Comics Doctor Aphra #1-6: Aphra (6/6 Released)

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Has the author been known to pull Big-Lipped Aligator moments before?

 

Good issue.

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The action felt fairly confusing at times, keeping track of where people were and what exactly was going on with the bridge, etc. Maybe I just wasn't paying enough attention. I don't know if the art shifted deliberately at all, but I was definitely getting Tales of the Jedi vibes from this issue, especially the style of the lightsaber and smoke effects.

And Aphra gave the (fake) crystal to some guys she knows? Some... Top. Guys. Think this series just about got away with its Indy references, but nice twist at the end, which will hopefully lead into Screaming Citadel.

 

i really want the aphra and vader "reunion." it would probably work best if it happened after the emperor found out about luke in his own way (assuming aphra had nothing to do with that... actually it might be more interesting if she did). as that way she doesn't have any more secrets. but it will take forever to get there with only one little comic a month...

 

@LelalMekha I don't think it's a BLAM as hopefully...

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...we'll learn more about the connection between the Massassi and Ordu in the future. Maybe in SW Rebels now that they're heading to Yavin? I really liked that the search for the Ordu led the Aphras to Yavin...there are just some unanswered questions that will hopefully be answered in due time.

 

It's just that the characters themselves don't seem to care about it. Aphra isn't even curious, and her father doesn't even attempt to explain.

 

*Mumbles*
I--I'm not trying to make sense, just to express frustration!

 

what about vaderrrr?

 

Visually this issue was much more impressive than the others. I liked the coloring and the colour behind the panels.

I've really enjoyed this first arc. It's one of my favorite Star Wars stories.

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I found Rur's fate satisfying. Rur 2.0 being stolen means we've got two crazy ancient droid personalities on the loose.

 

I just read issue #6 today and I was surprised how much I ended up liking it. With the disappointing end to Yoda's arc, I guess I was a bit jaded but I was pleasantly surprised with this one. It's funny to take a step back and see how much ground was covered in these six issues and how much we learned compared to other arcs and how much fun was had (by the audience). I'm definitely going to have to go back and re-read these 6 issues again.

There were some good points made earlier in this thread concerning the unanswered questions -- questions that I'm sure the writers have in their mind and will address if given the opportunity. I'm mostly confident that these writers have the JJ Abrams TFA mindset that shooting a scene on the Falcon (/Yavin) is cool, but you need to work past that and make it interesting.

I'm definitely looking forward more to the cross over that I was initially. It still bothers me how much Aphra looks like Shara Bay on the cover of the Screaming Citadel, but my hope is that the story insides makes up for it.

 

where their any blue lightsabers in this issue?

 

Yup.

 

where they the blue kind or more aqua?

 

Awesome stuff in here, I'm always a fan of when crazy world destroying robots go off (As I read it, the "fake rur" is the real one and the robo one is just a crazy robot) some real good twists in the last few pages as well and the art of everything going all chaotic was real fun to see.

 

Covers and synopses for issues #9 and #10

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Issue #9 - Star Wars 40th Anniversary Variant Cover by Reilly Brown
Issue #10 - Star Wars 40th Anniversary Variant Cover by TBA
• Aphra’s back with a brand-new plan that’s guaranteed to pay!
• There’s just one teensy problem…
• It involves surrounding herself by some of the galaxy’s biggest baddies.
• And they don’t like Aphra’s tricks!

From http://www.newsarama.com/34087-marvel-comics-full-july-2017-solicitations.html

 

If the Sith found out about Rur 2.0, would they want him?

 

New variant cover for Screaming Citadel #1.
https://jedi-bibliothek.de/2017/04/marvel-variantcover-the-screaming-citadel-1/

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@TiniTinyTony Completely agree with you that the cover artist for Screaming Citadel made Aphra look almost exactly like Shara Bey. Same artist (Marco Checchetto). You can't just put Shara Bey in Aphra's gear and call her Doctor Aphra.

The covers for issues 9 and 10 look fantastic. Issue 10's cover definitely is intriguing to wonder why Aphra is decked out like that...must be part of the con.

The Fried Pie variant cover of Screaming Citadel is a little too video game-ish for me. Love the Luke variant with the Queen menacing behind him.

 

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I've finally read Issue 6 and have to say, I'm a bit disappointed.

I liked Aphra as an unwilling hench(wo)man for Vader, but as a star of her own series, she's not really doing it for me.

I'm looking forward to the Screaming Citadel crossover thou, which can have some fun interactions between Aphra and the OT crew, where Aphra works best IMO.

Also, since when was Mussolini and his fascist party part of Star Wars? I would really appreciate if Star Wars authors would refrain from using names of real political movements in the GFFA. What's next, Leia calling Palpatine a nazi or Mon Mothma being labelled as a bolshevik?

However I did like the reference to Čapek's play R.U.R.

 

First of all, the term was also used in Legends - according to Wookieepedia in The Force Unleashed and Crimson Empire 3.

Secondly, while Mussolini was the first to popularize the term, it's not a proper noun, especially not in modern colloquial usage, the same way Nazi or Bolshevik is.


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And I was against the term being used in Legends as well back then.

I'm not sure what you're getting at here. My problem with the word isn't that it's not a proper noun, but the fact that it should not exist in GFFA in the first place.

 

But no Earth words should exist in Star Wars. Should Palpatine not be called the Emperor because of that word's very Earth-specific origins in the Roman Republic military? Or what about the word "galaxy", which specifically refers to the Milky Way?