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    Nolando
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  • Star Wars #18



    Published by: Dark Horse Comics
    Released on: June 11, 2014


    [SPOILERS]

    The Empire is moving in on Arrochar since that planet's duplicitous military advisor tipped them off to the Rebels wanting to make it their new home base. Darth Vader, on Coruscant, gives his admiral the directive to bombard the planet from space, taking nothing to chance. Vader is frustrated at not being able to take care of this personally but the Emperor chides him, saying this rebellion is of little significance and his place is on Coruscant.





    Back on Arrochar, after the huge explosion rocked a wing of the royal palace where she was staying, it's up to Leia and Mon Mothma to try and escape the traitorous forces now attacking them. They manage to do so and plan their escape from this planet since they now know of the Imperial fleet heading their way. But Mon Mothma has been working on a secret defensive strategy as well, to cover them in just such an emergency…





    Meanwhile, Wedge, Han and Chewie, on the ground floor, try and fight their way to the princess. They soon encounter the prince who's had enough of his evil advisor and kills him. The other traitor guards take issue with that but are soon put down by Luke, Han and Chewie. Rogue Squadron takes to the air and Wedge manages to join them in the fight, too, as the battle rages on.



    Everyone manages to get to a ship of some kind and evacuate, allowing Mon Mothma to give the command to fire their battery of ion cannons at the unsuspecting Imperials. This clears their path to safety and the scene returns then to an angry, brooding Vader who promises a more hands-on approach from then on.

    Brian Wood finishes off this particular story arc by looking at the bigger picture and, as a result, losing some of the key players in the mix. However, you never get tired of this story and he does nicely bring it back to Leia speaking about the bigger picture at issue's end so it works out. Stephane Crety's artwork gets a great deal of varied action to work with here and handles is quite excellently, too. An interesting kind of "sidebar" story, it's still entertaining to read.
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