Product Description: The crime and death caused by Jabba the Hutt is nothing compared to the chaos created in the wake of his demise. Jabba`s legacy is a cache of stolen Imperial hardware and weapons, hidden somewhere on the desert world of Tatooine. Whoever finds the treasure will have enough firepower to rule the planet and perhaps even the sector. And that means Rogue Squadron must find it first, or else find it aimed at their heads!
Disappointing Thi sisn't even for die hard fans unless they have money to throw away. The art was passable but the story was weak, devoted mainly to action with little support. Even the characters who weren't created just for the comic (Wedge Antilles, Bib Fortuna, et al.) all acted about the same. I recommend picking up Dark Empire if you want a good Star Wars graphic novel instead of this.
Only For A Select Few I'm a Star Wars fan but I didn't care for this so I can't even say this is for die hard fans. Maybe it's for die hard fans who would like to throw their money away. I found the plot on this very thin with most of the pages devoted to action. The story includes some characters who are "new" in the comics but includes some older ones like Bib Fortuna and Wedge Antilles who appeared to act just like any other character. The art was passable but I found the story and writing very lacking. If you want a really good Star Wars graphic novel I would suggest getting Dark Empire.
Tycho and Winter, love on sultry Tatooine? This is actually the second TPB of this series collecting issues 9 to 12. volume 1 was poorly done and never made a TPB. Volume 2, The Phantom Affair, TPA, had as its only real flaw a drab cover. Battleground Tatooine, BT, has a spectacular Cover and then the rest is a slight drop off in comparison with TPA. Nadeau's pencil work lacks some of the detail and there are many more lazy artist panels in TB vs TPA. Story gets a 4, Cover a 5, Pencils 3.5, ink and coloring a 3.5 for a grade of 3 stars.
Key players in this comic areCapt wedge Antilles, Lt. Tycho Celchu, Elscol Loro, Admiral Ackbar, Lt. Wes Janson, Dllr Nep, Plourr Ilo, Hobbie Klivan, Windmere Wellen, the blond after wedge, Winter, with grey hair who is interested in Tycho, Huff Darklighter, Ko'Shak, Cazne'olan, Sixtus Quin, and Kapp Dendo. The story here sets but some events in the Bacta War book.
The story here sets but some events in the Bacta War book.
A good read that could have been better Battlground: Tatooine is the third part of the X-wing comic series, and you'll see why it has strong ties to the X-wing: The Bacta War novel, and why its description of Huff Darklighter as Huttlike is spot on.
After the spectacular art of The Phantom Affair, I found B:T to be shocking. The art has a sketchy, half-finished look that just was unacceptable. After all, people buy comics for the visual aspect, to see what they read. The Twi'lek faces were blurry and hardly varied at all, rendering facial expressions difficult to decipher. Background features were few and far between, and if at all, also vague and fuzzy. Who'd have thought Cazne'olan was that "photogenic"?
Unlike Masquerade and Mandatory Retirement, for example, the flow of frames and scenes were rushed and tumbled one after another. Where a scene should have ended at the bottom of the page, it often concluded mid-page, with the next scene the next immediate frame. While not confusing to follow, it wasn't good.
That notwithstanding, the dialogue was as you'd expect from fighter jocks and Intel agents: quick, witty and great, with some truly memorable lines. The Sullustan Rogue head-butting Dendo's midriff with a "They always forget the little people" comment just grins your face broad when Dendo knocks him back with a "Thanks for reminding me". Tycho's exasperation to Winter's indifference to his romancing attempts was another, when she quips how others have worked that out, he just took longer.
There were also some excellent touches in this comic: that brief POV from Fortuna's spider-droid perspective was fun, and the way Winter shoves Wedge on the floor at the end funnier still.
Overall, aside from what was poor art quality, a fine storyline and commendable dialogue, Kapp Dendo's scenes are just too good to pass up on this Rogue Squadron comic.
This is a good read Battleground: Tatooine was the first X-Wing comic I had read after reading the X-Wing novels, and I was not disappointed. The art and coloring could be just a little better, but overall, it's a strong style that works well with the story.
The story itself is about the Rogues going to Tatooine to support Winter as she searches for a weapon cache that could place whoever finds it as the ultimate power on Tatooine. They do some running around chasing Imperials, and it has great fight scenes. The action is pretty consistant and evenly spread along the course of the story, so it definately isn't boring. My favorite thing about this graphic novel is that it begins Tycho and Winter's relationship. The artwork is the only thing that detracts from the rating of this story, and it's definately made up for in the strength of the plot.
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