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Star Wars: Age of Rebellion
Star Wars: Age of Rebellion - Lando Calrissian #1
CLOUD CITY BLUES! Former smuggler LANDO CALRISSIAN has a beautiful dream: a life of leisure and luxury as the totally legitimate BARON ADMINISTRATOR of CLOUD CITY. All he needs to do is take care of his money troubles with one last, big scam. But what will get in his way the most — his bad luck or this annoying sense of ethics he seems to be developing? Co-starring LOBOT!
25 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 15, 2019
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Greg Pak
1,711 books592 followersGreg Pak is an award-winning Korean American comic book writer and filmmaker currently writing "Lawful" for BOOM and "Sam Wilson: Captain America" (with Evan Narcisse) for Marvel. Pak wrote the "Princess Who Saved Herself" children's book and the “Code Monkey Save World” graphic novel based on the songs of Jonathan Coulton and co-wrote (with Fred Van Lente) the acclaimed “Make Comics Like the Pros” how-to book. Pak's other work includes "Planet Hulk," "Darth Vader," "Mech Cadet Yu," "Ronin Island," "Action Comics," and "Magneto Testament."
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December 10, 2019
Redemption or not, Lando still betrayed Han!
August 2, 2020
Admittedly, I was not expecting anything BIG to come out of this one-shot. I prefer the long con and more double-triple-quadruple crossing and that simply would not be possible in this short of a book. However, it was an interesting story in that it highlighted, rightly, that Lando was a guy with a real sense of right and wrong and the sense as to who it was most important that he do right by. Yes, he's a scoundrel, but like so many bounty hunters, smugglers, and those caught between Jedi and Sith (mostly written after the original trilogy movies), he may have done wrong, but he did it to do right by those who were counting on him.
With the weight of Bespin under financial strain starting to weigh on the residents and ultimately Lando, he takes on a mission that he hopes will help stabilize his city economically. Like all Star Wars stories told before the end of The Rise of Skywalker (or whatever the last canon story is by the time you're reading this), I think everyone knows how this turns out... pretty much right where it began. However, it's not a wasted effort because it shows Lando's real desire to care for the people of Cloud City. It shows he sacrificed personally for them without any hope of repayment (per se). And, he even took on risks and gambles to secure the resources Cloud City needed. So, he did do right by his people, but he also didn't entirely do it the "wrong" way. There is a line he won't cross, and that line is squarely in character for Lando (Okay, yes, he gave up Han to protect Cloud City in Empire Strikes Back, but he fully intended to rescue him later, right? DETAILS!).
In the end, I got more than my money's worth considering I found this in the 50¢ bin at my local comic book store. I wouldn't recommend this as an individual issue at full price, but if you wanted to do a hangout with all the Rebellion Age characters for one afternoon, if this issue is any indication of the character dive for the other books, picking up the full collection in trade paperback or hardcover at the comic book store or library might suit you well.
With the weight of Bespin under financial strain starting to weigh on the residents and ultimately Lando, he takes on a mission that he hopes will help stabilize his city economically. Like all Star Wars stories told before the end of The Rise of Skywalker (or whatever the last canon story is by the time you're reading this), I think everyone knows how this turns out... pretty much right where it began. However, it's not a wasted effort because it shows Lando's real desire to care for the people of Cloud City. It shows he sacrificed personally for them without any hope of repayment (per se). And, he even took on risks and gambles to secure the resources Cloud City needed. So, he did do right by his people, but he also didn't entirely do it the "wrong" way. There is a line he won't cross, and that line is squarely in character for Lando (Okay, yes, he gave up Han to protect Cloud City in Empire Strikes Back, but he fully intended to rescue him later, right? DETAILS!).
In the end, I got more than my money's worth considering I found this in the 50¢ bin at my local comic book store. I wouldn't recommend this as an individual issue at full price, but if you wanted to do a hangout with all the Rebellion Age characters for one afternoon, if this issue is any indication of the character dive for the other books, picking up the full collection in trade paperback or hardcover at the comic book store or library might suit you well.
January 7, 2023
A very well done Lando Calrissian Star Wars comic.
3.5 star rating, with a round up to a 4.
This is a character that I have had probably more mixed feelings with than any other in Star Wars. I absolutely despised him after the "Betrayal at Bespin", where Lando sold out Han, Leia, and Chewie to LORD VADER in Episode V. I seriously had a hard time ever forgiving Lando after that, and still do.
He tries to redeem himself throughout the story line, but it is just really hard for me to overcome what he did.
In this comic, it shows the good in Lando, showing that despite being a smooth talking swindler, he has a heart and tries does the right thing in the end. In this case (aka comic), he doesn't know exactly what he is getting in to and when first contact with the unforgivable action(s) of his business partners - he chooses the high ground versus joining them.
There was one thing however in this comic that rubbed me the right way outside of the scope of the story as a whole and Lando's good/evil alignment... it came down to Lando squaring off against some incredibly large aliens. I'm talking like 7 foot tall, maybe 400 lbs., with multiple appendages... where Lando goes in to a 1 versus 4 with a melee weapon (looks like a stun baton) and actually defeats them Count Dooku/Lord Tyranus style with one hand behind his back. C'mon... Lando? Maybe with a blaster, sure... but not with a melee weapon. Definitely a hard -1 star for that.
To be fair though, everything else in the comic was so good, I can overlook this for the most part giving this a 3.5 with a round up to a 4 star rating.
3.5 star rating, with a round up to a 4.
This is a character that I have had probably more mixed feelings with than any other in Star Wars. I absolutely despised him after the "Betrayal at Bespin", where Lando sold out Han, Leia, and Chewie to LORD VADER in Episode V. I seriously had a hard time ever forgiving Lando after that, and still do.
He tries to redeem himself throughout the story line, but it is just really hard for me to overcome what he did.
In this comic, it shows the good in Lando, showing that despite being a smooth talking swindler, he has a heart and tries does the right thing in the end. In this case (aka comic), he doesn't know exactly what he is getting in to and when first contact with the unforgivable action(s) of his business partners - he chooses the high ground versus joining them.
There was one thing however in this comic that rubbed me the right way outside of the scope of the story as a whole and Lando's good/evil alignment... it came down to Lando squaring off against some incredibly large aliens. I'm talking like 7 foot tall, maybe 400 lbs., with multiple appendages... where Lando goes in to a 1 versus 4 with a melee weapon (looks like a stun baton) and actually defeats them Count Dooku/Lord Tyranus style with one hand behind his back. C'mon... Lando? Maybe with a blaster, sure... but not with a melee weapon. Definitely a hard -1 star for that.
To be fair though, everything else in the comic was so good, I can overlook this for the most part giving this a 3.5 with a round up to a 4 star rating.
January 1, 2025
You can almost hear Billy Dee Williams narrate this one
I absolutely read all of Lando's lines with Billy Dee Williams' ultra smooth delivery, and it's fun to see this character once again. I remember how the audience lit up when he popped up in "Rise of Skywalker" when I saw it in theaters on opening night. The guy is just cool, and this is a neat story of what he's willing to do to make a buck, but also the right thing at the same time. I thought for sure this was going to lead to him making the deal with Vader that we learn of in "Empire" but this was a slightly different story, though I guess it could lead to that. Either way, quick fun, good art, and you even get to see more of Lobot!
I absolutely read all of Lando's lines with Billy Dee Williams' ultra smooth delivery, and it's fun to see this character once again. I remember how the audience lit up when he popped up in "Rise of Skywalker" when I saw it in theaters on opening night. The guy is just cool, and this is a neat story of what he's willing to do to make a buck, but also the right thing at the same time. I thought for sure this was going to lead to him making the deal with Vader that we learn of in "Empire" but this was a slightly different story, though I guess it could lead to that. Either way, quick fun, good art, and you even get to see more of Lobot!
September 17, 2019
Here we have Lando Calrissian already managing his Bespin mining facility, but things are rough, he lives up day to day, trying to pay his employees and his debtors. Lured by the promise of great wealth, he takes up a job... but the moral price is too high. What will he and Lobot do?
A nice story, although not a lot of depth or high galactic stakes here... just Lando being Lando.
A nice story, although not a lot of depth or high galactic stakes here... just Lando being Lando.
May 15, 2019
The art style, while consistent, isn't really for me. Based on Lobot's condition, this seems to take place sometime before Charles Soule's Lando comic miniseries. I like that we see that Lando has a heart, but the eventful parts felt too quick.
September 12, 2021
It’s an interesting comic in its depiction of a more familial side of Lando Calrissian and his selfless care for the people of Cloud City. However, this aspect doesn’t really go beyond this enough to put it that much more than an average comic.
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May 15, 2019
A fun but flawed and forgettable story… I liked the artwork though!
March 26, 2020
Lando Calrissian#1 ‘Cloud City Blues’
“.. time for some finesse..” Essay ‘Leave it To Lando’. Billy Dee Williams to Donald Glover, “Just be charming.”
“.. time for some finesse..” Essay ‘Leave it To Lando’. Billy Dee Williams to Donald Glover, “Just be charming.”
August 17, 2021
Even a *meh* Lando story is still a Lando story.
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