General Discussion: Canon Novels/Comics/Short Stories

spoilers - Age of Resistance Finn:

The comic starts with a Kylo Ren sighting - seems a bit token but heck, I'll take it!
Here is what we see of Kylo Ren..
Finn is playing around mopping the floor in a very non stormtrooper manner. lol. then....




the plot then unfolds. There's an 'infestation' on starkiller base- and the stormtroopers are tasked with getting rid of it.
Turns out they are a bunch of cute animals that look like a cross between a porg and a bat. lol a Borg? tee hee..

Finn feels sorry for them because they have lost their home due to the first order.
He gets in trouble..[I'll skip all the detail lol] he ends up being assigned to protect a garbage run to a garbage moon. He is accompanied by a garbage worker -  name Marialew. [not quite a scavenger but close lol]

- does she look familiar? Much??!!!

Finn hides the creatures on the garbage transport - and plans to release them on the garbage moon and give them a new home.
Marialew doesn't know, and she points a gun at him questioning him what's going on.. she ends up helping Finn and the creatures.
Finn is full of guilt for how he has been part of the first order who has done this to creatures.

@DeeBee wrote:Hiya Peeps! This week has flown by for me- the first Age of Resistance issue was released and I forgot!
Yep... the Age of Resistance Finn issue has been released...
How about I give you a little taste and a few comments? Here goes. The big highlight of the issue IMHO is the Kylo Ren glimpse!

spoilers - Age of Resistance Finn:

The comic starts with a Kylo Ren sighting - seems a bit token but heck, I'll take it!
Here is what we see of Kylo Ren..
Finn is playing around mopping the floor in a very non stormtrooper manner. lol. then....




the plot then unfolds. There's an 'infestation' on starkiller base- and the stormtroopers are tasked with getting rid of it.
Turns out they are a bunch of cute animals that look like a cross between a porg and a bat. lol a Borg? tee hee..

Finn feels sorry for them because they have lost their home due to the first order.
He gets in trouble..[I'll skip all the detail lol] he ends up being assigned to protect a garbage run to a garbage moon. He is accompanied by a garbage worker -  name Marialew. [not quite a scavenger but close lol]

- does she look familiar? Much??!!!

Finn hides the creatures on the garbage transport - and plans to release them on the garbage moon and give them a new home.
Marialew doesn't know, and she points a gun at him questioning him what's going on.. she ends up helping Finn and the creatures.
Finn is full of guilt for how he has been part of the first order who has done this to creatures.

I wonder if we'll see Marialew again..
There's no big surprises here IMHO - and I would say this one isn't worth purchasing.. but hey each to their own! the very brief Kylo sighting was like the moment on Jakku where he pauses and looks at Finn - it kinda makes me wonder if he had a vision or learned something from an Oracle about Finn.. they seem to be hinting at something special about Finn the force seems to be communicating.. but.. who knows.. maybe it's nothing!

@DeeBee wrote:Hi Everyone! the Age of Resistance Captain Phasma issue has been released.
I'll share my honest thoughts but YMMV and would love to hear other's thoughts!

I found it a bit of a yawn. I've read the Phasma novel and this was nowhere near as interesting to me. Which is why I won't even bother to summarise the plot. lol. sorry! It told me nothing new about Phasma and was pretty uninteresting to me.
A few noteable exceptions:
We have a glimpse of the first order on Demir - a planet in the Unknown Regions.. I always find it interesting to see what the First order gets up to in the Unknown Regions!

I wonder if this is tied to the Resistance tv series episode where they found the FO were mining in the unknown regions. hmm.

2) we had some interesting artwork of Phasma with her helmet off drinking a fancy looking drink.

Is this a first? I think it might be....

I wonder why there was such emphasis on the drink - anyone recognise it? Port in a storm? lol.

3) Though it was clear the protagonist was going to be killed by Phasma from the start, I thought it was cool she shot first!! RIP KM8713 - you went out fighting.. It was just that darn special armour of Phasma's that was in the way. But then, we know Phasma never plays fair.

@DeeBee wrote:@SW_Heroine_Journey - loved reading your thoughts! You make great points about the stormtroopers. I think at this point for me it just wasn't anything new, I had already pretty much been told this story already.. and I was hungry for something new. Had this comic been a year ago I probably would have been more psyched!

Have a little snipped from Star Wars Adventures issue 23 I'd like to share - this series has some seriously cute moments. I'm an adult, and I find the lighthearted fun of this series a breath of fresh air!
Sooooo here's a little surprise - Chewie's vision of Han and Leia's Endor courtship! lol!



How cute is that?! I love the little candles ha!

IDW Article wrote:
IDW Publishing proudly announces that October’s Star Wars Adventures #27 will debut a three-part storyline telling an untold chapter set between The Last Jedi and the thrilling conclusion to the Skywalker saga, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker!....Issue #27 will debut a three-part monthly storyline by writer John Barber and artist Derek Charm, featuring the mighty Wookiees. With the New Republic devastated, the First Order launches an attack on the planet Kashyyyk, and Chewbacca takes up arms to defend his people!

“It’s a thrill and an honor to get to tell this story with the amazing Derek Charm,” says Barber. “Chewie’s one of my favorite characters ever, for as long as I can remember. Having the opportunity to tell his story to a new generation of Star Wars fans – and all this leading up to the conclusion to the Skywalker saga — is one of the biggest thrills of my career.”

Charm says, “I’ve been lucky enough to work within a lot of Star Wars eras in this series, but doing something in the current, post-Last Jedi landscape is really exciting. The fact that it focuses on Chewbacca and what he’s been up to between these movies is more so.” A backup tale by writer Michael Moreci and artist Tony Fleecs will see a team-up between the beloved droids of the Star Wars series – R2-D2, C-3PO, and BB-8 – as they embark on a desperate recruiting campaign for the Resistance.

“What I love so much about this story is that it gives the droids a mission that’s specific to who they are as characters and not just droids,” says Moreci. “This is a fun, fun adventure, but I also think it’s important to these characters as they, like everyone else, find their way in the galaxy.”  

@DeeBee wrote:@SanghaRen - I'd be interested to hear your thoughts SanghaRen if you would like to share?
I've downloaded the Thrawn Treason audiobook but I may not get to it for ages. Just too much other stuff on offer - I'm so spoilt for things to spend StarWars time on! lol.

What was Anthony Carboni's t-shirt? I couldn't make out who it was! lol but it seemed to be a photo of a photo of a photo with an imperial/first order background??

@SanghaRen wrote:

@DeeBee wrote:@SanghaRen - I'd be interested to hear your thoughts SanghaRen if you would like to share?
I've downloaded the Thrawn Treason audiobook but I may not get to it for ages. Just too much other stuff on offer - I'm so spoilt for things to spend StarWars time on! lol.

What was Anthony Carboni's t-shirt? I couldn't make out who it was! lol but it seemed to be a photo of a photo of a photo with an imperial/first order background??

@DeeBee

The t-shirt is John Boyega holding a t-shirt of Kelly Marie Tran saying WWKMTD (What Would Kelly Marie Tran Do) holding a t-shirt of John Boyega saying WWJBD (What Would John Boyega Do). It’s a joke between the 2 actors. However, I am not sure what the main writing in red on Anthony Carboni is. I think WWTSWD so What Would The Star Wars Show Do.

I also don’t know when I finish with Thrawn. I am having a hard time reading or focusing on anything lately because I have to focus on a computer screen the whole day at work. So might take some time, but I’ll give my impressions.

@DeeBee wrote:Sooo looks like the publishing panel has happened at SDCC..
we got this announcement from Charles Soule:

Sure, we all know his epic story by heart, but the Luke who is writing this particular tome is a long way from the optimistic farmboy he was when his journey began. Because of that, he’s able to look past the glorified stories of the Jedi of old to find the truth about the Order, no matter how difficult it may be for those reading to hear. So with that in mind, we were able to examine the different aspects of the Jedi Order from an angle that cut through the ancient legends, allowing us to examine why the Jedi needed to exist, why they were destined to end, and whether or not they could — or should — rise again.

Long ago, he was one of my Padawans in the new Jedi Order. But we shared far more than just our devotion to the old ways. We shared the fabled Skywalker blood. Ben Solo was my nephew, my responsibility, and my greatest failure.

@AhsokaTano wrote:https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-galaxys-edge-black-spire-exclusive-excerpt

So guess who leia has partnered Vi with on a mission ? Can’t help feeling this is more foreshadowing for TROS? Cardinal has even gone back to his birth name .

@AhsokaTano wrote:@DeeBee
I too can’t wait for the Galaxy’s Edge: Black spire novel -didn’t expect this revelation of Archex and Vi being sent on a mission together via Leia ( am hoping this is foreshadowing for TROS too fingers crossed). Only a few more days to go before the book is out .

So have been catching up on the comics- Galaxy’s edge 1-4 (no 5 is out 28th August)and some interesting info about the Sith Sword of Kashyun. It’s been mentioned here before but the story is fun , Indiana Jones style with trips to both a Jedi and ancient Sith homeworld Moraband & Jedha.
The Sith temple is full of booby traps with mummies , hell hounds , spirits and even an equivalent of the valley of the kings which is interesting. Sith temples seem to have been influenced by ancient Egyptian symbolism. Anyway the sword is interesting and the legends around it and the artwork is great . Pictures posted below. Other things I found interesting were the introduction again of another clawdite shapeshifter who changes both into a man and a woman throughout the comic series and also the statue in the Jedi temple which reminds me of those images you get of st George and the dragon or St Michael and the devil . The Jedi is fighting the serpent like those traditional images I’ve mentioned but it’s so much more than that because the Jedi are also fighting their existence as the serpent is a fertility symbol and by vanquishing it they are sealing their own demise . Interesting. ....

The sword & Sith temple :










The shapeshifter:



The statue in the Jedi temple at Jedha: