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Post by wildfire2099 on Aug 10, 2023 6:47:50 GMT -5
I thought the 1st Crimson Empire Series was good.. didn't really need sequels though. I would say in general with Dark Horse just grab something and give it a shot.
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Post by Confessor on Aug 10, 2023 7:54:48 GMT -5
I thought the 1st Crimson Empire Series was good.. didn't really need sequels though. I found all three of the Crimson Empire mini-series to be reasonably entertaining whilst I was reading them, but they are really unmemorable. Like, within a few months of reading them I'd completely forgotten what happened in them. I last re-read all three minis only a couple of years ago, but I'd be damn hard pushed to explain to you what they are about now. |
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Post by tonebone on Aug 10, 2023 8:42:54 GMT -5
Dark Horse gave us Tag and Bink, and I will be forever grateful. It really makes watching the Original Trilogy even MORE entertaining.
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Post by Calidore on Aug 11, 2023 18:46:50 GMT -5
Might be a silly problem, but as much as I wanted to read the Star Wars newspaper strips, Dark Horse's Classic Star Wars didn't work for me due to the reformatting. The combination of a daily strip's writing rhythm and comic book flow just kept me at arm's length, like forcing two incompatible musical styles together. I can't say I ever had any real problem with the re-formatting in the Classic Star Wars series -- and I had first been introduced to parts of the Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson era of the strip in its original format when it was re-printed in the Sunday Express Magazine over here in the UK in the mid-80s. But if you want to read the SW newspaper strip in its entirety in the original formatting, I would definitely recommend IDW's three volume Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Comics collection from 2017 and 2018. No idea if they are still in print, but they are gorgeous editions and weren't too expensive back in the day. Other than that, I'd also like to read Dark Horse's original Star Wars work, but there's so much scattered over so many series taking place in so many parts of the timeline, I have no idea how I'd go about it. Well, the Dark Empire trilogy is a good place to start, as it continues the story from the original trilogy, with the usual central cast. It was also Dark Horse's first SW series, though Cam Kennedy's artwork isn't to everyone's taste (personally, I like it though). After that, it's probably best to just go with eras that interest you most. As mentioned above, one of my favourites was Dark Times, which was set just after Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, but I also really enjoyed the ongoing Empire and Rebellion series, which featured story arcs focusing upon different sets of characters during the time frame of Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back. The X-Wing: Rogue Squadron series really had its moments too. Series that I thought were pretty lacklustre would include the three Crimson Empire mini-series and the various Boba Fett one-shots. I also didn't much care for Tales of the Jedi, but as you can see from the posts above, wildfire2099 really liked it.
Thanks for the input! Now I remember reading long ago some SW comics by John Ostrander that followed a Jedi who really struggled to stay on the light side. Can't remember much else about it except he had a reluctant devil-looking companion named Villy, who was hilarious.
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Post by Duragizer on Aug 11, 2023 18:59:56 GMT -5
I thought the 1st Crimson Empire Series was good.. didn't really need sequels though. I found all three of the Crimson Empire mini-series to be reasonably entertaining whilst I was reading them, but they are really unmemorable. Like, within a few months of reading them I'd completely forgotten what happened in them. I last re-read all three minis only a couple of years ago, but I'd be damn hard pushed to explain to you what they are about now. was supposed to build up to an epic confrontation between Kir Kanos and Luke. That was the entire raison d'être for the trilogy's existence, as the last of Palpatine's royal guards seeking revenge against Luke for Palpatine's death was a story Stradley wanted to do way back during his tenure on the Marvel comic. I don't know what the hell happened between 1998 and 2011 to get the pointless conclusion we ended up with. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 31, 2023 11:01:38 GMT -5
I remember buying issue #71 when I was a kid and reading the cover 'The Quest for Han Solo ends here!' I thought to myself I figured they would have saved Han's rescue for the next movie, filled with excitement I got home as fast as I could and read the issue.  Here in the UK, this issue appeared in Star Wars Monthly #171 (in black & white, I might add), which had this rather uninspired cover...  So, I had no warning of what was to come when I opened the comic up for the first time. I couldn't believe what I was reading as the issue neared its climax. Being a young, naive lad of 10 at the time, I really thought for a moment there that Luke and Lando were gonna find Han. As noted in my review, George Lucas and the people at Lucasfilm weren't happy at all with Jo Duffy seemingly almost having Han rescued. I randomly stumbled upon Star Wars Monthly #171 while browsing today so of course I picked it up! I loved how great the art looked in black and white and the Indiana Jones feature was fun too. |
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Post by Confessor on Oct 31, 2023 23:53:34 GMT -5
I randomly stumbled upon Star Wars Monthly #171 while browsing today so of course I picked it up! I loved how great the art looked in black and white and the Indiana Jones feature was fun too. Nice find! I believe that's actually the last monthly issue and the last of the original numbering too. The following month Return of the Jedi Weekly started with a new issue #1. I loved having SW backed up with The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones during this period. That was such a cool combo for a young 10-year-old fan (as I was at the time). BTW, what's the Indiana Jones story? I'm guessing it's probaby from the second storyline of the U.S. series, "The Devil's Cradle", right? |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Nov 1, 2023 4:07:01 GMT -5
I randomly stumbled upon Star Wars Monthly #171 while browsing today so of course I picked it up! I loved how great the art looked in black and white and the Indiana Jones feature was fun too. Nice find! I believe that's actually the last monthly issue and the last of the original numbering too. The following month Return of the Jedi Weekly started with a new issue #1. I loved having SW backed up with The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones during this period. That was such a cool combo for a young 10-year-old fan (as I was at the time). BTW, what's the Indiana Jones story? I'm guessing it's probaby from the second storyline of the U.S. series, "The Devil's Cradle", right? Yeah, having the two packaged together seems like a no brainer to me. And yup, that's the exact story. Took me a while to find the issue it was from yesterday because there was no title printed other than Further Adventures of Indiana Jones and descriptions on the stories were pretty sparce online. Did it always have an Indiana Jones back up? |
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Post by Confessor on Nov 1, 2023 7:35:56 GMT -5
Nice find! I believe that's actually the last monthly issue and the last of the original numbering too. The following month Return of the Jedi Weekly started with a new issue #1. I loved having SW backed up with The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones during this period. That was such a cool combo for a young 10-year-old fan (as I was at the time). BTW, what's the Indiana Jones story? I'm guessing it's probaby from the second storyline of the U.S. series, "The Devil's Cradle", right? Yeah, having the two packaged together seems like a no brainer to me. And yup, that's the exact story. Took me a while to find the issue it was from yesterday because there was no title printed other than Further Adventures of Indiana Jones and descriptions on the stories were pretty sparce online. Did it always have an Indiana Jones back up?No, the IJ backup had only begun about half a dozen issues prior to issue #171 and it carried on into ROTJ Weekly for another year or so, I'd say. Prior to this, the variously titled UK Star Wars comic had had the likes of the Micronauts, Adam Warlock and ROM as backup strips, along with a number of those weird pre-Fantastic Four #1 sci-fi tales. Beyond this issue, the backup strips included Power Pack (which I despised) and various Marvel movie adaptations, including Blade Runner, Time Bandits, For Your Eyes Only and Krull. |
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Post by driver1980 on Nov 1, 2023 8:24:47 GMT -5
Yeah, having the two packaged together seems like a no brainer to me. And yup, that's the exact story. Took me a while to find the issue it was from yesterday because there was no title printed other than Further Adventures of Indiana Jones and descriptions on the stories were pretty sparce online. Did it always have an Indiana Jones back up?No, the IJ backup had only begun about half a dozen issues prior to issue #171 and it carried on into ROTJ Weekly for another year or so, I'd say. Prior to this, the variously titled UK Star Wars comic had had the likes of the Micronauts, Adam Warlock and ROM as backup strips, along with a number of those weird pre-Fantastic Four #1 sci-fi tales. Beyond this issue, the backup strips included Power Pack (which I despised) and various Marvel movie adaptations, including Blade Runner, Time Bandits, For Your Eyes Only and Krull. ? Interesting. It did seem random at times. I remember a late 80s Hulk comic, which featured the following back-up strips: Indiana Jones, Doctor Who, and G.I. Joe. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Nov 8, 2023 8:54:43 GMT -5
So part of my dollar bin grab last week was a couple Bounty Hunters issues, the ones leading into the current 'Dark Droids' crossover. Valance is heavily involved... I'm not sure how I feel about that. I don't feel like his character really goes with a group vibe, and the whole book just seems a bit off to me, though to be honest it's been a couple years since I've enjoyed Marvel's new stuff. Any thoughts?
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Post by Confessor on Nov 8, 2023 20:39:42 GMT -5
So part of my dollar bin grab last week was a couple Bounty Hunters issues, the ones leading into the current 'Dark Droids' crossover. Valance is heavily involved... I'm not sure how I feel about that. I don't feel like his character really goes with a group vibe, and the whole book just seems a bit off to me, though to be honest it's been a couple years since I've enjoyed Marvel's new stuff. Any thoughts? I haven't read any of Marvel's new SW stuff, other than the first couple of issues of the main series. I wasn't impressed. As for Valance, he was shown as being the leader of a band of mercenaries in his first appearance in the old Star Wars #16. Most of who were wiped out at the end of that issue. So, I suppose it's not totally out of character for him to be leading a team or working with other bounty hunters. That said, isn't the current Valance a new re-imagining of the classic Bronze Age character anyway? |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Nov 8, 2023 21:44:07 GMT -5
I'm not totally clear if it's a new, similar version or the same guy.. he is a cyborg that doesn't like droids still, that much was clear. He was definitely not the leader, but the story was also his cyborg parts were failing so maybe he paid a more prominent role in earlier issues. I might read them on Hoopla sometime, but the sample didn't inspire me to go find more certainly.
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Post by zaku on Jan 2, 2024 9:31:56 GMT -5
Uh, very stupid and unrelated question: how much time passed from the death of Luke's adoptive parents to when the Millenium Falcon was captured? On another forum we had a discussion about how much of the Way of the Jedi Obi-Wan taught Luke when the former was still alive and I have the impression that the total duration of the Jedi 101 course was about 15 minutes, including the bathroom breaks...
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Post by Duragizer on Jan 2, 2024 14:14:23 GMT -5
Uh, very stupid and unrelated question: how much time passed from the death of Luke's adoptive parents to when the Millenium Falcon was captured? On another forum we had a discussion about how much of the Way of the Jedi Obi-Wan taught Luke when the former was still alive and I have the impression that the total duration of the Jedi 101 course was about 15 minutes, including the bathroom breaks... I don't think there's any way to tell going by the movie alone. I wouldn't be surprised if some WEG sourcebook from the '80s or '90s pegged it down to three days or so, though don't take my word for it. A criticism I've noticed some make of the prequels is how fast hyperspace travel is depicted, with travel between Tatooine and Coruscant being equivalent to a half-hour drive into town, but this has been an issue with Star Wars since the beginning. |
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