MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
STORY: Gary Whitta
ART: Michael Walsh
COLORS: Mike Spicer
LETTERS: VC's Travis Lanham
EDITOR: Heather Antos
COVER: Mike Del Mundo
VARIANT COVERS: Joe Quesada with Richard Isanove
36pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (July 2018)
Rated “T”
“The Last Jedi” Episode VIII, Part 1
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) is the second movie in the Star Wars “sequel trilogy” (which began with 2015's Star Wars: The Force Awakens). Marvel Comics is producing a comic book adaptation of the Oscar-nominated film, entitled Star Wars: The Last Jedi Adaptation. It is written by Gary Whitta; drawn by Michael Walsh; colored by Mike Spicer; and lettered by Travis Lanham.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Adaptation #1 opens on Ahch-To, the oceanic planet where Luke Skywalker has been hiding for several years. Hoping to find an end to things... alone... Skywalker suddenly realizes that someone has found him. Meanwhile, the First Order launches an attack on D'Qar, where the Resistance has a base. As General Leia Organa directs the evacuation from the planet, Poe Dameron leads an attack against the First Order. However, as the various players make their moves, events are being set in motion that will shock everyone.
I did not like Star Wars: The Last Jedi the way I really liked Star Wars: The Force Awakens. However, I think that I might end up liking the comic book adaptation Star Wars: The Last Jedi more than I liked the comic book adaptation of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which I was surprised I liked.
Artist Michael Walsh does not offer pretty illustrations, and he draws somewhat unattractive faces on characters. However, his graphical storytelling is strong, and I find that The Last Jedi's story moves faster and smoother in words and pictures (graphics) than it did in motion pictures.
Screenwriter Gary Whitta, who wrote the story for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, has previously written for comics. His comic book script for Star Wars: The Last Jedi Adaptation #1 is good storytelling. For some reason, Whitta makes The Last Jedi seem almost new, as if it were a story not already introduced in another media. Together with Michael Walsh, Whitta offers a first issue of a Star Wars comic book adaptation that is quite nice, which is not something readers always get.
7 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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