When intelligence reveals that an important and secret shipyard is under threat, the player characters have two days to arrange the planet’s defense and recruit allies in the region before Imperial forces arrive. I was reminded of some of Al Williamson’s issues in Marvel’s very first Star Wars run beautifully detailed but with a much more sophisticated and modern coloring. Time is running out for the planet Xorrn in Friends Like These, an adventure supplement for the Star Wars®: Age of Rebellion roleplaying game. The overall effect helps sell the grittiness and worn feeling of life on a desert planet in the Outer Rim even as the rich color reminds us of the otherworldly nature of the universe it’s set in. WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Star Wars: Age of Rebellion - Darth Vader from Greg Pak, Ramon Bachs, Stephane Paitreau and Travis Lanham, on sale now. Set at an unspecified point in the original trilogy as the Galactic Civil War rages on between the Empire and Rebel Alliance, Age of Rebellion: Darth Vader 1 has the Sith Lord earn the ire of a high-ranking Imperial governor after disobeying direct orders. Marc Laming is an exceptionally talented artist and each panel is really beautifully drawn and detailed and combined with absolutely excellent coloring from Neeraj Menon who superbly adds coloring and shading layers to Laming’s crisp inks. Age of Rebellion is the second Book in Fantasy Flight Games’ trilogy of Star Wars Roleplay games, with the third (Force and Destiny) currently in Beta. Marvels latest Star Wars: Age of Rebellion one-shot offers insight into what would end up becoming Darth Vaders greatest test. Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker Gets a Different Title in Japan. It is very much written as a western right down to Fett first appearing on his “Horse” as it were and several scenes remind me of the old spaghetti westerns like The Good the Bad and the Ugly. One of the game's unquestioned successes is how it makes the Imperial player feel like the leader of a grand galactic armyand the Rebel side feel. Paks writing is sharp and though he says nothing Pak’s scripting cleverly paints a picture of the kind of character Fett is and his code versus say his quarry and that’s the clever thing about this tale, it creates a slightly skewed perception of Fett as a character which sets you up for what happens on the last two pages of the story which remind us of exactly who Boba Fett is. But Rebellion is more than just a pretty face. Fett pursues a sly and deadly foe in the form of a former bounty hunter gone bad called Zingo Gabnit across the deserts of a plant called Carajam in the Outer Rim. Pak builds this tale around the infamous bounty hunter through Fett’s actions and the words of other characters as Fett does not utter a single line for the entire story until the last two pages. Whats more, Wells really has a handle on these movie characters, making it easy to believe theyd say what they say and do what they do in the book. Terry and Rachel Dodson deliver a striking cover with the Boba Fett against a white background and have really done the great work on the covers for this series. It’s another one shot in the Age of Rebellion series and this time it’s all about the man in the Mandalorian mask. Greg Pak’s Age of Rebellion series ended on a high note.
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