SW7N Review: Princess Leia #5

Princess Leia #5The last issue five of Marvel’s comic book series Princess Leia is out now. Check out our review after the jump.

 

 

Excerpt from the review:

 

Issue #5 concludes the Princess Leia story. I know my last reviews of this series have been pretty down on almost all aspects of the book. Unfortunately, this will be no different than the others. If you have been following this story from issue #1 and still have interest in the fate of Alderaan’s survivors, by all means pick this up. If you are debating on starting this series I would steer you away from it because after issue #2 this really goes off the rails.

 

 

Leia #5

 

Princess Leia was taken prisoner by the Empire at the end of #4. Her Alderaan cohorts manage to bail her out and once Leia gets her hands on a blaster we see just how much mercy she has left for the Empire. It’s nice to see Leia and her people get retribution for the senseless slaughter brought upon their home world. Again, this takes place almost immediately after the events of A New Hope, so the emotional wounds are still fresh.

 

 

For the full review join our host Kyle in The Cantina.

 

 

You can order a digital copy at Marvel.com or at Comixology.comor visit the nearest comic book store.

 

 

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5 thoughts on “SW7N Review: Princess Leia #5

  • July 2, 2015 at 2:30 pm
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    IMO this series is for the new Star Wars canon completists like myself. I have collected and absorbed all the comics and novels that have come out since the establishment of the new canon. However, that being said…I will probably never re-read these 5 issues. They look good in my collection, but other than that…meh… The art is unique and the story is original, I’ll give it that. But it was disappointing overall and I was left underwhelmed at the end of issue five. I was hoping for a bigger payoff, but as of now, this story seems to have no overall importance to the Star Wars saga in any capacity worthy of noting. Girl power is about the extent of this series’ impact. There were some high points, like the canon introduction to Sullust, but this series just doesn’t compare with the other three in print.

  • July 2, 2015 at 3:17 pm
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    what if this series was intended to introduce a “new alderaan” planet in TFA?

  • July 2, 2015 at 6:17 pm
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    I felt the art was too clean, and the designs didn’t have a SW vibe. All that aside, the story was bland. Name-checking movie characters and planets shouldn’t be the strongest aspect of the plot.

  • July 2, 2015 at 9:18 pm
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    This mini series overall was odd. So…Leia rejoins Han and Luke on Yavin in the end? I thought they were evacuating from that base? I distinctly remember a horribly-drawn Ackbar fumbling around with boxes in issue 1 trying to get everyone organized for some evac.

  • July 3, 2015 at 2:45 am
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    This series clearly existed just to tick boxes and fill quotas. As a result it was very bland.

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