Comics Lost Stars manga

If I were going to be really paranoid nitpicky the book, this is my only complaint.

Of course the poor (finanically) foolish farmer girl joins the "evil" Empire. The rich men who does a "honest" living by the "smart" thing lifestyle would of course join the "righteous" Rebel Alliance."

 

I like your observation that Nash could have been saved, if he'd had a friend that cared enough to help him. It's too bad he thought Ciena was that friend and things never worked out between them. She was always in love with Thane.

But I think that Nash could have been reached and saved, had someone that cared about him tried. You're right that he didn't commit any atrocities, but serving the Imperial Military is bad enough as it is.

 

Nash, by the end, is the model of a Modern Major Imperial as he has his personal toady beside him and all the frothing madness of a die hard fanatic. It was his own transformation along with Cienna's and Nash's.

But yes, he says as much. The Empire is all he has left.

 

so basically he needed a "friend" who defected to the rebels.

define saved.

If only Thane had a good enough friend to save him. Wait he did, and she tried. But all he could think of is what to do with the valley girl who had a pair of .....

 

The only moment which felt like idiocy in the books was when Ciena was HORRIFIED Nash tried to kill Thane.

You know, when his "old friend" shows up in a battle trying to kill them.

That did not cover our heroine in glory.

 

I blame lust.

 

I think it wasn't so much the fact that Nash wanted to kill Thane, as it was the revelation of just how twisted and fanatical Nash had become without her realizing it. Because even though most of Ciena's prior interactions with Nash were an awkward mix of showing sympathy for his emotional plight while dodging his increasingly creepy advances, I think it's clear that he meant something important to her, which got shattered in that moment.

When Ciena and Thane are back on Jelucan in the Fortress, having their post-coital debate about the merits of serving versus fighting the Empire (Side note: there is no better time to debate politics with your significant other than during the post-coital moment. This is objective truth, not opinion.) Ciena explicitly cites Nash Windrider as the sort of person who embodies the Empire at its best - the dutiful loyalist who stayed true to the cause because of the greater good it represents. I think that we're meant to infer that Nash's loyalty to the Empire was a significant comfort to her - if he's still able to see good in the Empire after what he experienced, then how can she possibly doubt the righteousness of their service?

The revelation that Nash isn't actually standing by the Empire because he shares her idealistic views about what it can and should be, but because the trauma of what happened has driven him insane, is therefore a major Uh Oh moment for her.

 

I guess it's a weird moment for Ciena to abandon Nash because his reaction is perfectly understandable and normal. If a friend faked their death and they next were part of Al-Qaeda, you'd have a similar reaction I'd wager. Especially if you mourned them and they're coming after you directly.

Ciena's reaction is understandable in that she loves Thane but it's also weird how little she seems to realize what it looks like to everyone else.

 

I do approve of the fact this is the most central interracial relationship in Star Wars now. It's why I hope they make a CGI movie out of this sometime if not an actual movie movie. If they can make garbage like Cinderella 2, they can make an animated Star Wars movie of Lost Stars.

 

I prefer live action to animated. If it became animated, no telling what the ending would be. Maybe animated Ciena will end up joining the rebels or something. Less chance of that with live action. Though you never know.

Is there any plans to translate it into other languages?

 

True, though Disney has proven surprising in many ways, not the least being okay with murdering an entire possible franchise.

 

casting:

Thane adult: Prince Harry

Thane academy: KJ Apa

Thane kid: Finn Wolfhard with dyed red hair

Ciena adult: Kerry washington

Ciena academy: Rhyon Nicole Brown

Ciena kid: Leni Zieglmeier

 

A suggestion: if this manga adaptation (the ostensible topic of this thread) turns out to be any good, perhaps someone can turn that into a movie.

 

Wouldn't mind comic or manga adaptions of every new novel that's come out (without added scenes without reason). Could easily replaced the boring turn Marvel Star Wars is going through (I've not collected Aphra or Screaming Citadel arc, not to mention the Chewbacca, Han Solo and Lando runs).

 

A new chapter has been published. [link removed]

 

From a Tang dynasty poem by Li Bai. called Chang gan xing,

妾发初覆额，折花门前剧；
While my hair was still cut straight across my forehead
I played about the front gate, pulling flowers.
郎骑竹马来，绕床弄青梅。
You came by on bamboo stilts, playing horse,
You walked about my seat, playing with blue plums.
同居长干里，两小无嫌猜。
And we went on living in the village of Changgan: (Nanjing)
Two small people, without dislike or suspicion.
....

damn it

 

Bruh. For real, Lando is a great run.

 

Pretty sure Thane sniffing Ciena wasn't in the book.

 

That flashback issue kind of looked disjointed jumping back and forth in time.

 

The art of the last few chapters looks much more like how I imagined the characters than the concept art (or whatever it was) that came out a while ago. The artist is nailing Tarkin. Plus the design of the training academy with the race tubes around the outside is really neat -- decorative but it has a practical use.