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Star Wars: Legacy - Prisoner of the Floating World, Part One

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    Nolando
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  • Star Wars: Legacy - Prisoner of the Floating World, Part One



    Released by: Dark Horse Comics
    Released on: November 20, 2013


    The Star Wars universe is an immense place of many characters and many stories. Thankfully, the various Dark Horse Comics' different series note in their beginning pages where the story you're about to read falls in the overall canon. The “Legacy” era begins 40 years after the introductory story of A New Hope (episode four in the language of the films). Prisoner of the Floating World, then, occurs roughly 138 years after the events of that first film.

    The focus of this particular entry is to introduce Ania Solo, offspring of Leia and Han. She seems to be following in his footsteps as she first appears as a scrap dealer of sorts, holding her own against male adversaries who think that they can pull one over on her because she's a young woman. Like her predecessor, though, she's defiant, capable and fairly lucky.



    She's soon coincidentally involved in the larger, over-arching story detailing the return of the Sith and a missing communications array. Writers Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman fortunately don't let this overwhelm the fun of Ania's story in this episode, preferring instead to quickly and deftly set up what the new Jedi Knights are doing in this version of the Star Wars galaxy and the threat of the Sith returning. An uneasy alliance is in place now but it's clear that union will be tested thoroughly by this new threat.


    Creating anything even close to new in the Star Wars universe has got to be a daunting task but this story grabs enough elements that are familiar with many SW fans already and plunges ahead with a well-paced, adventure-based tale with a strong female lead - which is pretty refreshing, all in all. Hardman is also the book's artist and with Rachel Rosenberg providing exceptional vivid coloring throughout the artwork matches the story nicely: Detailed but not overwhelming, relaying the fast-moving action quite nicely.
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