I came into this one quite late in the game, but the
prologue got me fairly caught up. Apparently the galaxy believes Boba Fett has
been killed by a group of mercenaries. But our bucket-headed bounty hunter hero
has other plans. The hunt is on for the man who hired his attackers. In his
search, Fett finds out that the "man" behind the attack is actually a
woman who works for the planetary governor of Concord Dawn, where Fett's half
brother Connor Freeman, former wife Sintas Vel, and daughter Ailyn have taken
refuge from Fett's supposed killers.
A
lot goes on in this issue and yet not much happens. All we see is a raid, a
shootout, and a verbal confrontation. It's the climax, so naturally we can
expect lots of action, but it would have been nice to see a little bit more
than that. Now granted, I didn't get a chance to see what came before, but
nothing I saw here had much of an impact on me. It didn't really feel like
anything was at stake or like Fett was really being challenged. He makes such
short work of the mercenaries, one might think he could have done it with one
hand while covering his eyes with his other hand. There
was just no sense of danger, mainly because this takes place at some point
before/during the original trilogy, and therefore we KNOW Boba Fett survives.
Even with a certified badass like Boba Fett, while we're reading, we still want
there to be a SMALL thrill of danger. Otherwise, despite all the gunfire and
explosions, it's all just a little boring. After thoroughly enjoying Darth
Maul: Death Sentence last week, I was really expecting more out of Tom Taylor.
I was also extremely underwhelmed by the Chris
Scalf's art. The faces are oddly proportioned and the characters don't seem to
be moving so much as they're posing. The "painted" look that he uses
is also fairly distracting and when you're not looking directly at any of the characters,
you notice that it allows him to be a little lazy with the backgrounds, often
times only realizing buildings with a few shapes with no real detail. Pretty
much the only one drawn well is Fett. Perhaps this was done put the focus on
him or differentiate him from the rest. I'm not sure. But I'd have much rather
seen the same care and detail put into the rest of the characters too.
I don't mean to sound too harsh. It's entirely
possible that I'd have enjoyed this a lot more if I'd been invested in it from
the start, but coming in at the end like this definitely didn't do it any
favors. It feels odd to say this about an arc titled "Boba Fett is
Dead," but I really hope the next arc brings more to the table. Boba Fett
is one of my favorite characters from anything EVER, and it would be really
nice to continue on with his adventures.
Until next time everyone, may the
Force be with you.
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