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Summary: This darko Comic is not for the children.
Review: This reviews Star Wars: Jedi vs Sith. Issues 1 through 6 TPB collected, published March, 2002. Following the SW Timeline we are at 1000 before NH. art a 2, story a 1, inking and production a 4 avg = 2. Binding, made in singapore, is very good. On the time line, this comic continues the new astounding Art and ink production getting a grade of C for the art but a B. The art work itself is uneven. Some is excellent, but some is childlike, as if they were making a comic for very young children. The style also resembled the manga art style. The story is awful. The cover picture, the style of the art and the fact that the lead characters are children suggest that the target market for this comic was children. This is not a childs comic. The story starts with the mindless execution of children. There is a difference in 'action' vs 'grotesque violence'. George Lucas himself set the tone in Episode II when he needlessly beheaded humans. The problem of graphic deaths and the highly improved digital imagery is one that Lucasfilm may have grappled with but the dark side won the day. It is the same mindset that was evident in some of the NJO books, particularly Star By Star. The producers of that series of books created a very dark environment with tremendous dread. A lot of readers loved it. But it was not as welcomed by older fans like myself.
Back to the comic, the odd art work may indicate that the editors wanted to 'cartoonize' the characters to minimize the reaction to the violence. The artwork is unlike anything I have seen in the SW galaxy. Because this has little to offer to the expanded universe, you can skip it.
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Summary: Goofy graphics and flying green puff-balls
Review: This style of drawing is all wrong for the SW universe, especially for the important comic chronicling the final defeat of the ancient Sith. (Doesn't it seem like people ALWAYS thought they were defeated, and they came back about three times?) Round, cutesy faces with trembling eyes and strange facial expressions may be fine for weirdo Japanese cartoons, but they don't cut it for the high standard set by Star Wars. Anyway, the story centers around three sideline characters (kids) who have no bearing on the future galaxy. Why must we read about them, then? The Jedi recruit these three scrawny kids into their army of light. How hard up must they be for help? The young girl turns to the dark side. Why? Because a few Jedi accidentally kill this useless green puff-ball that's been following her around the comic book pages. I need not even comment on that. Darth Bane and Lord Hoth, the only two men relevant to anything, make this comic worth buying. I would buy this simply to own a critical piece of SW history, but its presentation is severely lacking.
Rating:
Summary: Goofy graphics and flying green puff-balls
Review: This style of drawing is all wrong for the SW universe, especially for the important comic chronicling the final defeat of the ancient Sith. (Doesn't it seem like people ALWAYS thought they were defeated, and they came back about three times?) Round, cutesy faces with trembling eyes and strange facial expressions may be fine for weirdo Japanese cartoons, but they don't cut it for the high standard set by Star Wars. Anyway, the story centers around three sideline characters (kids) who have no bearing on the future galaxy. Why must we read about them, then? The Jedi recruit these three scrawny kids into their army of light. How hard up must they be for help? The young girl turns to the dark side. Why? Because a few Jedi accidentally kill this useless green puff-ball that's been following her around the comic book pages. I need not even comment on that. Darth Bane and Lord Hoth, the only two men relevant to anything, make this comic worth buying. I would buy this simply to own a critical piece of SW history, but its presentation is severely lacking.
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