Leia, Chewie and Lando come within a hair’s breadth of reaching Han – and there’s an unlikely ally ready to help them get to him.Īgain, my standard complaint about War of the Bounty Hunters has been there since the beginning: though Solo falls into the possession of many different characters over the course of the story, any tension or doubt about the outcome is pretty much minimised due to the fact that we know where he ends up and we know exactly how he’s rescued. The vengeful Hutt clan are seeking to take on the Executor – and at the same time, Luke Skywalker is trying his best to keep Darth Vader occupied and away from his friends. And it turns out that – in the time-honoured comic book crossover style that’s a Marvel hallmark – this crossover is really just an elaborate set-up for the next one.īoba Fett and Han Solo’s friend, the cyborg smuggler Valance, have agreed an unsteady truce to ensure Han’s safety – and are following the Imperial flagship, the Super Star Destroyer Executor, to get to him. Was it worth dragging every currently running Star Wars title into a story about Boba Fett losing the frozen-in-carbonite Han Solo on his way to deliver the smuggler to Jabba the Hutt? In a word, no. That alone should be recommendation enough that I enjoyed it, though I can’t say this was good enough for me to fully commit to Marvel Star Wars.So here we are, at the end of the biggest Star Wars comic crossover in history. These again seem to involve all 4 ongoing series so I suspect there will be another 2 omnibuses to cover these in the future, which I will probably pick up. This is the first of three events, followed by Crimson Reign and Hidden Empire, which is still ongoing. And FYI, the story is not really concluded here. Other notes: definitely watch Solo before this if you haven’t seen it or the significance will be lost on you. Maybe read the Bounty Hunter issues leading up to this? Granted, I have not read the preceding issues but I groaned whenever these characters showed up. Moreoever, the Aphra side characters (Just Lucky and Yu) and the B-plot of the ongoing Bounty Hunters series (Tarkon and T’onga) are especially inconsequential in this event and bloated the cast to an unreasonable degree. It doesn’t take itself seriously at all and her role in this event is negligible at best. The outlier to me was Dr Aphra, which I know people love but felt out of place in this book. You know most of these characters aren’t actually in any danger, but it does what it can. For example, some of the Vader chapters felt like they were jogging in place. As an interquel, they’re kind of limited in what they can do. There’s a ton of action and I was having an entertaining time the whole way. Even the Valance character feels like a stand-in for Dash Rendar. Everybody’s trying to get a hold of carbonite Han Solo and several parties and shady organizations get involved. The short explanation I’d give is that this is basically a redo of Shadows of the Empire in the new continuity, set between 5 and 6. I was able to hop in and understand almost everything, though some of the side characters were poorly explained and didn’t impact the event at all. You’ll definitely scratch your head at some of this if you don’t read it all. You get the whole 6 issue event, tie-ins, and 6 issues of each of the 4 ongoing series (basically vol 3 of all the TPB’s), so it’s a lot of comics for a pretty good price, and they’re all in the proper chronological order. I love all the Bounty Hunters and this seemed like a great way to dive into the new continuity. I read most of the Dark Horse comics but haven’t read much of the new Marvel stuff. War of the Bounty Hunters was a pretty entertaining read, though nothing mind-blowing.
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