Comics Poe Dameron #14-19: Legend Lost & Annual #1 (6/7 released)

See, this is the problem with the First Order - they're lazy, little bastards.

No attempt to replicate the classical, angular Imperial aesthetics beyond slamming a few triangular decks together and sticking a couple of shield domes on top so making a mile-long, squashed sandwich starship..

 

Nope, that's the Resurgent-class.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Resurgent-class_Battlecruiser

It's the one we see in TFA and presumably the new ship of the line of the First Order.

However prior to TFA the existence of the Resurgent-class is a secret, as it would be in direct breach of the Galactic Concordance. That's why Poe looks so surprised when he first sees the hangar of the Finalizer in the beginning of TFA. Neither the Resistance nor the New Republic realized prior TFA just how large and well armed the First Order fleet is.

Also, I liked that Issue 14 was not only L'ulo's memorial, but also served as a small goodbye to Carrie Fisher as well.

 

#15 reminded me a lot of the movie "Speed".

 

While it's supposed to be secret - Poe had already encountered at least one Resurgent-class vessel in Before The Awakening - so he's not all that surprised in TFA.

 

I'm glad I'm not the only one who got "speed" vibes from this issue. Wouldn't it be funny if the arc ended like this:

Poe: I have an idea if BB8 can place an object of extreme mass on the influx ignition capacitor, giving the ion drives a state of perpetual power and motion. We'd have a brief window to get away without the power core detonating with us on the ship. As long as long as the force on the ignition capacitor is not interrupted.
Snap: You don't mean.....
Poe: That's right we put a brick on the accelerator!

 

Poe: Did you have any luck with the bomb?
Snap: Yeah, it didn't go off.

 

Issue 15 preview:

Spoiler

 

This series is making me wish that it started before the Lor San Tekka thing and then eventually got to that.

 

yeah that seemed like a shameless tie-in to TFA that wasn't actually appropriate with the timeline they're telling this story with

 

I'm assuming the initial plan was to tell the story from looking for to finding Lor on Jakku, but thankfully the series gained popularity and we're getting more stories in between. Obviously getting supplies for the hidden rebel base is more important than finding Luke for the time being. Even though the story has a "Speed" feel, I do like that it also feels like the Rebels series. Next story we'll be getting is the "Chopper/Droid" piece just like Rebels.

BTW, with the Aftermath and Lost Stars, do we know how many years Luke has been in hiding on Ahch-To?

 

I assume Luke went to Ahch-To right after telling Leia about Ben

 

I think the Lor San Tekka "issue" is more on the readers than on the story itself, but by that same token I can see an argument that Soule should have seen it coming and just avoided it.

 

To me, that should be the obvious end point/story arc of the final issues of the book.

 

Yeah I totally predict the final panel of the Poe Dameron comic will be "This will begin to make things right." but that's only when the book finishes, which I could see if the sales don't drop too much this going until the end of Episode IX.

 

Spoiler

This is more like what I wanted from the start. It feel more like the military focused resource war kind of thing you would get with a paramilitary group fighting a massive enemy like the FO. I do wish we saw some actual battles and resistance ground troops though. The way this books is acting is as if this squadron and the spies are all the resistance has which feels strange cause they are an actual military (albeit a small one) so there should be a bit more differentiation. I wonder if we will see the Resistance's wallet run dry and them re-establish Crait in this book.

Also Poe feels a bit more like he did in Before the Awakening, confident but not cocky. Also Jess continues to be my favorite with her fixing up her ship in the background cause it felt slightly off. That little character moment makes her feel more real than the others.

 

I agree! I want the Resistance blowing up and murdering First Order troops to show General Hux's justification for destroying the anarchic Republic!

 

Luke has not been on his island for more then six years, as we know from Blood Line.

 

Spoiler

maybe Leia has to make investments pitches at certain places were Star Wars 1 percent people live in certain movies [spoilers]

 

Who can translate the Aurebesh in that panel? Any recognizable names?

 

Who can translate the Aurebesh in that panel? Any recognizable names?

 

rory larao
or reary laraea for the first one.

 

Oh nice job! I like some of those as random SW names. kinda want them thrown in somewhere in a story

 

Since these are supposed to be people that Han can vouch for, it's a shame they didn't try to put in some real names they could work into stories with him later on. Oh well.

Kind of underwhelmed at this issue. The story was sparse and felt more than a little contrived. They only have enough fuel for one X-wing... so they decide to "fly light" and have four X-wings fly, with no apparently consequences or restrictions despite us being told what a dangerous daring this this is. Show us, don't tell us. Poe doesn't want to leave the tanker because it's full of fuel. He finds out it's empty... and still doesn't leave it? The solution to the tanker having a bomb on it is... to have three astro droid roll over and plug into wall sockets? How exciting! And when needing to get new fuel, his decision is to find the First Order ship who stole the fuel (despite not knowing where it is and not having equipped fighters... at least as far as we're told) rather than, maybe, trying to get more fuel from anywhere else?

Also didn't really like the design of the fuel tanker. Did not seem very Star Warsy.

 

Really? I think "Lurtz Blior" and "Rork Ber Trugh" are pretty excellent Star Wars names.

 

I love how Poe's big heroic wont stand down moment is "I am gonna fly a bomb to the enemy who I don't even know and get back fuel". I swear does this version of Poe even think before he does something? They need a tactical officer with Black Squadron, or rather a chaperone