When They Were Brothers

This book has so many things in it that a Star Wars fan like me would love, I probably wouldn't be able to fit it in just one review!*WARNING-SPOILERS AHEAD!* First of all, I would like to say two words: General Grievous! In all his four-armed glory! Of course, it should be noted that he only has four arms in a battle for about ten seconds. It is still cool though! Another thing that makes this book awsome: there is a great mini-battle between Obi-Wan and a villain with a vibro-whip. It is quite exciting. Seeing Anakin and Obi-Wan vs. Durge is great, too! Not to mention, a several-panel-long Jedi battle. It was neat to see them dismantle all those attle droids! Now, the part of the review that focuses on the woman Obsession (The first story in this book and the first portion of this review) is centerd around: Asajj Ventress! The minute you see her, be prepared for twists and turns at the end of the Obsession story! Now, I'll review the second story in this book. The main highlight in this story is seeing a desperate fight featuring Obi-Wan and Anakin vs. swarms of battle droids. It may not be a long story, and it may not add much to the Clone Wars, but it kept me on the edge of the seat and guessing what was going to happen next. Overall, I think this as an excellent book and every Star Wars fan should give it a try.

In the Clone Wars series this has to be the top collection, or at least next to it. Nearly everyone makes an apperance. We finally see Anakin and Padme together, alone. Anyone who owns a lightsaber gets to ignite it. Jedi and Sith alike learn that the cost of victory is so high sometimes, that it is a defeat. And Anakin figures out how to put Durge down so he stays down.

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.

This volume is a lead in to Labyrinth of Evil, shortly before Episode III. It is mostly a very compelling story of Obi-Wan and Anakin, including many of the prequels most important characters. I don't want to give any spoilers here, but the biggest flaw in this book is the search for Asajj. I'm so sick of them sticking her back into all the stories somehow, that I can't even begin to explain. So because of that, I would give this 4.5 out of 5 stars. Other than that, I would call it a must read book.

Another excellent graphic novel from the Clone Wars series. Once again, great art, story, and dialogue. However, reading it, it felt like the story was unnecessary. The entire story doesn't bring any progress at all to the series. The main plot is Obi-wan becomes "Obsessed" with finding and turning Assaj Ventress from the Dark Side (hence, the title of this when it was in comic form). He then finds Ventress (who Anakin supposedly killed in Volume 6) and kills her. She then comes back to life, (again!)hijacks a Republic Medical Frigate, and says to the pilot: Ventress: "But you will change course" Pilot: "I'll change course. For where?" Ventress: "Just far away. Far from the Jedi, from this war, from Count Dooku... Just fly as far away as you can." Maybe she'll come back in Volume 8, maybe she won't. A very good cliffhanger to end this story. The negative to this story is it doesn't mention Quinlan Vos once, which leaves Volume 6's ending unresolved. Which is bad, since it's a long wait until Volume 8...