Star Wars Adventures #1

Stories by Cavan Scott
Art by Derek Charm and Jon Sammariva
Published by IDW.

Return of the Adventures

It's been a couple of years since Lucasfilm and Disney authorized an all-ages Star Wars Comic. When Dark Horse owned the license, they published a number of graphic novels. Star Wars Clone Wars Adventures covered details set during the prequel trilogy. Star Wars Adventures furthered the action of Luke, Leia, and other classic trilogy characters in trades set between Episode IV and IV. Now Star Wars Adventures has returned in an anthology series that promises to explore the origins of new trilogy characters as well as explore some never before told tales of your all-time favs.

In this first issue, Rey's life on Jakku is explored in a story titled Better the Devil you Know. The gruesome junkboss Unkar Plutt has been kidnapped. His absence has created a vacuum of power that brings in a new leader whose way more worse than Unkar ever was- if you can believe that. This whole situation wouldn't have anything to do with that J9 droid unit Rey found the other day would it?

Emil Who?

Unfortunately, if you want to know the answer to that question, you will have to wait until next month for issue #2. If cliffhangers aren't you thing and you'd rather have a story with a definite ending, you'll love the next tale. It's called Stop Thief and stars Obi-Wan Kenobi. Set during the Clone Wars, Kenobi is on the hunt for a thief that steals something from the Jedi during a visit to Dex's Diner. What is interesting about this story is it's narrator Emil Graf.

Emil Graf is the grandson of rebel hero Milo Graf. Never heard of him? Don't fell bad, I had not either. Upon doing a little research, Milo Graf is the star of a Star Wars juvenile fiction series from England called Adventures in Wild Space. The Wild Space books have started appearing in America bookstores over the past year and they guest star a number of characters such as Grand Moff Tarkin and Admiral Ackbar. So if you or the junior readers in your life really dig the Tales from Wild Space series at the back of this comic, check your local library or Amazon.

The Series You're Looking For

Both stories by Tekken's Cavin Scott were quite entertaining. I just hate that the Rey story is a multi-parter. But that's my pet peeve and nothing I really hold against Scott or the publisher, IDW.

I absolutely love the animation-style artwork. Both Derek Charm and Jon Sammariva do amazing jobs making the characters look fluid. They're also quite adequate representations of some of pop culture's most iconic characters. Be sure to also check out the extensive cover gallery at the back of this issue. There's literally dozens of variant covers rendered by some of the best in the biz including Chris Samnee and Craig Rosseau.

Star Wars fans, this is the Star Wars comic you've been looking for...

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.