Comics Star Wars (Marvel) #6: Skywalker Strikes, part 6 (of 6)

Am I the only one that doesn't care much about Fett? Not just in this comic but in general...

Spoiler

You know...just in case

 

Fett?Screw Fett I want to see someone in Mauldalorian armour not his.Red is the new green. Vizla was cooler anyway.So was Bo-katan. And Jango. And Rook kast. Hell even Sabine has a bo-Katan style helmet which makes her cooler then fett. And none of these characters were stuffed in a box....Wait disregard all that.None of those people hung out with Cad Bane...

 

Boba Fett is done to death. His character has been filled out and expanded far beyond any semblance of mystery that was his calling card in the early days. Even the EU barely touched him for 15+ years. And his appearance (and fight) with Luke is a bit ridiculous in the large scheme of things, in these last couple of issues.

Vader conversating with Jabba the Hutt? Interesting, but strange.

And then we have this whole thing with Chewbacca shooting at Vader...Vader confronting Luke early on. I really just don't know about the new Marvel series. Some of the dialogue is spot-on and really good, but the overall plotting seems made-up on the spot.

It's not bad, but it's not good. I've read hundreds of comic books more worthy of the name Star Wars. Kind of a pitiful launch for 2015 Marvel.

 

You are not alone. Boba Fett has never been a character worth caring about imo.

 

Fett has been mystified and glorified to no end by the fanbase, the EU writers, heck even George himself, because he saw how popular Fett has become. I challenge the assumption that Fett is such a great, ice-cold professional. He's a thug in the movies.

The one great thing he does is that he tracks Han down when he does the smuggler's trick of hiding under the belly of the Star Destroyer.

He doesn't do anything else that is impressive.

Vader singles him out and tells him "no disintegrations" when talking about the bounty - not a sign of trust and speaks volumes about Fett's bloodthirstyness that even gets Vader worried

Fett talks back to Vader about a reward that wasn't promised to him (bringing Han to Jabba), when the Imperials and Lando have done all the work for him on Cloud City.

And then ... ROTJ, yes, that. He's just one of Jabba's thugs now, enjoying the company of the slave girls and not better or worse than the rest of them, and he gets dispatched by a blind man.

 

Very good points, Darth_Preva.

 

Fett being just one of Jabba's thugs is also supported by ANH, where we see him as one of the crew that is with Jabba when he talks to Han, and in Darth Vader #1, where Vader must talk to Jabba to obtain Fett's services.

 

Don't...talk about that scene in a new hope. Im suprised Pevra liked your post despite it containing "apologist drivel"

 

I know this is probably more appropriate for an EU thread but to those who think this star wars series isn't that great or that the writings off be sure to read "apocalypse endor" and "a wookie scorned" then see what feels right.

I only mention this because I got the new republic epic collection today and just finished reading those last few stories....what where they thinking?!?!?!

 

I don't like the scene, but it is still canon and I respect when logical arguments or good observations get made, like Positive Fan did. I like posts less which claim that Shaw doesn't look like Shaw.

 

Need to know which ones you're referring to.

 

Tell me one way in which they look alike(I will drop the issue if you do so).
Eye colour?Ghost is blue and cant tell what colour it is from that.
Chin?Vaders suit covers it.
forehead?Nope one is bald and has fake scars while the other has uncle owen hair and no scars. However:I cannot find a single decent picture of Shaw as Anakin. I haven't seen the original version of the scene in several years. Maybe I am wrong. In all likelyhood I am wrong. But I cannot find anything that proves me wrong,because it seems to be impossible to find a none blurry version of Shaw.

 

Big fan of this issue, as always. Dig how mean Fett was but also that Luke is able to take him out blinded, like a graduation ceremony from his training remotes. The Sana Solo twist was solid and should make for some good comic book-ing. I read this before Darth Vader and I love the twist in the context between the ending scenes: The last few pages in Star Wars were uber-menacing when Vader found out who Luke was, all we hear is him say his name and the window starts to crack. Great shot, very powerful, befitting of the book's main antagonist. It works great as a solo piece in Star Wars - Vader knows and he done is angry! - and in Vader if flips the perspective giving it a tragic resonance. But that works in Vader's book and it works in a different context in the Star Wars book.

I'm gonna miss Cassaday, I always enjoyed his art in anything but Immonen is a really neat replacement. As for Cassaday, let it be said that he got 6 issues out on a pretty much monthly schedule! For him, that's incredible. I did notice the later issues weren't as intricately detailed as the first three issues, so hopefully he gets to do an annual and they give him as much time as he wants to finish it.

 

Haven't read the series yet but I almost hope Sana is fridged.I want Luke and Han to spend 3 years alone ,because any Woman that takes an interest in them dies within a week. Leia as it turns out "Always knew" That kissing luke wouldn't kill her and is terrified in ESB that she'll feel the need to jump in between Han and a blaster bolt , if Han goes near her.

 

2ndQuest you don't know that he wasn't doing those things in the OT. He is only in like three or four scenes in the entire trilogy and barely talks in any of them. He could be anybody you wanted him to be. The guy writing the comic seems to view him as a bit of a maniac so that is likely the direction they will go with him in this new canon. And you know if they ever make a movie about him they will likely have the same interpretation because those types of movies are fun to watch.

 

You seem to be ignoring that it is also a valid interpretation to see this as a sign of distrust from Vader. Why does he have to tell Fett that he shouldn't start a bloodbath? Probably because he knows Fett has done this in the past.

And if Vader wants a target alive and has to remind Fett not to kill it, that's even worse.

He wanted to fulfil both jobs at once, mostly because he is greedy, because money was the reason he told Vader. I don't see any professionalism here. He's dancing on two marriages.

Maybe he was drunk from partying so hard with the Ladies.

 

Ruthless ... just like the guy in this comic issue?

And Vader does have reasons to tell him not to kill other people, because it could interfere with his own plans. Remember, he does want to use all of them as lure.

Not sure my employer would agree. We have the same problem here at work, the construction workers employed by us secretly began working at another construction site and the result was chaos.

I think they were all drunk, all of them.

 

Well, then we are agreeing, or are we not?

 

"A wookie Scorned": The story of Chewie getting jealous over how much time Han spends with Leia. Includes a cringeworthy scene of Han being late for dinner with Chewie waiting at the table wearing a dinner apron.

"Apocalypse Endor" A story about a stormtrooper veteran telling of the time he spent on endor with the ewoks. Apparently they were demons who beheaded stormtroopers leaving their heads hanging from branches. They banged drums in the middle of the night that drove the troopers to the point of insanity.

Therefore I say again WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!!?

 

I rather liked that one - especially the "sticking a flower into stormtrooper's blaster barrel" moment.

Plus the "Endor Holocaust never happened" explanation to the veteran - who looks rather upset afterward.

 

Thought this was a lot of fun once again. Obviously Luke was going to get one over on Fett but it was still entertaining to witness. It'll be really interesting to see where Aaron goes with Sana. Looking forward to the Obi-Wan story in a few weeks.

 

Aaron said in an interview that there's going to be more than one Obi Wan flashback stories.

That's good news for people whose favourite star wars character of all time is Kenobi