Star wars scenery kylo ren4/12/2024 I am so uninterested in the sequel trilogy era.īut I am curious about Ben Solo's background, so I wanted to see what story they'd come up with. I was afraid that I would hate it, but I’m glad that I don’t. I didn’t think I would love this, so I’m not surprised that I don’t. The final issue especially is a visual marvel, which helped my opinion of the comic end on a more positive note than it would’ve otherwise. Some of his facial features are a bit off and can feel slightly manicured, but his layouts are great and I loved the staging of a lot of the scenes he curated. And Sliney’s art is pretty strong throughout. He also does a pretty good job at capturing Adam Driver’s unique voice, which is key. His dialogue hits, and even the moments of levity he introduces don’t fall entirely flat. Again, the bits of backstory on Luke’s Jedi Temple are very cool, and Soule’s writing is strong, as usual. That all sounds very harsh, and it is, but I still enjoyed this. We get answers, sure, but they’re not satisfying and feel so far removed from the character we see in the films that it’s all too easy to disregard them entirely. Kylo Ren was a captivating villain in TFA and TLJ because he seemed like he knew exactly what he was doing and repeatedly *chose* to be the “villain.” This story shows us a Ben who kind of stumbles around and ends up going bad for reasons that are predictable at best and muddled at worst. The bits of backstory we get are cool and I liked seeing just how long Snoke was manipulating Ben, but his actual “turn” feels very sudden and almost.accidental? I needed more time to see Ben struggle with things, to see him really decide on his path, but we didn’t get that, not really, anyway. Just four issues is short anyway, but for a story that feels this important? Four issues is nothing. The story is fine, but like I said, it feels rushed. It’s like Soule is trying to please everyone with this (much like a certain recent film did.) and ultimately doesn’t please anyone. It feels like he didn’t have the freedom to really explore Ben’s struggle with the dark side (his Shadow, as he calls it), skips to the end of it all and then wraps up with him becoming Kylo Ren without it feeling earned. But, in classic Star Wars fashion, the answers prove to be less interesting than the unanswered question was.Ĭharles Soule is one of the best writers Star Wars has right now-if you haven’t read his Lando miniseries or his run on Vader you’re missing out *big time*-so I’m glad they tapped him for this pivotal story. Give us more of this!Įver since The Force Awakens, everyone has wanted to know how Kylo Ren was born and Ben Solo fell. Charles Soule & Will Sliney did a fantastic job working together on this one, and I hope they are able to do more with the sequel trilogy characters in the future. Besides being a bit too short for my liking, this is an incredible Star Wars comic that explores one of the most interesting time periods in this galaxy far, far away. This honestly could have been bumped into a 12-issue maxi or even an ongoing showing the full extent of Kylo Ren’s rise to power. There just feels like a lot of stories that could be told during this time period, so it’s a little weird how we’ve only gotten a single 4 issue mini covering it. There isn’t a whole lot more I can say without spoiling the whole thing, but I really wish we had gotten more comics covering both Kylo Ren and/or the Knights of Ren in general, since they were by far two of the most interesting aspects of the sequel trilogy. Luke himself isn't shown too much, but he is written exceptionally well when he does show up. I always love seeing Luke Skywalker kick ass at the height of this power, and this book has a glimpse at that, even if it is a bit too brief. We also get a flashback with Luke Skywalker taking on the Knights of Ren at an old Jedi temple, and that was easily one of my favorite Star Wars sequences ever. The story follows Voe, Hennix, and Tai, three Jedi padawans who survived the temple’s destruction since they were on a mission off-world, as they track down and try to stop their former ally before he is truly lost forever.īen Solo is probably the most interesting character from the Star Wars sequel trilogy, so it’s really awesome being able to read a comic that does a fantastic job at showing how exactly Ben fell to the dark side. Taking place the night Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Temple was destroyed, which we saw glimpses of depicted in The Last Jedi, the Rise of Kylo Ren details Ben Solo’s journey that fateful night and how Luke Skywalker’s moment of weakness led to the fall of his Jedi Order and the rise of Kylo Ren.
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