Star Wars - Rogue One
Chad Burdette
Recap
Ten years ago, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story introduced the group of unlikely heroes who stole the plans to the original Death Star and set the stage for the Rebellion’s greatest victory.
Announced in February, Marvel Comics will celebrate the anniversary of the beloved film by publishing five one-shots spotlighting its key characters, starting in May with Cassian Andor, who went on to headline the film’s Emmy and Peabody Award-winning Disney+ prequel series, Andor.
Comic Watch Reviews:
- Star Wars: Rogue One – Cassian Andor #1
- Anthony’s Watch: Andor Season 2
- Andor: The Birth of a Rebel
- Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord #1: Ah, Yes. So It Began… Without Me
- The Star Wars Insider Run Comes To An End With May’s Issue #237
Returning to the grit and glory of a Rebellion on the brink of war, the all-new stories will be set just prior to the events of the film, revealing never-before-told backstories and adventures from this pivotal era.
On the toxic WOBANI fields, JYN ERSO’s brutal routine shatters when an unlikely crew begs the infamous slicer “LIANA HALLIK” to help pull off an impossible escape.
Can Jyn outwit IMPERIAL security droids, tower cannons and incinerators long enough to crack the code — and keep a frightened young prisoner alive? Will a leap of faith heal old scars from GALEN, LYRA and SAW… or will Wobani claim Jyn’s future before the REBELLION ever can?
Review
The celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Star Wars – Rogue One continues with the oneshot featuring Jyn Erso. The story told in the issue takes place before Jyn is rescued from the Wobani Imperial prison she is being held in for following her arrest after being double-crossed by an Imperial officer who offered her amnesty for infiltrating a group of rebels.
Sacks does a good job of establishing Jyn’s situation and providing just enough information without getting to heavy into the events of Rebel Rising, the novelization that explores Jyn’s past, filling in the gaps from the movie. There enough flashback sequences to the pivotal moments of her life portrayed in the novel that show her growth into the person she ends up in the movie that play into her making the ultimate sacrifice for the future of the Rebellion.
While this story is not told or mentioned in the longer version of the story, it is crafted in such a way that it fits into the larger narrative of the story being told during her incarceration by the Empire. The art regular Star Wars artist Ramón Rosanas, as always hits all the right notes and goes perfectly with Guru-eFX’s colors, painting the bleak world in which Jyn finds herself in and further establishing the events that transpire on the big screen.
Sacks once again proves his grasp on the various threads in the Star Wars mythos which he has had a large role in crafting for the Star Wars line of comics.
Final Thoughts
Star Wars - Rogue One shows how Ethan Sacks again proves his grasp on the various threads in the Star Wars mythos which he has had a large role in crafting for the Star Wars line of comics while providing a more indepth look at the time Jyn spent in the Imperial detention center before the events of Rogue One, fleshing out her journey of Rebellion and making the ultimate sacrifice.
Star Wars – Rogue One
- Writing - 9/109/10
- Storyline - 8/108/10
- Art - 9/109/10
- Color - 9/109/10
- Cover Art - 9/109/10
