April 28th, 20153237 Note: This review contains spoilers for Star Wars #4. After three high-octane issues in a row, Marvel’s flagship Star Wars series finally takes a breather in issue #4, part four of “Skywalker Strikes.” If this was an issue of The Avengers, they’d all be sitting around the table eating Chinese food, taking jabs at each...
March 22nd, 20153212 Note: This review contains spoilers. Of the three newly launched Marvel Comics Star Wars series, Princess Leia is the only mini-series, and writer Mark Waid definitely doesn’t waste any time; the second issue is so packed with different story threads that it almost seems like more of a table-setter than the first issue. We’ve...
December 5th, 20144311Who said George Lucas doesn’t listen to his fans? He certainly thought Jar Jar Binks, the dopey Gungan comic relief from Episode I: The Phantom Menace, was a good idea in 1999 (or whenever he finished the final draft of the film). Jar Jar was famously hated, not just by fan fans, but by the general public, too. Even someone who’s...
