Comics Star Wars #21-25: The Last Flight of the Harbinger

I'm sure one of the troopers will be revealed to be a clone

 

Cover for Part 4:

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Couldn't spoiler tag the cover? jeez

 

I didn't think we spoiler tagged covers.

 

Que surprise Luke is getting beaten up by someone like we haven't seen that a dozen times in this series

 

And now you know. Rukh?

 

Have you seen the OT?

 

Over in the JCC AMPH threads, when discussing a series i.e. GOT, spoilers for future episodes must be tagged as such. It was my understanding that the same would apply to a comic book series. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

As if covers for star wars comic books resemble ANY THING inside

 

Noted.

 

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Ding Ding Round 2.

 

Is this set before Empire Strikes Back?

 

Yes.

 

It's the Empire. They believe in masculinity.

 

That's part of Legends now. In the new canon, there are female Imperial Stormtroopers.

 

*Ahem.* There are some rather Legendary women who'd like a word with you.

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I've always wondered if the story group would confirm that there are female stormtroopers in the OT now. Eg: That infamous trooper who banged his head......oh she's a female, one of the pilots Vader takes with him to stop the trench run-female. The one to the right of the one that says "stop that ship blast him!- female

 

Thara Nyende is one OT Era female stormtrooper in the new Canon. She appears in Battlefront: Twilight Company.

 

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I agree, though its a shame that the only competent troopers always seem to belong to a small number of "elite units" like the one in this story arc, the 501st, presumably the Deathtroopers in Rogue One if rumors are to be believed. Hell, even the "programmed from birth" FO Stormtroopers couldn't hit a standing target (Rey outside Maz's Castle).

 

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I think Kylo Ren mentioned wanting to capture that droid and was personally getting involved they probably thought, why shoot her when they can just point Kylo towards her and get out of his way!

 

Star Wars #22 - Book V, Part II review

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Sergeant Kreel or as the opening crawl has revealed his first name is Sargent? So anyway, no Sergeant Sargent Kreel in this issue. This story centers on the big three, Wedge, R2, Sana, and Chewie. There is an awesome space battle where the rebels successfully capture a star destroyer ... wait for it ... called the Harbinger.

The Falcon blows a hole open in the Harbinger, resulting in Wedge and Luke creating a reaction that will cause the main reactor to explode in a few minutes. This results in the Imperials abandoning ship and the rebels capture the Harbinger with the intent of reversing the imminent explosion of the main reactor. Unfortunately, it does blow up, making everyone think it was destroyed. Thankfully the main reactor was jettison into space at the last second, leaving the Harbinger running on the secondary reactor with no working Hyperdrive.

Favorite part - Luke flying into the reactor. The art looked really good there. The rest of the art was good, but a little off model on some parts specifically the big three looked a little cartoony.

Otherwise, I felt some of the dialogue was a little out of character. Han calling Luke - Luke - instead of kid. Luke not calling Han - Han - but referring to him as Falcon. Leia calling Luke Red 5 instead of Luke. Stuff like that. I couldn't really hear their voices if that makes any sense so it didn't feel true to the characters to me.

 

@#22
They actually stole a Star Destroyer from an arrogant, one eyed Imperial Admiral with an eye patch
…. come on