JOURNEY to STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS: SHATTERED EMPIRE (graphic novel) by Greg Rucka and James Robinson

 






















Published in 2016 by Marvel Enterprises.
Illustrated by Marco Checchetto, Angel Unzueta, Emilio Laiso, and Tony Harris

This is an attempt to bridge some of the space in the Star Wars story line between Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and Episode VII: The Force Awakens. It starts (oddly, in my mind) at the beginning of the last big battle over the second Death Star in Return of the Jedi and introduces Poe Dameron's parents. His mother is a pilot who flew in the attack on the second Death Star and his father was in the ground forces that fought alongside Han Solo. 

There is plenty of action, but I found the art did a "meh" job of conveying the action of a space battle and there were lots and lots of them. The story really depended a lot on space fighting action and was pretty shallow.

I did enjoy the last story. It was done by a different artist, written by a different author, and is not connected to the main story line. It features C-3P0 and is actually touching. 

I rate this collection 3 stars out of 5. It can be found on Amazon.com here: JOURNEY to STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS: SHATTERED EMPIRE by Greg Rucka and James Robinson.



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