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Canon Comic Review: Dark Droids – D-Squad #4

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Artoo’s efforts to save his friend, Threepio, come to one part of an ending in Dark Droids: D-Squad #4, marking it truly as a companion piece to the main miniseries, which ends up shortchanging its characters/story. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Dark Droids – D-Squad #4”

Canon Comic Review: Dark Droids – D-Squad #3

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R2-D2’s efforts to save C-3PO from the Scourge affecting droids and cyborgs alike has brought him to unlikely allies and now…an old flame?! Find out who and if it’ll be enough in our review of another fun Dark Droids: D-Squad #3! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Dark Droids – D-Squad #3”

Canon Comic Review: Dark Droids – D-Squad #2

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R2-D2 desperately needs to save his friend C-3PO, to the point he’s left making deals with notorious murderbot Triple-Zero in Dark Droids: D-Squad #2! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Dark Droids – D-Squad #2”

Canon Comic Review: Dark Droids – D-Squad #1

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They’re getting the band back together! As a Scourge consumes the droids of the galaxy in its nefarious plans, R2-D2 undertakes a desperate mission to save his best friend, unintentionally getting a unique Clone Wars-era squadron back together in a delightfully fun Dark Droids: D-Squad #1! It also includes a backup story about Ajax Sigma, a character at the heart of the main story, that attempts to consolidate his history. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Dark Droids – D-Squad #1”

Canon Comic Review: Return of the Jedi – The Empire #1

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With Return of the Jedi – The Empire #1, Jody Houser joins the series of one-shots celebrating Return of the Jedi’s 40th Anniversary, bringing us a new perspective from inside the galaxy’s scourge, the Empire itself! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Return of the Jedi – The Empire #1”

Canon Comic Review: The High Republic – Trail of Shadows #5

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Emerick Caphtor and Sian Holt’s investigation into the death of Loden Greatstorm has been one stellar issue after another, full of noir and style, humor and compassion, terror even. Well, it’s all lead to this, The High Republic – Trail of Shadows #5, another fantastic issue that, as writer Daniel José Older promised on a livestream not too long ago, reveals everything and nothing in the best way possible, though what’s most important is how it all shakes out for the characters involved. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic – Trail of Shadows #5”

Canon Comic Review: The High Republic – Trail of Shadows #4

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After a month-long wait, The High Republic – Trail of Shadows returns with issue #4, its penultimate entry, and it’s way more than worth the wait as the stakes have never been higher! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic – Trail of Shadows #4”

Canon Comic Review: The High Republic – Trail of Shadows #3

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We’ve had chills and thrills and now The High Republic – Trail of Shadow’s latest, issue #3, focuses on the heightened emotional vulnerability of the Jedi in this era, which comes with its own thrills along the way, while also digging into Nihil intrigue over the sale of the deadliest weapon of the era. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic – Trail of Shadows #3”

Canon Comic Review: The High Republic – Trail of Shadows #2

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The High Republic – Trail of Shadows #2 brings the two investigators together while simultaneously answering questions and opening new ones in the big mystery of the era. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic – Trail of Shadows #2”

Canon Comic Review: The High Republic – Trail of Shadows #1

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The latest entry in the High Republic era, one of my most anticipated, is unlike anything before it, a creepy, dread-drenched noir mystery miniseries, Trail of Shadows. Written by Daniel José Older, with an art team of David Wachter, Giada Marchisio, and Joe Sabino, Trail of Shadows #1 is phenomenal, unforgettable opening issue which will worm its way into your brain, as a Jedi investigator digs into the death of *SPOILER* at end of The Rising Storm and a private eye finds herself on a dangerous investigation of her own. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic – Trail of Shadows #1”