tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post7392108337869956070..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Star Wars: Shattered Empire trade paperback (Marvel Comics)collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-70100760462714848642016-04-03T20:04:33.301-05:002016-04-03T20:04:33.301-05:00I heard they were making a new hardcover edition o...I heard they were making a new hardcover edition of shattered empire with the James Robinson C-3PO special instead of Princess Leia #1 and Star Wars (1977) #1.<br /><br />-Dave G.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-47288862973192441732016-02-08T17:58:40.668-06:002016-02-08T17:58:40.668-06:00It feels like it was just like a sight-seeing tour...It feels like it was just like a sight-seeing tour to the post-ROTJ Star Wars universe. Like Star Wars Hush or something.HelloTherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602812462354227620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-72500429337297867282016-02-08T12:07:24.714-06:002016-02-08T12:07:24.714-06:00Fluff, unfortunately. I've really been trying ...Fluff, unfortunately. I've really been trying to give the new spate of post-EU Star Wars books a fair shake, but between A New Dawn, Aftermath, and now Shattered Empire, nothing has thrilled me. <br /><br />One, I've found the novels boring. Two (related or not to the first), they're all very much about side characters. This may be a symptom of how early this is in the publishing line of the new Star Wars universe that licensed fiction can't do anything with the main characters just yet, but I don't have that much interest in a different ragtag group of Rebels (Aftermath), especially after I just got into one on <em>Rebels</em>. In comparison, Star Trek fiction is all about the cast you know and love, though the difference -- related to this point -- is that without these characters on the screen any more, licensed fiction can use those characters more freely, which Star Wars fiction can't.<br /><br />Third, I do also feel burned that neither Aftermath nor Shattered Empire, both billed as "Journey to Force Awakens" books, contained much Force Awakens contents at all. Yes, I know how they both tie in, but it's just so slight (as opposed to say, showing how the First Order came about) that neither book lived up to their respective hypes, and that's a bad way for post-EU Star Wars fiction to start out. Yes, I'll read the other parts of Aftermath, and Bloodline looks promising, but I don't at the moment think Star Wars fiction really takes my dollars seriously.<br /><br />Marvel's <a href="http://collectededitions.blogspot.com/2015/12/review-star-wars-darth-vader-vol-1-vader.html" rel="nofollow">Darth Vader</a> was good, and Mark Waid's Leia looks promising. I do like what seems to be a trend toward integrating the prequel and original trilogies more completely.<br />collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-85519815106129008232016-02-08T09:08:46.587-06:002016-02-08T09:08:46.587-06:00Interesting, I've been hearing tons of perfect...Interesting, I've been hearing tons of perfect positive feedback on this series. But as a side note......ugh, why are there so many great books out? I've been trying to add to my DC collection in the past year, but now Marvel goes and does Star Wars Bonanza....too many choices, too many choices.<br /><br />Also, now that you read good few of the Star Wars books, do you think it's helped or enhanced your Star Wars Universe knowledge, or is it more like fluff that if it weren't made you wouldn't miss it?Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17178727978311013660noreply@blogger.com