Star Wars Dark Times : Out of the Wilderness part 1 REVIEW August 10, 2011
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Dark Times was one of our fav Star Wars comics when it first appeared on the shelves a few years back….
Then the Dark Times came to Dark Times…and the braniacs at Dark Horse delayed issue after issue….and it became hard to follow…
That said when all the issues did come out, especially for the last Blue Harvest series, they were awesome. The art of Wheatley is second to none.
Dark Times is now back with Out of the Wilderness, penned by none other than Dark Horse’s head editor Randy Stradley. The first issue has a great pace and a good mix of three plotlines. We’ve got Vader on the hunt for Jedi Jennir, Jennir on the run…then we’ve got Bomo and crew looking for Jennir too…
And of course the art is just brilliant too.
Star Wars Dark Times Returns! From out of the Wildernesss August 5, 2011
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finally Dark Horse has brought back Dark Times in a new mini series of five issues called out of the Wilderness…
we can hardly wait…
this has been one of the best illustrated star wars comics in years, thanks to the incomparable art of doug wheatly ..and the stories… are .. well..
DARK.
Harrison Ford reunites with Chewbacca – It’s not pretty July 28, 2011
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Finally after all these years Han Solo has reconnected with Chewbacca …on late night TV.
It’s a fun little bit on Jimmy Kimmel Live that will have every Star Wars fans laughing up a fur ball for the walking carpet
Dark Horse FINALLY bring Star Wars comics to Apple iPad July 22, 2011
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It’s about time.
Finally we’ve got Star Wars comics on the Dark Horse digital platform…
But wait..it’s not all of ’em.
AND FRAK YOU DARK HORSE it’s not even the current ones coming out this week.
Dark Horse is making old books (including the original Marvel Series) some new stuff, including some Knights of the Old Republic, Old Republic and Star Wars Legacy War – available.
It’s a mixed bad and not complete. Let’s hope that Dark Horse build a complete back catalogue and more importantly begins to ship digital titles the same day as the paper ones.
And oh yeah the prices is better.
From our brief look, most titles are $1.99 instead of the $2.99 or $3.50 that most Dark Horse print Star Wars titles have been lately. So yeaah this could (eventually) be a really good deal and the final nail in the coffin for our local comic book store. Why pay more when we can get it all on the iPad instantly for less?
Star Wars BluRay iPad preview is awesome and free! July 22, 2011
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ATTENTION Star Wars fans that own iPads.
DROP what you’re doing now and get this App.
And yes
IT’S FREE!
Long story short is you get videos/concept art and amazing content that is on the upcoming BluRay set (coming Sep 2011).
And yes it’s free.
Not this isn’t the movies themselves, this is the ‘extra’ content (not deleted scenes) but stuff that we’ve still never seen before.
One great video we just watched was about how the model builders built the Utapau model.
For Episode IV there is an amazing video about the holo-chess figures..(you know the stuff on the Falcon..) just amazing.
Who doesn’t love the holo-chess. All stop-motion stuff…who knew?
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Star Wars Clone Wars : When will Ahsoka die? July 22, 2011
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We all know that Ashoka has to go…
She doesn’t existing in Star Wars ANH (or III for that matter).
At some point she disappears…
or dies.
In an interview this week, Clone Wars show chief Dave Filoni told ComicCon conf goes that,
“”I’ve done eight different endings for her. I’ll be talking to George about it soon,” said Filoni.
That’s right Ashoka fans…she’s going bye, bye.
Meantime lots to look forward too in Clone Wars Season 4 hard to believe that this series has been on the air for three years already.
Let’s hope it stays on for a few more…
More Star Wars deleted scenes?! Rly?, July 22, 2011
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After 35 yrs of Star Wars it’s hard for us to believe that there are still deleted scenes that have never been seen before…
Apparantly the upcoming BluRay will have just that…
Stanford Students Build General Grievous -for real- with Microsoft Kinect July 18, 2011
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kinda cool stuff..though the robot now is slow and not nearly as fast as it could be (or should be).
Still..it’s interesting to see how video game hardware can be leverage to create a (potentially) killer robot arm.
WARNING!! THQ Star Wars iOS Games are all DEAD July 4, 2011
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We just got a new iOS Apple device and of course one of the first things we wanted to do was to find some good scifi games..
Our first stop was a search for Star Wars where we found Falcon Gunner…that’s right you get to to sit in the gun pod for the millenium falcon!
Well you should ..but the game crashes every 2 mins making the game unplayable. So we went to the game dev, THQ to see WTF is goin on…turns out THQ isn’t legally supposed to be selling any Star Wars games at this point…their license with Lucas has expired.
Why Falcon Gunner is still in the appstore? Who knows but those nerf herders stole$2.99 from us!
Star Wars : Fate of the Jedi : Conviction. 1 word review – TERRIBLE! June 28, 2011
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This series started off alright but this is the worst book yet ….
As opposed to the last book – Fate of the Jedi Vortex – which was AWESOME, this book has a few interesting moments but for the most part it just drags on…
and on..
and on…..
and on…
So here’s the spoiler for you…Tahiri is convicted (the conviction on the cover), Chief of State Natasi is overthrown in a coup and then they both get sent to the same prison and both escape. In the meantime Abeloth is cornered and escapes..the Keshiri Sith are cornered and escape too.
and oh yeah Luke is the grandmaster of the Jedi again.
in between that..nothing happens, the plot is boring and pedantic and were it not for the fact that we knew it had to lead somewhere we would have put this book down midway for lack of anything interesting going on.
Yes this book advances the plot, so yes if like us, you’ve become hooked on the Fate of the Jedi, you will read it. But just don’t expect to enjoy it as much as Vortex.
Star Wars The Old Republic – The Sith Return to Korriban June 7, 2011
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Bioware’s trailers for Star Wars The old Republic are better than all three of the prequels…and this year at E3 they kicked it up a notch with The Return.
After 1,000 years the Sith return to Korriban and our fav new Sith Darth Malgus ( from deceived) is front and center.
Star Wars Legacy War # 6 REVIEW June 4, 2011
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wow
Just wow.
What an amazing finale to an amazing series.
Cade chooses the light and drives his lightsaber through Darth Krayt
cade’s mom saves cade with a family pic
Roan Fel dies..
The galaxy is ruled by a triumvirate of empire, alliance and jedi..
Oh and Cade? Back to being a pirate….
This is an ending that solves most of the loose ends..and is a real ending…..
Sure the sith will come back one day…but for now everything has been settled. From begining to the end Legacy has been the best Star Wars comic of all time and one of the best stories in the entire cannon.
Briiliant storytelling, matched with glorious artwork combined to deliver an experience that we will dearly miss.
And yes we will miss Cade…..but somehow, we don’t think we’ve seen the last of him yet…
Star Wars Legacy WAR Ends – The end of the Legacy Era. Will Cade Skywalker survive? May 23, 2011
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This week will see the END
THE FINALE
(there ain’t NO MORE)
of the greatest SciFi comic book series of all time.
After 56 issues (50 regular and 6 Legacy War), Star Wars Legacy is coming to a close with Star Wars Legacy: War #6. We don’t think that Dark Horse will be extending beyond this (but hey those FRAKKING DOUCHE BAGS have done this to us before).
Legacy coming to an end…will Cade survive? Will Darth Krayt? Cade’s mom has gotta be toast? Will Roan Fel emerge as the new emperor? Will the galaxy be united?
There are so many questions and so many sub-plots in play, we don’t know HOW Dark Horse can wrap this up in one issue. In any event, Legacy writers and artists, John Ostrander in particular has never disappointed us and we can hardly wait to pick this book up.
Star Wars The Old Republic : Deceived – THE BEST TOR Book EVER! May 1, 2011
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From beginning to end, this is one of the best Star Wars books EVER written.
Sure, we kinds knew what to expect in the beginning, the good folks at BioWare have produced an awesome trailer showing Darth Malgus sacking the Jedi Temple and Coruscant.
But that’s only a small part of the story.
Who is the Sith on the cover of this book? Who is Darth Malgus?
That’s what we get insight into in a brilliant tour de force. Reading about Malgus alone would have made this book awesome, but author Paul Kemp has also given us the flip side, a Jedi deceived with Aryn Leneer. Her story of attempting vengeance and then giving mercy is the perfect foil to Malgus’ Sith mastery.
Along the way we find out about multiple layers of deception and truth with some solid dialogue and plot along the way.
This book is so good, we can hardly wait for more from Kemp and hopefully more on Darth Malgus sooner rather than later.
Star Wars Legacy War #4 Bantha bites the dust April 9, 2011
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No it’s not Ossus again or is it?
Seems to yme that the Jedi got routed in this issue.
And oh yeah uncle Bantha buys the farm
We don’t understand why Bantha couldn’t save both Cade and himself..seems odd..then again this whole series is about to wrap-up, so now is as good a time as any to start killing off characters
This Sith Troopers sure looked nasty too didn’t they?
Star Wars Agent of the Empire – Is this the Legacy successor? March 25, 2011
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One of our favorite Star Wars authors of all time, John Ostrander is set to pen the next big Star Wars series from Dark Horse.
According to Dark Horse:”Ostrander, who was part of the Dark Horse panel, described it as “James Bond meets Star Wars.” He said that because the story’s superspy for the Sith is working in the classic era of the films, we may see the return of several beloved characters, including Han Solo, Leia, and Winter.”
Sounds good to us. We have seen some limited detective type novels in the Star Wars universe, but never in the comics..
Star Wars Legacy War #3 – Jedi/Fel Imperials and Galactic Alliance Join to Crush the Sith March 7, 2011
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Wow…where do we begin to review a comic as fantastic as Dark Horse’s Star Wars Legacy War #3?
After 52 issues, Morrigan Cade finally reveals herself to her son an Nyna Calixte – SHOCKING that after all this time, he had no idea about the double life…
Yet he still knew about his sister…
Andwhat was up with Darth Talon showing up with a carbonite slab?
COME ON? Don’t tell me that Cade couldn’t smell a trap..that just seems odd…then again..it’s a trap within a trap within a trap isn’t it?
Cade figured he outsmarted Krayt by making a stand, which as it turns is exactly what Krayt figured Cade would do…
Brilliant.
For the first time ever we have the Galactic Alliance, Roan Fel’s Empire, Krayt’s Empire and the Jedi in one place.WOW.
wE CAN hardly wait till next month to see the action unfold.
Star Wars Legacy War #2 Is Cade Skywalker’s Mom Toast? February 11, 2011
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It’s hard to believe that over the course of 51 issues (50 regular series and 1 of War) that Cade Skywalker had NEVER
NEVER
Met Admiral Gar Stazi before. That’s shocking.
But it’s great that they finally have – and oh yeah Darth Krayt should be shaking in his big Sith boots.
Cade is Sith Killing Machine and he’s unstoppable now.
But his mom is stoppable – Is She Dead now? Somehow we don’t think so and it’s now likely that she’ll move full time to helping her son the Galactic Alliance and Roan Fel…
Speaking of Roan Fel – aside from running away from Sith — what’s up with him? He’s the weak link of the bunch. Not the ultra-dude that Cade is, not the General like Gar Stazi and not the maniac that Krayt is now becomming either.
All in all, this issue continues to remind us why Star Wars Legacy is the best comic book title ever produced by Dark Horse.
This post first appeared on our sister site ShowMeSciFiComics.com
Dark Horse Star Wars Darth Vader and The Lost Command is …meh…not the best… February 11, 2011
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Yes we love Darth Vader.
Yes we’re Dark Horse Fans.
NO WE DIDN’T like Darth Vader and the Lost Command #1.
The artwork is inconsistent with very different renditions of Vader throughout, same goes for the troopers. This isn’t the type of art that we’re used to seeing from Dark Horse – we’re used to seeing much better.
The overall story is kinda weak too.
But there is a at least one great set of panels – when we see Vader out of his full gear/helmet going through his regular maintenance – that’s cool.
Not enough for use to recommend this issue , but hey we’re Star Wars fans here, we buy ALL Dark Horse Star Wars stuff. We just think they can do MUCH better.
This review first appeared on our sister site ShowMeSciFiComics.com
Volkswagon SuperBowl Mini-Vader – NOT A STAR WARS FAN! February 7, 2011
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The Boy Behind Volkswagen’s Mini-Vader, Max Page, age 6 – admitted in an interview that he had never seen Star Wars.
I guess someone explained it to him and he figured it out… check out the link below to the video interview with Max..and if you’ve been sleeping under a rock..below that we’ve got the video that has now made him famous.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640
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