The Marvel comics are cool. There's plenty dumb stuff but overall they're more in tune with the old OT mentality than EU stuff (comics or otherwise) from more recent times are. Shira Brie is cooler than Mara Jade.

The Legacy comic is well done but it's not really very Star Wars and it's VERY comic-booky. The Knights of the Old Republic comic is good. I don't see what's wrong the sidekick character in that. It's a good-natured comic. Generally I think a lot of Dark Horses's comics have been overrated. Dark Empire was pretty mediocre and didn't capture the characters at all. Dark Empire II at least had good art. Tales of the Jedi had a good overall story idea but wasn't well done. The Republic comics, set in the PT era have some good stuff and some bad. The problem with them is they're following the movies' lead in portrayal of the jedi and then taking it even farther, so the jedi come off self-important, pious, self-righteous and false. Even Quinlan Vos does a bit. The Vos character from there caught Lucas's attention and nearly appeared in ROTS (he did get mentioned by Kenobi) and it's speculated that he's going to appear in the live action show. Lucas decreed that he shouldn't be killed off in the comic when the jedi are getting offed by the clones. Aayla Secura from that comic was put in two of the prequels and gets a death scene in ROTS.

One of the best Star Wars comics from Dark Horse was a one-shot called A Valetine story or something like that. It was in the Heart of the Rebellion tpb. It has Leia and Han on Hoth and it really captures the essence of the characters. The character portrayal is better than most comics and is animate.