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Title: Star Wars - Mara Jade: By the Emperor`s Hand by Timothy Zahn, Michael A. Stackpole, Carlos Ezquerra ISBN: 1-56971-401-0 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.46 (26 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Mara Jade: Beautiful, Competent, Deadly
Comment: This book is a must for not only Mara Jade fans, but also for Star Wars fans who really don't know who she is. The story chronicles Mara's journey from being the Emperor's Hand to how she learned to survive with everything she knew taken away from her. The artwork does a great job of showing Mara's personality and not making her a Barbie figure. Also, with Michael Stackpole and Timothy Zahn at the helm, Mara is as witty and intelligent as ever. It's definately worth every cent.
Rating: 5
Summary: Mara Jade is a stunner,
Comment: Mara Jade Skywalker has had a hard life ,being taken away from her mom and dad by a team of stormtroopers at a early age then kept as a experiment by Emperor Palpatine as a private force-using agent not light nor in the dark side known only as The Emperor's Hand,then when the emperor died shes made redundant,went to work with Talon Karrade as 2 in charge,saved Luke's life,trains as a jedi knight(later to become a jedi master),marries Luke Skywalker,keeps Jaina Solo as an apprentice,picks up a mysterious disease,cured,helps fend off the Yuuzhan Vong.God I'm outta breath.These are the reasons shes my favourite character.This book is about her as the emperors hand.
In this story the emperor orders her to take out the leader of the Black Nebula,the sort of replacment for the failed Black Sun.She does so but she starts thinking how easy it was,a bit too easy for her liking.Then unexpectedly the Emperor dies and in honour of him Mara will finish her last mission by getting into Black Nebula and taking out the real head of Black Nebula.
This book is pure genius, its got great art work and its written by Timothy Zahn.I thought its about time Mara got her own story then this came along, AMAZING *****
Rating: 5
Summary: A rare comic that's a must purchase
Comment: Mara Jade: By the Emperor's Hand is one of those rare comics that has great art, smooth storyline, commendable dialogue and genuine depth. Co-authored by Stackpole and Zahn, two of Star Wars' more popular novelists known for quality output. The result here is another of their hits you expect when collaborative craniums work well.
The quality of art shines bright, considering the comic dates back to a period where quality and art are not what they are now. You can just tell efforts were made to add extra ice to this cream, the way the front credits were specially done. Characters and climates, scenery and locale, were all highly rendered and coloured well. This is definitely one of your more 3D-ish comics, and worth the purchase if just for that.
Dialogue is what you'd expect from usual Stackpole and Zahn efficiency: quick, creative and inventive. Mara's persona here, in her Imperial days, lends her a cool competence matched only by her slick lines. The support cast isn't left out, and while I haven't quite worked out who oversaw what issues, the authors are at their vintage best here.
What makes this comic stand out from the mediocre variety out there is its creativity and effort to give just a little more for readers. The sheer range of aliens is both amazing and appreciated, both the familiar denizens and all new ones just for a show here and there. Alien species ranged from the typical to exotic to comical. Mara's is never without a way of working, and the inventive methods of working past obstacles speak highly of the writers' imagination behind her.
The storyline itself is simple and enough: eliminate Black Nebula's crimelord, who fancies himself the heir of the recently toppled Black Sun criminal network. Having failed to kill Skywalker at Jabba's palace, this she does easily. Too easily; and when her Emperor master bites the dust, she resolves to finish the job.
Nice use of Isard and Pestage, and why Mara earns her wrath. Good to see a dark-skinned man, that Imperial tech. It's rather rare to get that in comics, when humans are predominantly fair skinned. Humour, of course, wasn't lacking. The bartender alien looked like that Dexter from AOTC, his voice easily imagined.
There were some faults to note, small but noticeable as they were. The facial likeness of Strok was given to other Imperial army officers, which can confuse readers at the end. The end page itself just sorted of finished . . . perhaps a bit too abruptly and not slow enough. Mara doesn't complete her mission till almost the last page.
Further more, she does an astonishing amount to self-thinking. Thought-bubbles were everywhere, which you will find common in books but sort of gave the bemused impression the lady sure speaks a lot to herself! Almost every panel had text in which, factored into the full 144 pages, slows down reading and makes for a long comic here.
While I had problems with Jabba "just" giving Mara a speeder to get away from him when she arouses his suspicions, overall, omitting this nifty slight of work is outright criminal, and with such high standards of excellence it's well worth your $$.
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Title: Union (Star Wars) by Michael A. Stackpole, Robert Teranishi, Chris Chuckry, Christopher Chuckry ISBN: 1569714649 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: 10 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Survivor's Quest (Star Wars) by TIMOTHY ZAHN ISBN: 0345459164 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Star Wars Dark Empire I by Tom Veitch, Cam Kennedy ISBN: 159307039X Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Unifying Force (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, Book 19) by JAMES LUCENO ISBN: 0345428528 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: The Final Prophecy (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, Book 18) by Greg Keyes ISBN: 0345428757 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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