Product Description: Ki-Adi-Mundi's first assignment after joining the Jedi Council will take him back to the fearsome desert wastelands of Tatooine. The Jedi Council has tracked a long wayward and powerful Jedi, Sharad Hett of the Sand People, to the backwater world, and it's up to Ki to find him and convince him to return. Only two things stand in his way: the vicious krayt dragon of Tatooine and the Jedi-slaying bounty hunter Aurra Sing! Ki has little choice but to ask for help from the slimiest crime lord of them all, Jabba the Hutt -- and Jabba's aid always comes with a price! Outlander is full-throttle, white-knuckle Episode I-era adventure!
a great story, but HORRIBLE binding I'll start with the few bad parts of Outlander. This graphic novel has such horrible binding that the first time I read it (and I take VERY good care of my TPB's) it fell apart in my hands. Darkhorse really needs to do something about this, as this is the second graphic novel that has fallen apart.
This TPB was very good in terms of its storyline, though. Ki-Adi-Mundi is sent to Tatooine to find out what happened to Sharad Hett, a Jedi who left the Order years ago. Hett was seen on Tatooine leading the Tusken Raiders in battle against the settlers. Ki-Adi-Mundi goes to find out what went wrong with Hett.
The art of Outlander was above average, as Ki-Adi-Mundi looked really weird in every picture. The story and dialogue was very good, which saved it from getting a 1 (because of the binding). Still, Outlander was a very good read. Just make sure you have some super glue handy while reading it.
Best of the Ongoing Series This is the best story of the Ongoing Series, it has loads of action and lots of plot twists from all different directions. Also a great introduction of the new character A'Sharad Hett. He will play an important role in the next story plus The Hunt for Aurra Sing and The Clone Wars. Also Truman does great stuff with Aurra Sing giving a us a sampling of her backround and her hatred for Jedi.
Tim Truman- best Star Wars writer I bought this trade paperback after reading the excellent Aurra Sing story in the "Star Wars: Bounty Hunters" collection. I was disappointed that this comic was not drawn by Tim Truman, but his storytelling abilities still come through in this collection. "The Exile of Sharad Hett" follows the same style of frontier crime and rebellion plot that make the Star Wars expanded universe stories great. There are some interesting plot twists, epic battles, and Truman's take on Aurra Sing, always a pleasure to read. If Tim Truman had drawn this, it would have gotten five stars. The story, art, and characters are still good, and well worth adding to your Star Wars collection. If only the movies could be this good.
A comic that won't disappoint Outlander is one of those comics that is almost great in every respect---and precisely just why they named it the "Ongoing" series I have yet to ascertain.
Jedi Ki-Adi-Mundi is the star of the show, bounty hunter Jedi Aurra Sing the villain. And hold on to your pony, it's a race against time to find their target first: a reclusive Jedi hermit, missing for a decade and a half, now rediscovered. This story doesn't lack action, and action there is plenty. Never a dull moment, it doesn't hurt this tale actually has intrigue. Hett the Howlrunner doesn't reveal his self-imposed isolation from his fellow Jedi till the end, an end that could spoil you if you're silly enough to peruse the last page first!
Art quality is great, it just really is. Not as breathtaking as Twilight or anything from the Duursema/Parson illustartor-colourist ace team, and it does make a difference to have a comic this visually appealing. Not withstanding much of this is on Tatooine, where you just know yellow and tan colours are going to predominate on that dustball.
It was a pity, though, when the artistry team changed halfway, it just wasn't quite the same. On the plus side, the variation is so subtle that you'd really have to notice the changeover. Well done indeed.
Dialogue doesn't dare disappoint. The primary characters of Mundi, Sing and Hett have their own style of "voice." Fans of Jedi killer Sing will get a kick out of her lines, and her tendency to speak in that odd way gets extra points for creativity. She's overconfident, rude, impish and mean; and her presentation on page shows it.
You're left wondering who and what Hett is. Once a fearles Jedi warrior, now a Tusken tribal chief, his enigma will leave you guessing till the end what's really behind the disco dancing. Which will leave you asking why he just didn't enlighten his fellow Jedi kinsman sooner, but hey, you gotta wait.
And Mundi doesn't leave anything for the takers. After the obligatory conehead joke---okay, it had to happen sooner or later---he's all business and no humour. The only non-Master on the Jedi Council, this is one character who doesn't messes around. Standing there, alone, finger pointing at Jabba as he tells the fat Hutt what he thinks of him, that's just gotta smile your face. Mundi doesn't lack skill, too--from chucking an Empire Strikes Back Yoda demonstration to self-healing, he's not as passive as you thought he was from the prequel movies.
And as for the storyline the real mastermind behind the conflict is always the unexpected. With good humour scattered in and some nices touches, like that sociologist's name from the Children of the Jedi book, it was a nice tie-in.
Overall, Outlander's quality of art, dialogue and storyline is just too strong to pass up on, not with so many substandard comcis out there.
Really more Like 3.5 star, this is getting good. This is Dark horse comic called STAR WARS - REPUBLIC ISSUES 7 THROUGH 12 CALLED OUTLANDER - THE EXILE OF SHARAD HETT. It is also call STAR WARS: ONGOING, VOLUME 2. What ever the name of the month, I am reviewing Darkhorse TPB comic ISBN 1569715149 published April, 2001. One source says that this story takes place shortly after episode 1 and another than it takes place just before. I am putting it 32.4 years before NH. In any case it continues the story told in Prelude to Rebellion (Volume 1 of the Republic series).
This is the story of a promising Jedi who exiles himself among the tusken raiders. He fights Aura sing and has a son. This is a very different look at the tuskens that we know for almost killing Luke and for torturing Anakins mother. (For more detail and what she went through read the novelization version of Attack of the Clones since the movie edited out most of that detail).
What was important about his story is that Sharad Hett has a son named A Sharad son of Hett who is important to the next loop of the this story series (Emissaries to Malastare, Vol 3, episodes 13 to 18).
The artwork was still erratic, but not as bad as PRELUDE and the story was a bit better. But now we are up to 3 star art at worst and much of it is a 4 star.
I give this a 3.5. I recommend this particularly since it keeps getting better from here. Emissaries is even better than Outlander. Then we get into the two Quinlan and Villi TPB's which even better than Emissaries. So yes, I am recommending the first two so get you ready for the really good ones
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