Over the past year, Star Wars has become the single most frustrating comic in Marvel's lineup. The stories in this series are strong, even more so since Kieron Gillen came on board as writer. But almost invariably, those stories are being held back by awkward, poorly executed art. At some point, it's enough to wish this storyline were being told in the form of a prose novel rather than a comic book.
Gillen continues to impress as he moves "Ashes of Jedha" into climax mode. The stakes are plenty high at this point, with Leia's Rebel group and Benthic's Partisan faction uniting to take down the Empire's latest unstoppable super-weapon (which itself, ironically, is being used to further the development of the second Death Star). The conflict feels appropriately desperate and one-sided.
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Gillen continues to impress as he moves "Ashes of Jedha" into climax mode. The stakes are plenty high at this point, with Leia's Rebel group and Benthic's Partisan faction uniting to take down the Empire's latest unstoppable super-weapon (which itself, ironically, is being used to further the development of the second Death Star). The conflict feels appropriately desperate and one-sided.
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