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May. 4th, 2018 02:52 pmMay the Fourth Be With You. I am not only easy prey to cute names, but a casual Star Wars fan, so today's media consumption is thematically appropriate.
If you've wandered along from Instagram, then nope, I'm in no way over my anger about the lack of fat-positivity in the films, and in no position to talk about whether that gets any better in the animated shows or other SW comics. Like I said, casual fan. This comic certainly doesn't do anything about that aspect of things.
But, in typical Disney style, it stuffs the comic shorts in this with women overcoming obstacles by being brainy, brave, resourceful, and cooperative among themselves. There are five short comics in this anthology: Leia, Rey, Hera, Ahsoka and Padme, Rose and Paige Tico.
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The Leia comic finds the Rebellion on Hoth, just before The Empire Strikes Back, trying to cope with an arid and outright hostile environment, and Leia herself feeling the pressure of sudden leadership.
Rey is in the interstices of TFA, trying to defend BB8 from various individuals and entities targeting it, most of whom are shown to have compelling reasons for their actions.
The Hera comic is set I assume somewhere in the Rebels run, with Hera and her droid, Snapper, trying to negotiate resources and assistance from a neutral planet while an incompetent representative of the Empire attempts to coerce the same.
Ahsoka and Padme arrange a diplomatic dinner and foil an assassination attempt while Anakin is away on assignment during the Clone Wars, and bond through the experience.
The Tico sisters have a moderately alarming adventure on Echo Base, d'Qar during TFA or just after it, and engineer both new modes of transport and an escape route with the help of the native fauna.
Look, it's a Disney comicbook aimed at younglings. It's not spoilery to reveal that everyone prevails. Dark and scary as Star Wars is at times, even in animated form, I do think this was a foregone conclusion in this case.
But reader, I was charmed. The characters are sketched out beautifully, everyone has insecurities and exhaustions of their own, and stunningly--though it's a horror-show that this is so rare--the women lean on each other, whether sisters, friends, or comrades in the good fight. Rey, who is the only character completely alone, shows an acute and accurate knowledge of cooperative systems among the scavengers. The art is lovely, if simplified. It's a little different in the Tico Sisters comic, which also has quirky xenobio animals in it, like so.
I like how Rose Tico's Horse Girl (tm) characterisation is maintained fairly consistently, ngl. But the reason this is my favourite among the shorts is neither the art, nor the animals, nor even the A-1 sibling bonding. It's this panel
Look, Princess General Leia Huttslayer is my favourite Star Wars character, hands down. I'm not gonna pretend otherwise.
If you've wandered along from Instagram, then nope, I'm in no way over my anger about the lack of fat-positivity in the films, and in no position to talk about whether that gets any better in the animated shows or other SW comics. Like I said, casual fan. This comic certainly doesn't do anything about that aspect of things.
But, in typical Disney style, it stuffs the comic shorts in this with women overcoming obstacles by being brainy, brave, resourceful, and cooperative among themselves. There are five short comics in this anthology: Leia, Rey, Hera, Ahsoka and Padme, Rose and Paige Tico.
[gallery ids="272,271,275,276,279,273" type="circle"]
The Leia comic finds the Rebellion on Hoth, just before The Empire Strikes Back, trying to cope with an arid and outright hostile environment, and Leia herself feeling the pressure of sudden leadership.
Rey is in the interstices of TFA, trying to defend BB8 from various individuals and entities targeting it, most of whom are shown to have compelling reasons for their actions.
The Hera comic is set I assume somewhere in the Rebels run, with Hera and her droid, Snapper, trying to negotiate resources and assistance from a neutral planet while an incompetent representative of the Empire attempts to coerce the same.
Ahsoka and Padme arrange a diplomatic dinner and foil an assassination attempt while Anakin is away on assignment during the Clone Wars, and bond through the experience.
The Tico sisters have a moderately alarming adventure on Echo Base, d'Qar during TFA or just after it, and engineer both new modes of transport and an escape route with the help of the native fauna.
Look, it's a Disney comicbook aimed at younglings. It's not spoilery to reveal that everyone prevails. Dark and scary as Star Wars is at times, even in animated form, I do think this was a foregone conclusion in this case.
But reader, I was charmed. The characters are sketched out beautifully, everyone has insecurities and exhaustions of their own, and stunningly--though it's a horror-show that this is so rare--the women lean on each other, whether sisters, friends, or comrades in the good fight. Rey, who is the only character completely alone, shows an acute and accurate knowledge of cooperative systems among the scavengers. The art is lovely, if simplified. It's a little different in the Tico Sisters comic, which also has quirky xenobio animals in it, like so.
I like how Rose Tico's Horse Girl (tm) characterisation is maintained fairly consistently, ngl. But the reason this is my favourite among the shorts is neither the art, nor the animals, nor even the A-1 sibling bonding. It's this panel
Look, Princess General Leia Huttslayer is my favourite Star Wars character, hands down. I'm not gonna pretend otherwise.
