mentioned his look and height, all things that Luke was completely surprised by later. The story itself about Yoda was pretty interesting though. Leah get some of the absolute best moments in the book. Not too many, but anytime they mention alderaan is gold. There's a specific with her and Luke looking up at the stars that was by far my favorite moment in the entire book. Hon threads the character ark continuity needle the closest, as he is still gruff and wants to get away from the rebellion but they have hints to his feelings for Leia and hers for him. The annual story at the end was especially good for them. There were a couple one-off stories, like the R2D2 issue that were simultaneously awesome and ridiculous. And I think that that's a fine way to go for Star wars comics. Not everything has to be so serious. I would say this book is not essential reading but it was pretty good.
September 27, 2021
Aaron (et al) sure know how to make some damned good comic books.
December 18, 2021
Insanely awesome
July 3, 2022
Completes a very solid star wars run and ties up a lot of loose ends.
On average - Probably the worst art of the three volumes, but not enough to stop me enjoying.
On average - Probably the worst art of the three volumes, but not enough to stop me enjoying.
July 15, 2023
This was just ok, not as good as the earlier volumes. I’m sure it’s tough to write meaningful stories in between two canonical stories.
July 20, 2020
A series of adventures from Marvel's ongoing series, set between Episodes IV and V.
Here we see the heroes of the Rebellion rescue C-3PO from the clutches of SCAR Squadron, learn of an adventure undertaken by Master Yoda decades before the Galactic Civil War and follow scoundrels Lando Calrissian and Sana Starros as they swindle pirates, Hutts and the Empire.
I've never been a big fan of Han, Luke and Leia stories set in this time period (for the dual reasons that there's already too many and that the characters can't develop at all), so it was nice to see this book feature the adventures of some characters beyond the core ones. Whilst there are stories focusing on the Rebel heroes, for me the highlights were all the ones that didn't.
Among these other characters are Yoda, SCAR Squadron and the very suitable duo of Lando and Sana. All of these tales were pretty enjoyable, although much as in the last volume, the framing of the Yoda story is horribly contrived (Luke stops piloting his X-Wing mid-mission to read a book).
As for the adventures that do star Han, Luke and Leia; they're fine but don't really cover too much new ground.
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Here we see the heroes of the Rebellion rescue C-3PO from the clutches of SCAR Squadron, learn of an adventure undertaken by Master Yoda decades before the Galactic Civil War and follow scoundrels Lando Calrissian and Sana Starros as they swindle pirates, Hutts and the Empire.
I've never been a big fan of Han, Luke and Leia stories set in this time period (for the dual reasons that there's already too many and that the characters can't develop at all), so it was nice to see this book feature the adventures of some characters beyond the core ones. Whilst there are stories focusing on the Rebel heroes, for me the highlights were all the ones that didn't.
Among these other characters are Yoda, SCAR Squadron and the very suitable duo of Lando and Sana. All of these tales were pretty enjoyable, although much as in the last volume, the framing of the Yoda story is horribly contrived (Luke stops piloting his X-Wing mid-mission to read a book).
As for the adventures that do star Han, Luke and Leia; they're fine but don't really cover too much new ground.
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September 15, 2018
The final volume in Jason Aaron's Star Wars narrative leaves much to be desired. With the exception of the multi issue Yoda arc, most of the volume consists of loosely connected one off issues. I found this to be an extremely missed opportunity. I would have appreciated a longer story arc with the primary cast. Even Yoda's arc is relatively weak with a plot that was never interesting beyond a couple force centric moments. While it is fun to see R2-D2 off on his own and fight the Empire, the issues focusing on Han and Leia did little to develop the characters. The annuals seemed to only provide more issues for relatively one note stories.
As someone who grew up with the no longer canon Expanded Universe, the potential for a Star Wars comic remains largely unrealized. After such a strong start I expected more from this volume. Hopefully the next writer can better engage with longer story arcs that highlight the true diversity of the Star Wars universe while continuing to develop our favourite heroes in interesting ways.
As someone who grew up with the no longer canon Expanded Universe, the potential for a Star Wars comic remains largely unrealized. After such a strong start I expected more from this volume. Hopefully the next writer can better engage with longer story arcs that highlight the true diversity of the Star Wars universe while continuing to develop our favourite heroes in interesting ways.
October 8, 2018
An underwhelming end to Jason Aaron's all too brief run on Star Wars. This volume contains 3 different annuals and they are weak and irrelevant stories. The other issues make up the final stories told by Aaron before he left the series. They feel somewhat rushed and it seems like he had some ideas he was forced to drop before handing the series off. The art is the only redeeming part about this collection.
June 6, 2019
The Yoda’s Secret War story arc was phenomenal. Every issue in this volume looked incredible and includes some of the best artwork of the series so far. Seems like Jason Aaron ran out of creative steam in the second half though. The stories seemed rushed and less cohesive which is sad because the visuals are stunning. I did enjoy R2’s solo mission to rescue 3P0 though. Still well worth the read and I’m excited to get caught up on the rest of the series.
July 7, 2019
Is really a 3.5 out of 5.
The art. I do not know what they are doing to draw the faces but it feels like you paused Star Wars while you were watching it to draw over the faces for the comic. It is jarring and takes you out of the moment. I didn't mind it basically being a filler book of random stories. I liked Yoda arc, and the one with Pash and Leia. I was just so annoyed with the art that it made this rating lower than I wanted it to be
The art. I do not know what they are doing to draw the faces but it feels like you paused Star Wars while you were watching it to draw over the faces for the comic. It is jarring and takes you out of the moment. I didn't mind it basically being a filler book of random stories. I liked Yoda arc, and the one with Pash and Leia. I was just so annoyed with the art that it made this rating lower than I wanted it to be
January 1, 2020
There's a reason it took me six months to read a book that is like... 12 issues. It's clear towards the end of this that Jason Aaron has run out of steam and is doing fun little Star Wars vignettes, but it's hard to keep going something that is *always* going to be a lesser story without the ability to futz with things too much.
Damn shame, because this series started so good. Wondering if when I get around to Gillen's run on the title if it will be better.
Damn shame, because this series started so good. Wondering if when I get around to Gillen's run on the title if it will be better.
July 24, 2020
A somewhat uneven collection that can't seem to decide if it wants to be an ongoing story or a series of unconnected tales. Most of the artists rely too much on photo reference, making the artwork look stiff and posed, without any fluidity or movement to it (Michael Walsh's story being a notable exception). The dialog occasionally lapses into a "hipster-snarky" tone that seems out of place for the characters from the original trilogy.
February 22, 2019
It’s an X-wing without an Astromech to navigate. Underwhelming finish to Aaron’s run on Star Wars, his story lacked clear direction and vision. The highlight in this volume was actually Jason Latour Annual 3, great story that captures the characters perfectly and delivers a satisfying story in a one shot. Can’t say the same for the rest, but it’s fun being in a galaxy far far away
January 13, 2023
Star Wars the film is a big, fun, action-filled adventure, and it’s heartening to see that Star Wars the comic is capable of letting that same level of excitement carry over and continue to grow in its third issue. Issue #3 concludes the first arc of Jason Aaron’s and John Cassaday’s Star Wars, and it’s a non-stop thrill ride from start to finish.
September 18, 2018
Okay stories, beautiful art (albeit the faces look like they were traced from stills of the movies). I especially enjoyed the one-off issues featuring R2 creating havoc on board a Star Destroyer while on a rescue mission and the one featuring the crack Stormtrooper squad, SCAR Squadron.
November 21, 2019
26-30, Yoda's Secret War, ☆☆☆☆
Annual 2, ☆☆☆☆
33, Rebels in the Wild, ☆☆☆
34, The Thirteen Crates, ☆☆☆☆
35, The Hutt Run, ☆☆☆
36, Revenge of the Astromech, ☆☆☆☆
37, Imperial Pride, ☆☆☆
37, The Sand Will Provide, ☆☆☆
Annual 3, ☆☆☆
Annual 2, ☆☆☆☆
33, Rebels in the Wild, ☆☆☆
34, The Thirteen Crates, ☆☆☆☆
35, The Hutt Run, ☆☆☆
36, Revenge of the Astromech, ☆☆☆☆
37, Imperial Pride, ☆☆☆
37, The Sand Will Provide, ☆☆☆
Annual 3, ☆☆☆
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