The new Star Wars comics - a general discussion thread — Page 13

Finished the star wars movie adaption in that omnibus, now into uncharted territory not knowing what to expect next.

boredom3031 said:

Finished the star wars movie adaption in that omnibus, now into uncharted territory not knowing what to expect next.

Bearded pirates in hot pants, green meat-eating rabbits, crazy old men who think they're Jedi Knights, and all assorted bits of insane awesomeness are waiting in store for you. 

You've never heard of Crimson Jack, Jaxxon, or Don-Wan Kihotay?!?!

You, sir, fail as a SW nerd.

boredom3031 said:

Finished the star wars movie adaption in that omnibus, now into uncharted territory not knowing what to expect next.

 The Marvel SW comics are by far my favorite thing outside of the movies (I think those last few issues of Dark Times come in second).  I even love the post-RotJ stuff.  I really liked the cartoony artwork in the last bunch of issues.

If you're interested, read Classic Star Wars right before the ESB adaptation.  Marvel doesn't really segue into Empire, so it's a bit jarring when reading.  Classic Star Wars does a great job leading right into it, and the tone of both is very similar (considering the same team of Archie and Al worked on the Marvel books).

Also, check out the Wild Space vol. 1 omnibus if you want more oldschool SW fun.

Yep, Marvel indeed gave its own interpretation of the infamous Ord Mantell bounty hunter encounter in the last couple panels of issue 37. Here's what the bounty hunter looked like:

Truth is there are few different tellings of the encounter out there. In addition to Marvel's and the one in the newspaper strip, there was also this one. There many even be more.

Well. I don't consider a VERY rushed couple pages at the end a proper segue.  :P   Classic Star Wars introduces The Executor, gets the rebels off Yavin, and establishes a base on Hoth, among other things.  Plus, it just reads very well sandwiched between the Marvel run.  Vader referring to Luke as his son is weird when reading it in chronological order, though.

I just got my Marvel Star Wars A New Hope Remastered OGN, Some new things I noticed was on page 110 where Tarkin is being told about evacuating the Death Star there has been a red 3D hologram of the Battle Station added next to a view screen. Also there is visible sand on the Stormtrooper's outfits who find the Droid's Escape Pod on Tatooine. Also the scene where Biggs is telling Luke about him joining the Rebellion outside Tosche Station now takes place at night instead of the day. The Explosion of the Death Star looks very different compared to the original, the shape of the explosion itself has been changed & there is now a praxis ring affect and finally Obi-Wan & Luke now have blue lightsabers! Overall I really like the new coloring format and loved the fact this Book does not have an annoying dust jacket However I kind of wished they would have updated the Jabba Docking Bay 94 scene with the actual likeness of the real Jabba and they should have changed Bail Antilles to Bail Organa. I'm going to be putting my Original Marvel Years Vol.1 Omnibus & this Book side by side and see if I can spot any more changes.

R2-918 said:

Overall I really like the new coloring format and loved the fact this Book does not have an annoying dust jacket However I kind of wished they would have updated the Jabba Docking Bay 94 scene with the actual likeness of the real Jabba and they should have changed Bail Antilles to Bail Organa.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvfCNzGK2BQ 

I strongly prefer the Original Theatrical Versions of the Star Wars Trilogy over the Special Editions due to them being a big part of my childhood growing up but I see the comics differently then the films themselves and since I already have the Original Marvel Star Wars comics in the Omnibuses I would not have minded them changing the Jabba Docking Bay 94 in the remastered comic adaptation. When it comes to Star Wars comics we have a choice between the Original Versions collected in the Omnibuses and now the Remastered Versions since both are available, I just wished we had a choice when it comes to the Movies themselves.

Oh, it's no big deal. I was just having fun with you. ;-)

Darth Vader #5 gives us some possible insight into why Han and Motti didn't believe in The Force.

Not sure if I'm on board with how over-the-top brutal they've made Boba Fett in Star Wars #5. I'd hoped they'd go more low-key with the character. More Drive, less Sin City if that makes any sense.

^Sounds just like typical Marvel. I am so glad I chose to completely disregard the ongoing series.

^On the whole I think it's fine. Nothing spectacular or important, but there's a lot of fun character stuff from the big three. This whole initial wave feels like it exists mostly just to pass the time until Shattered Empire drops in September.