Reviewing Clone Wars 1 TPB: The Defense of Kamino

The first Clone Wars TPB comic, Defence of Kamino and Mace Windu, what is it like? Unable to find an online review, I must ask here.

Following the related threads, I know the plot for each issue part, but what's the dialogue and art like? With only Twilight to compare Jan and John's work to, is it a purchase not to be missed you think?

 

EVERYTHING was VERY good. The battle, the mission of Aayla, the negotations mace hade with the dark Jedi; many different, good things for everybody! It is a lot better than 'Twilight'.

 

Oh, is there a third comic in there, Sacrifice? What's that about?

So there's:

Defence of Kamino
Sacrifice
Mace Windu

But if there's three comic issues all up, and I think the page count is somewhere around 120, doesn't that make the individual stories very short? I can't imagine the Kamino one would be too long then.

 

Okay, I'll add it to my next comic list.

-Darkness
-Darth Maul
-Defence of Kamino
-Prelude to Rebellion
-Force Heretic: Reunion

And Star Wars Empire, which should be coming out within the day I think. Based on too many neg reviews, I've taken off Golden Age and Fall of the Sith Empires from the order.

 

I like all the TOTJ era stuff, it's just different than the stuff with the movie heroes.

 

So it is, Val. But there's just too many negative reviews for it, in my searches here and at Amazon: poor art, plain dialogue. Some are even saying the Sith weren't showed without spit-lines in every frame. Yuck!

Thanks, 2ndQuest! I've only got TPBs, so I don't know the length of issues, unless I look really closely at the pages. Also, most don't have pages numbers so it's hard to tell.

And since Reunion went up two dollars to twenty here, I thought I might as well add it to the list. It's also selling cheaper at Amazon than usual American prices. Don't know why . . . but good!

 

Why don't you have a BN, or similar store, order it for you, read it in their store, and decide if you want to own it?

Even if you don't like it, its a win-win situation, and you won't have to feel guilty for being brain washed by the masses by having them make a decision for you, without your own personal opinion from having actually read the book for yourself.

 

There used to be one comic store at my local junction, but I was never interested last year when I finally noticed it. Rogue Squadron changed my mind about that, and now that I do want comics it closed down.

Haven't had much success finding more stores, unless I search int he city center. Don't really have much time for that . . . Also frustrating is how many don't have email addresses so I can pester, er, inquire as to what they have.

 

The clone wars comics are really good. I would also add teh hunt for aura sing to your to get list.

 

I've got The Hubt for Aurra Sing already. Just finished reading it the other day. Wasn't so bad, but the art could be better. And the saber fight between Hett and Sing was over in a couple pages---a rush ending.

Excellent Dark Woman issue front, I gotta say!

 

I thought it was overly minimalist that the Kaminoan assault had only Tipoca City involved, despite knowledge from Inside the Worlds of AOTC that there's many Kaminoan cities, and the idea that such an advanced culture could only have a tiny area shield like Hoth.

Also the idea that the TF could throw 10,000 3.1 km carriers at a Trade dispute, but a major assault gets one. Where are the galactic clone war's...galactic scale battles? It set a tone in minimalist EU that has continued and progressively turned me off.

 

It was probably intended to be a sneak attack so they weren't expecting much resistance. Remember, EACH TF battleship has enough droids to take an entire planet. On a planet with practically no land mass, I would think that this would be even more true.

And Bob, you'll just have to get over the "minimalist" thing. Don't take it so seriously, you're ruining your enjoyment of it. And besides, the EU is only copying what the films do. 1.2 million clones? As shatterpoint says, that's enough to put ONE soldier on every planet in the republic and have a few thousand left over!

 

Grife, I've got to get this, the first Empire TPB, and the next FOUR "A long time ago" TPBs. I'm swamped!

 

Excellence:

you know eventually you'll buy all of them

 

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And Bob, you'll just have to get over the "minimalist" thing. Don't take it so seriously, you're ruining your enjoyment of it. And besides, the EU is only copying what the films do. 1.2 million clones? As shatterpoint says, that's enough to put ONE soldier on every planet in the republic and have a few thousand left over![/b][hr][/blockquote]LOL!!! [face_laugh]

My sentiments [b][i]exactly[/b][/i].

I think that this was something that Lucas really screwed up, and that shouldn't have been allowed to slip past him, in terms of the logistics involved...and then, of course, LFL plays right along -- goody-gee!, pat-on-the-head -- and tells their publishing affiliates to *keep* this scenaristic gaffe intact, no matter [b][i]how[/b][/i] insegreviously implausible and utterly irrational it turns out to be in the scope and purview of real-world strategic military context.

(Here's hoping that the [b][i]real[/b][/i] reason the Separatists attacked was because SOMEBODY rather rudely informed the Kaminoans of George Lucas's mistake, and that he'd be needing BILLIONS more before shooting [i]Episode III[/i], and so they begin upping their clone-production CONSIDERABLY in the intervening months.)

Any clonetrooper following this order of battle deserves to achieve a lifespan [b][i]briefer[/b][/i] than that of a freshly-minted Second Looie stepping out of an APV on a sunny day in Downtown Haiphong.

 

What? 6.8 seconds?

 

Excellence:

you know eventually you'll buy all of them

Damn you, DarthSikle. I know that. And damn myself for discovering those pesky Rogue Squadron comics on the net, which precipitated this compulsive need to acquire further comics. And damn Amazon for taking too long to get Empire: Betrayal. As soon as it comes out within the day, I think, I can order my next shipment.