Product Description: The Clone Wars have begun! Ever since they were mentioned in the very first Star Wars film, fans have been dying to know more. Attack of the Clones offered a glimpse, but "The Defense of Kamino" brings the galaxy-wide conflict into full view!
Two undercover Jedi discover a Separatist plan to destroy the cloning facility on the watery world of Kamino, thus crippling the Republic's ability to maintain their clone army. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are part of a Jedi fighter squadron sent to protect the installation, but they learn that there are heroes fighting for the Separatist cause as well as for the Republic, and that Jango Fett, though dead, still has something to say about how this war is fought! Meanwhile, Mace Windu, the leader of the Jedi Council, must deal with a rift in the Jedi ranks--a matter that reveals a Jedi traitor and a new Dark Jedi working in league with Dooku. Mace is considered one of the best swordsmen in the galaxy, but can he stand up to the swordmaster who taught him everything he knows--including the mysterious techinque known as "Vaapad"?
New characters and new worlds are revealed as the Clone Wars spreads throughout the galaxy!
This volume collects Star Wars: Republic #49-50 and Star Wars: Jedi -- Mace Windu
Excellent Series! Artwork is amazing. The stories are captivating. I found this series to be excellent as a buildup to ROTS. It does have some holes when you line it up to ROTS, seeing that it was created before the movie, but still an excellent read.
Outstanding! I was never into comics before this book. It's the artwork that grabbed my attention. It's beautiful! I'm an avid admirer of original artwork so, these illustrations hit the mark. After reading the entire book (in one sitting) I was in love! The storyline is wonderful and there's so much depth in the characters you can't help but love them or dislike them. At the recent Celebration IV convention, I spotted some more of the volumes and bought books 2 through 4 on the spot. I just love them and I can't wait to get the rest in the series.
Great comic book!! This is a great series! Absolutely worth to begin an excellent Star Wars series! The art is great and there are a lot of details and things to watch in these magazines.
An Entertaining Graphic Novel with A Few Stumblings To the knowledge of any person who has read a Star Wars comic, you get a grab bag of exciting adventure or a headache of boring drivel; the first volume of the Clone Wars graphic novel series is no different. Here, you get five different, self-contained stories (with the exception of Jedi master Quinlan Vos' story, which spans over into a few more volumes of the Clone Wars series) that have to do more or less with the entire Clone Wars saga, and events leading up to those that take place in Episode III.
Two of the five stories I really like; one is slightly interesting only in a whimsical sense; and the other two are just crap put into the graphic novel to thicken it up a little bit and give it some more pages so that the title 'trade paperback' may be more appropriate and fitting.
We'll start with the bad. The third story has to deal with Shaak Ti, Obi, Anakin, and a (slightly insane) clone trooper, the latter who insists on killing clone fetuses of Jango's stock. The Jedi knights Ti and Obi convince the trooper not to eradicate the unborn fetuses; I get the overall scientific/tolerance paradox this tries to feed readers, but...well, the stories sucks. Who cares? (This isn't a lecture on stem cell research or "designer babies".)
The other dumb story is where Obi and Anakin get stranded in the middle of an ocean on Kamino as their plane blows up over it. That entire storyline was just stupid, boring, and pointless.
Next up is a battle fought between Mon Calamari soldiers on an underwater vessel...? What's the point to this stuff?? This story was interesting in the sense that it deals with a species of aliens that we don't get to see much about, but the story is...moronic.
The cool stories, in my opinion, are the first and the last one. The first begins the story arc with Jedi master Quinlan Vos, his apprentice Aayla Secura, and Vos' to-be lover Khayleen. Vos and Secura duke it out with a Confederacy-sympathizer named Zenex.
The last story is truly a gem. It explains the fall of the Jedi Sora Bulq (who joined the leagues of Count Dooku) and his followers. Besides that fact, the main story focuses on the character Mace Windu, whom I absolutely love! (I like his witty sarcasm and overly seriousness that is so snaringly dire it's funny!) The artwork in the first and last stories is just breathtaking and amazing.
If you're looking to be entertained, then "The Defense of Kamino" is a worthwhile effort. However, you'll only enjoy it if you're willing to look past the couple shortcomings and stumblings. You'll only consider to be worthy of 4 or 5 stars unless you're a complete Star Wars junkie who loves anything George Lucas does (even if he sold his dentures). However, I'm no Star Wars junkie (in fact, SW sometimes can be downright corny, cheesy, and overly campy) and don't worship the holy ground the demagogue George Lucas steps on. But I thought the first volume of this series was worth a shot: it is.
Exclellent and superior story Exclellent artwork and story. Great new character alpha-17. I loved the whole story from beginning to end.
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