So .... What Did We Think Of Aaron's New Star Wars Kick-Off For Marvel?

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Originally Posted by Underdog07

Read through 34 of the issues so far and they all seem identical. Hoping the remaining 40 add more to the story.

This cracked me up way TOO much

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Originally Posted by Marvelito

Yes, it takes place not long after the destruction of the Death Star. It was good at setting the tone, but like most first issues there wasn't time for much to happen.

I've always felt like the first time Vader and Luke meet should be on Cloud City in Empire. I feel like it takes away from that meeting to have them have met before, especially with lightsabers ignited. So we'll have to wait and see how that gets handled in this series.

Just saw a short video interview with Axel Alonso and Jason Aaron confirming it sakes place directly after A New Hope, confirming your post.

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I thought it was decent. It felt a little more cinematic and classic Star Wars than most of the Star Wars comics we've seen lately. But Cassaday's art was a little problematic. As other people have mentioned, he wasn't that consistent when it came to the actor likenesses. I'd rather he stop worrying about photo reference and trying to be as accurate as possible and just draw. He's also not that great at depicting things like Vader's helmet or C-3PO's face. The cover to Star Wars #4 falls flat because of that: