Product Description: Adapted to graphic novel by the award-winning creative team of Mike Baron and Edvin Biukovic, The Last Command concludes Timothy Zahn's bestselling Thrawn Trilogy, drawing to a shattering climax the events set into motion in Heir to the Empire and Dark Force Rising. The Empire's Grand Admiral Thrawn is creating an army of clones in an effort to overwhelm the forces of the New Republic with a limitless supply of genetically engineered shock troops. Meanwhile, dark Jedi master C'boath plans to kidnap the newborn twins of Princess Leia and Han Solo in order to raise them as the first of a new legion of dark Jedi! Luke Skywalker and the classic Star Wars cast must once again battle together for the survival of the New Republic, and failure will guarantee a reign of darkness the likes of which the Galaxy has never seen!
Great art, great story, great book! This book is filled with suspense from the first panel to the last page! The artwork seems to come to life and the storyline is excellent. I would recommend this book to Star Wars fans. (But you should probably read the first two books before this one! They are excellent, too!)
Best drawn SW ever! Thanks to late Edi Biukovic. Too bad the same cannot be said of the cover (or rather, too bad Edi didnt do the cover too).
Star Wars: The Last Command It is basically a short review of the great book written by Zahn. I recommend the novel and this as a refresher for later times.
The Best of the Thrawn Trilogy Adaptations The comic adaptations of 'Heir to the Empire' and 'Dark Force Rising' tackled the problem of adapting a 400-page novel into a 160-page comic quite well, and 'The Last Command' does it better than even those two. While the adaptations does run into inevitale problems (like in explaining Delta Source) Baron has done a truly admirable job.
First off, the art. The late Eddie Buikovic's second and last art job in the world of SW comics is even better than his one with 'The Phantom Affair'. The detail is incredibly, with gorgeous views of Coruscant, Mount Tantiss, and even Hijarna. The characters are all done very well, also. The movie cast looks just like they did on the screen and original characters like Pellaeon, Mara, Karrde, Ferrier, and so forth are done better here than in the other two adaptations. The one qualm I have with the art is that the coloring switched halfway through. Pamela Rambo's watercolor-type style worked better in the 'Dark Force Rising' adaptation, but its just doesn't fit well with Buikovic's style. Thankfully, the second half is done by Dan Brown, whose style resembles 'The Phantom Affair's masterful colorist, Dave Nestelle.
My one qualm with the art is that it's not always faithful to the 'real' SW universe. Craft like Chariot LAVs, the Golan IIIs at Bilbringi, and Ferrier's DP20 gunship don't look a thing like they 'actually' do. I'm willing to overlook it, still, because Buikovic's art made the adaptation of 'The Last Command'
That said, its a very well done adaptation that retains the spirit of the novel itself and created a gorgeous, almost cinematic, feel to it as well. Highly reccomended.
Cool This comic is so cool! The lettering is great, the characters do things that they would have done in the movies, and they look exactly the same. The plot is new, but it's possible. It also is faithful to Star Wars. The comic is a must read.
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