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Lord_Hydronium Title: Literature Gardener Registered: Jun '02	Date Posted: 8/11 12:51pm Subject: Invasion #5: Refugees, part 5 (of 5) - Date Edited: 11/4 7:45pm (4 edits total) Edited By: The2ndQuest
	posted: STAR WARS: INVASION #5 (of 5) Tom Taylor (W), Colin Wilson (A), Wes Dzioba (C), and Jo Chen (Cover) On sale Nov 4 FC, 40 pages $2.99 Ongoing The Yuuzhan Vong invasion of the galaxy is spreading quickly. Prince Finn Galfridian, whose planet of Artorias was taken and his family separated by the Vong, is training as a Jedi with Luke Skywalker to prepare himself to save his family and lead his surviving people. Not surprisingly, the other members of the royal family have been working to save themselves! Finn’s mother and sister Kaye are fighting against the Vong’s bioengineered killing monsters to escape imprisonment, and if his father, Caled, is still living, he will be leading resistance on Artorias. With hope, Caled lives, and will still be fighting when Finn arrives with aid! -----signature----- Great midis have little midis Swimming round inside 'em And little midis have lesser midis And so ad infinitum.
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novajoe23 Registered: May '06	Date Posted: 8/11 12:59pm Subject: STAR WARS: INVASION #5 (of 5)
	Is that Coruscant? I can't remember if Coruscant was touched that early in the books, so it's good to see what's going on in the galactic capital this early in the series. Although, one thing I have to mention is that the summary given for this issue could have applied to issues #2, 3, 4, or 5. The same can be said for most of those issues as well. I guess it's good not to be spoiled too much.
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PointGiven Registered: Dec '06	Date Posted: 8/11 1:05pm Subject: STAR WARS: INVASION #5 (of 5)
	My first thought was Nar Shadaa. I recall that it got wrecked by the Vong and Vongformed, but forget when exactly in the war. Although it could be a new planet, like Artorias or Rychel in the upcoming Invasion 3. I'd like that. -----signature----- Think you can name the most important Sith Lords? Test your knowledge: http://www.sporcle.com/games/Caedus/sith_lords Also test your SW military knowledge with the Wars of Star Wars: http://www.sporcle.com/games/Caedus/wars_starwars
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Lord_Hydronium Title: Literature Gardener Registered: Jun '02	Date Posted: 8/11 1:07pm Subject: STAR WARS: INVASION #5 (of 5)
	PointGiven posted: My first thought was Nar Shadaa. I recall that it got wrecked by the Vong and Vongformed, but forget when exactly in the war. Either just before or during Balance Point, as I recall. It was in response to the Hutts betraying them in Jedi Eclipse. -----signature----- Great midis have little midis Swimming round inside 'em And little midis have lesser midis And so ad infinitum.
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Nobody145 Registered: Feb '07	Date Posted: 8/11 3:10pm Subject: STAR WARS: INVASION #5 (of 5)
	Hm, can't tell what planet that is, could be Coruscant's lower levels, or could be Nar Shadaa, although Nar Shadaa is closer to the Outer Rim, so that might make more sense. Glad to hear Finn's father is still alive, I liked him in the first issue, and was afraid he had gone down fighting on Artorias since we didn't see him in the second issue. Hm, still not quite sure what the overall plot of this arc will be (other than just to introduce the Galfridian family), but either way, sounds like a good finale to Invasion's first arc. Wonder how long the next issue will come after this (I thought it was on an alternating schedule with Dark Times or something?). -----signature----- Don't mind me, I'm nobody important.
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Xicer Registered: Aug '08	Date Posted: 8/11 3:38pm Subject: STAR WARS: INVASION #5 (of 5)
	My first thought was Artorias, it bears a resemblance to that market district in issue 1. And given that he's mostly likely going to Artorias in this issue, that's probably it. -----signature----- "Just before your arrival, Moneo and I were discussing Infinity." "Poor Moneo." --Leto II and Malky, "God Emperor of Dune"
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Xicer Registered: Aug '08	Date Posted: 10/2 8:55pm Subject: STAR WARS: INVASION #5 (of 5)
	Preview's up Guess I was wrong, it is Nar Shaddaa. Also, more Solo "cameos"... -----signature----- "Just before your arrival, Moneo and I were discussing Infinity." "Poor Moneo." --Leto II and Malky, "God Emperor of Dune"
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Nobody145 Registered: Feb '07	Date Posted: 10/3 1:10am Subject: STAR WARS: INVASION #5 (of 5)
	Ah, good old Nar Shadda, before its leveled by the Vong. I see the Solos are still around, but at least we already see Finn striking off on his own. Although that's probably not going to end well, considering where he is. The preview didn't give us much, but its not a bad preview either. Funny to see the preview for this issue when #4 isn't even out yet, not that this preview spoils anything about #4. -----signature----- Don't mind me, I'm nobody important.
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Nobody145 Registered: Feb '07	Date Posted: 11/4 2:20pm Subject: STAR WARS: INVASION #5 (of 5)
	Hm, anyone else pick up this issue today? A sorta quiet end, but as we saw last issue, most of the ongoing threads have already been set up. The slave uprising continues, with that warrior promising his loyalty to Kaye for his freedom, as the slaves then take over the ship, though not without casualties, and the queen wakes up from her catatonic state. After they've taken over the ship, they have no idea how to pilot it though, but the queen volunteers to try, and she manages to jump them away, although it looks very painful (but this is Vong tech, so no surprise). Over on Nar Shaddaa, Finn starts tailing that guy who stole Jacen's money, when he's stopped by a random person, who asks what is Finn (probably referring to that emptiness Luke felt in him a few issues ago), so there's apparently something very strange about Finn, and the beggar knew Finn's full name, so that looks to be one of the big mysteries of the issue. They find the smuggler (a Vratix) and get the data, which is stored on a holocron (and unlike plenty of other places, they mention that its a Jedi data storage device how its strange that it ended up being used for something like this), but it just shows one Vong disguising himself as a human, no name, nothing... until Finn recognizes him as Dulac, the king's friend. Figures, I thought the Artorian resistance was going too well, now they've got an infiltrator there. And in the meantime, the King was showing his "friend" around this secret bunker they built to hide from the Empire years ago- just by the time they finished building it, the Empire was already finished (reminds me of the Viscount, heh), which is why none of the younger people knew about it, mainly Rebellion veterans. Although that guy is one of the longer term infiltrators, since Finn remembers Dulac looking after the Galfridian kids when they were younger, not to mention he was supposedly being tortured (talk about deep cover). I don't remember that many long term infiltrators during the NJO, come to think of it (Dulac sounds like he's been around for years on Artorias), so not sure how it meshes with previous canon, although that explains who sabotaged everything on Artorias. Oh yeah, the Solo kids found out Han was there and left, so that's more angst for Anakin. And the best line of the issue was when they cornered that smuggler with the holocron: ""Seriously? A Wookiee- with a lightsaber! That's just overkill." Hm, aside from the Dulac reveal, not too much happened, although I'm kind of glad most of the plans turned out ok (I'm so tired of supposedly normal milk runs, like just finding one smuggler, turning into planetary disasters, so I'm relieved Finn's mission ended without too much hassle). The slaves stole the ship and jumped away, but who knows how much they can do. On the slightly macabre side, they did get that Vong guard's arm to open the cells and we see that warrior carrying around the Vong commander's head at the end of the issue. I enjoyed the Refugees arc a lot, and look forward to future issues with a good deal of anticipation. The Galfridian family turned out fine and interesting, it was wonderful to see the Solo family before half of them end up dead, and the writing is great (with plenty of excellent lines). Sadly, we have no idea when the next issue will come (sometime next year probably, although I think we see the next issue's cover at the end of this issue). And plenty of Luke greatness as well (something we're in short supply on in every other era he's alive in). I'm semi-hoping that with KotOR ending, they'll move this up to monthly status rather than just alternating with Dark Times, but who knows. And for some reason, now I'm almost wondering if Finn has any Vong stuff in his body, now that we know his occasional babysitter was a Vong infiltrator, and given that emptiness Luke felt in him. Although that random person wasn't Vima De-Boda, I think it was a guy, though its a bit hard to tell with this art sometimes (sorry, no offense to the artist), but cryptic possibly Force-related person on Nar Shaddaa just makes me think of her. Definitely got to buy the TPB for this arc whenever it comes out, and looking forward to hopefully a nice long and more enjoyable telling of the Yuuzhan Vong War. -----signature----- Don't mind me, I'm nobody important.
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Zorrixor Registered: Sep '04	Date Posted: 11/4 2:32pm Subject: STAR WARS: INVASION #5 (of 5) - Date Edited: 11/4 2:42pm (3 edits total) Edited By: Zorrixor
	As far as long term infiltrators go: my general understanding is while Nom Anor was the highest profile (and probably most senior) one he wasn't necessarily operating alone. At the very least, I seem to remember there being one operating with the Ssi-Ruuvi, wasn't there? The issue sounds good though. I was afraid this might turn out to be more of a "mini-series" type thing with Finn's arc ending, then someone elses taking over, etc. Glad to see it's presumably going to follow him long term. The thing about his odd Force connection is very interesting too. It's funny you mention it taking over where KOTOR ends, as I was thinking the other day about how Invasion is kind of similar to KOTOR in a way. Both are about a junior Jedi dealing with his own problems in the middle of an already established major galactic war. I recognise I'm making huge generalisations in that, but I can see similarities at least, so I'd be happy to see this bumped up to monthly if we're not actually going to be getting another new series. Admittedly, Invasion hasn't yet captured my interest the way Commencement did, not really sure why that is, but it's at least demonstrating to me that it has potential. I expect its "weakness" in my eyes isn't so much a genuine one but just because I'm comparing it to how deep the long running series currently are (i.e. with KOTOR and Legacy there's tons to talk about, with Invasion it's still early days). With things like this oddity in Finn though, I can see this growing on me... I suppose the one thing that I'm... torn about is the constant cameos. I like them, but on the other hand KOTOR survived without ever really giving into the temptation. The KOTOR "brand" had its own selling point though, so I can understand the initial film cameos to sell the series to the masses as the Vong probably aren't as recognisable as Revan, but I'd possibly prefer to see things delve deeper into the comic's main cast without always having to share centre stage with the film characters. I imagine that may be why Finn has yet to grow on me that much, as most of the really cool moments have been Luke's.
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JediAlly Registered: Oct '00	Date Posted: 11/4 3:47pm Subject: STAR WARS: INVASION #5 (of 5) - Date Edited: 11/4 3:48pm (1 edits total) Edited By: JediAlly
	"Seriously? A Wookie with a lightsaber! That's just overkill." That's worthy of being someone's signature. I think another appropriate line would have been: "You can pull my limbs off with your bare hands. Why get a lightsaber?" I'm confused at the end. We see the slave ship heading into hyperspace, but it looks like it's being racked with explosions. Am I wrong, or are we going to have to wait until the next issue comes out? -----signature----- A Gathering of Light - new site: http://boards.theforce.net/Beyond_the_Saga/b10477/15798221 Liberty and Custody: http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=14219579 Solo Rogue Jedi: http://boards.theforce.net/Beyond_the_Saga/b10477/15798533
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whateveritis12 Registered: Nov '08	Date Posted: 11/4 5:08pm Subject: STAR WARS: INVASION #5 (of 5)
	About the ship when it jumped, I think it might have jumped through the ships in the tiny corner panel. There explosions are what we see in the last page. I liked this whole arc. This last issue was mostly to clean everything up from the previous issues that needed to be done with and set things up for the continuing story lines. Overall I'm definitely waiting for them to continue Invasion on the monthly line-up (if it ever happens). -----signature----- Seriously! A WOOKIE, with a LIGHTSABER. That's just overkill. Ben/Vestara bringing dark powers to the greatest force line Reading: Dark Tide: Onslaught, Legacy Tatooine arc Future: NJO books through Balance Point, Invasion, and Dark Lord Trilo
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TIEPilot051999 Registered: Mar '02	Date Posted: 11/4 11:59pm Subject: Invasion #5: Refugees, part 5 (of 5)
	Got it, read it, will give a more detailed review later. But first one question. Maybe I'm a bit slow on the uptake, but is Dulac meant to be this guy? -----signature----- Devi is my Padme Angel All Hail Megatron! The Tenth Doctor In Sleepy Tower - Third Place Winner
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whateveritis12 Registered: Nov '08	Date Posted: 11/5 9:58am Subject: Invasion #5: Refugees, part 5 (of 5)
	Dulac was the King's aid that was caught and then tortured by the Vong when they first took the planet. He was then freed by the King in the last issue and was seen walking around with him in this last one. I don't think there is a panel with the king in it that doesn't have Dulac. -----signature----- Seriously! A WOOKIE, with a LIGHTSABER. That's just overkill. Ben/Vestara bringing dark powers to the greatest force line Reading: Dark Tide: Onslaught, Legacy Tatooine arc Future: NJO books through Balance Point, Invasion, and Dark Lord Trilo
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TIEPilot051999 Registered: Mar '02	Date Posted: 11/5 10:24am Subject: Invasion #5: Refugees, part 5 (of 5)
	whateveritis12 posted: Dulac was the King's aid that was caught and then tortured by the Vong when they first took the planet. He was then freed by the King in the last issue and was seen walking around with him in this last one. I don't think there is a panel with the king in it that doesn't have Dulac. Ah. I think I'm beginning to get the idea... -----signature----- Devi is my Padme Angel All Hail Megatron! The Tenth Doctor In Sleepy Tower - Third Place Winner
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BROWNHORNET Registered: Dec '07	Date Posted: 11/5 4:40pm Subject: Invasion #5: Refugees, part 5 (of 5)
	I was really excited about this series when I first heard about it. I mistakenly thought it was only going to be five issues and was a little distressed by the lack of resolution until I saw at the end that it was the first part of a longer arc. But beyond that, I just started losing interest in this story around issue three and merely kept buying to see it wrapped up. Now that I know it wasn't with issue five, I think I'll just jump off. I don't like how Finn, with little Jedi training, is thrust into the middle of events and gets along so famously with some of the major players of the NJO. I think it might've made more sense to just have Finn already be a Jedi that is torn between his duties and his home planet than making him a rookie, with a serious case of Gary Stuism. I found his sister more interesting though I think she's got a bit of Mary Sue in her. And it was cool seeing the Vong in a comic book, but I think I've got my fill of Finn's adventures. At least with Cade and Zayne they tried to be a little different with the main character, but Finn being a prince and all, it just felt like been there, done that.
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