Star Wars: The Stark Hyperspace War (2nd Printing)

Product received in outstanding condition. Good continuation of Star Wars saga. Characters and story line was very good. Excellent addition to a Star Wars collection. Book was received in excellent condtion and graphics real good as well. Thanks!!!

After reading this graphic novel, along with other John Ostrander works, (Twilight, Darkness, Rite of Passage, Devaronian Version, and Clone Wars volumes 1-6) I think it's safe to say that he is one of the best comic writers out there. The strength of The Stark Hyperspace War was an excellent story that focuses mainly on a little-known conflict and some of the little-known people involved in it. This book finally shows more of Plo Koon and of how Obi-wan and Quinlan Vos became friends as Padawans. However, Stark Hyperspace War's art was above average at best. Quinlan, Obi-wan, Plo Koon, they all looked as if they were cut out from pictures from the movies. Others, such as Master Tholme, Finis Valorum, Qui-Gon, didn't look real at all. The latter appeared rather cartoon-ish. Still, this didn't detract from the book at all. Mix in the superb storyline with great binding that didn't fall apart in my hands, and this graphic novel is well worth every penny.

This Comic combines issues 36 through 39 and losely picks up where the TPB DARKNESS leaves off. Given that the story mostly involves events that take place before the battle of Naboo I would put it at -32.05 BNH. The story opens with Quinlan and his padawan Aayla Secura finally at the Jedi Temple for memory recovery. Windu begins telling the story of Iaco Stark and the hyperspace war that involved Bacta and Thyferra. The SHW takes place just before EP1.The story is by Ostrander, one of my favorites and rates 4.5.The overall comic design is a throwback to the old style comic strip stuff I thought we were past. Design gets 3 stars. In fact, the poor design decision may be the cause for my partial dislike of the pencil and ink work. The pencil work is uneven with the main flaw being the poorly drawn rendition of Obi-Wan. The inking by Vecchia is 4.5 stars and could have been a 5 had the design been more like Darkness or the new TPB Clone Wars volume 2. Duursema's cover art is 5 stars.The art of Foster is 2 stars. Overall, this is a solid 4 star comic and highly recommended. It is a valuable addition to brilliantly conceived PRE-QUEL era work being done by Darkhorse and Lucas et al.