The Best Blades Star Wars Clone Wars Vol 5
The Best Blades Star Wars Clone Wars Vol 5
The darkest days of the Clone Wars have arrived, when even victories are cause for abiding sorrow; when the hopes for a brighter future are lost in the turmoil of a divided galaxy; and when friendships are tools of convenience and the reason for betrayals. From political intrigue within the Senate to bloody battlefields on exotic worlds, the war has left its mark on the bystanders as well as the combatants, and the events in this wide-ranging volume reveal the extent of the damage. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker battle for survival, Senator Bail Organa struggles to preserve freedom within the Republic, and Master Yoda strives to prevent an old friend from plunging a system into war in four exciting stories from the Clone Wars!
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Exceptionally good
I’ve been pretty majorly disappointed with the entire line of Clone Wars tie-ins. For such a major event in the Star Wars chronology, one would think that it would yield a great storyline. Instead, we’ve been feasted to yawn-inducing new characters and a majority of storylines only marginally featuring the main characters. This volume of the graphic novels is the exception to that rule.
Instead of the usual cliches about war, this graphic novel gets into essential events and scheming. Without spoiling anything, it features Bail Organa, the emerging Rebellion(!), a great Palpatine story, the origin of Asajj Ventriss (!!) - the only good character to come out of the fiction, and developments with the main characters as well as the peculiarly dodged central figure of Yoda. In other words, character development that has been missing from the novels. If you only get a few Clone Wars tie-ins, I would recommend this as one of them. Pretty good stuff. And this comes from a sceptic.
5 Stars Great comic book!!
This is a great series! Absolutely worth to begin an excellent Star Wars series! The art is great and there are a lot of details and things to watch in these magazines.
3 Stars Forgettable End
So far, I think as an overall contribution to the Dark Horse Clone Wars series, this has been the weakest book. I really enjoyed everything but Yoda: The Best Blades at the end.
The first 3/4 helped advance the storyline with Obi Wan and Alpha, but then the entire story-telling experience changes with Yoda: The Best Blades. The style and tone of the story is dis-similar to anything so far in the series. There were basic elements that helped define Yoda and his support for the war, but I really couldn’t get past the Japanese drawing. If I wanted that style of storytelling, I would’ve bought The Best Blades as a stand-alone.
Of course, whether I loved the book or not, it is book 5 of 9, and the story must continue. You can’t leave out such big plot points as introduced here.
4 Stars Excellent Series!
The whole Clone Wars series of graphic novels does a great job of filling in the space between Episode II and Episode III. Although there is are a couple of continuing storylines through the whole series, this one also includes a one-shot with Yoda exploring the ethics of the war.
5 Stars The best thing I’ve read in a while…
Even though this is a done in a comic book format, it flows and captivates you as much as a real novel. The story covers some important occurrences in politics dealing with Organa, Valorum, and Palpatine. There is also good stories including Obi-Wan, Anakin, and an excellent one with Yoda. Not to mention some great background on Asajj Ventress. It fills in a lot of gaps in the story and has plenty of action along with great artwork. Every Star Wars fan needs to read this.
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