HOPE DIES pts I-III
Written by Kieron Gillen
Penciled by Salvador Larroca
Covers by Travis Charest and David Marquez
Published July 4, July 18, and August 1, 2018
Princess Leia celebrates their new fleet with Mon Mothma at the Mako Ta Rebel base. She casually talks with Queen Trios who slowly slinks away... you know. For no reason at all. Meanwhile outside the base, Luke Skywalker puts on a cool laser light show with some other X-Wing pilots. After they land, the fleet prepares to hear a dedication speech, which Mon broadcasts out without incident.
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| "Everything's fine... Oh wait!" |
The problems arise when they plan to disperse. As the pilots attempt to engage hyperspace, the ships are rendered immobilized. Leia tries to figure out what is going on, but when asking where Trios went, learns she left during the speech. Suddenly almost the entire imperial fleet arrives. Before bombarding them, Darth Vader tells his lieutenants to wait until their terror peaks. As the X-Wings prepare to launch again to fight back, that fear is realized. All of the ships are dead in the air, and all bay doors are locked preventing the launch of any fighters.
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| "You're a go for launch. Actually... nevermind.." |
Vader blows up a nearby cruiser and it’s then the rebels begin to understand the seriousness of the situation. Outside the base, Trios prepares her escape but is boarded by rebels before her ship can retreat. She heads for an escape pod but is unable to blast off before Leia drops a guilt trip on her.
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| "Before you go, I just wanted to tell you... you suck." |
Han Solo and Chewie arrive late to see Luke’s light show. Instead they run into the Empire. Using shortwave comms, Leia informs Han that flying near the bay doors of the rebel ships will still open them by default. He does his best, but not before Vader decides to climb into his Tie Fighter to take out the Millenium Falcon himself.
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| Anakin was always pretty good at that flying thing. |
Han tries his best to evade the Sith Lord but it isn’t easy. He finally has an idea. They put C3P0 in a pod and while using the debris field of a fellow ship to lose Vader, launch the droid towards Luke’s carrier. He drags himself along the outside until finding an airlock. Telling Luke about the fail safe, he boards his fighter and flies towards the bay doors. Once proving it works, the entire squadron deploys behind him, preparing to fight back. What happens next? Will the rebels have enough firepower to take out the empire? We’re left to find out as this issue is left to be continued.
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Overall these were 3 well written issues, all but kinda taking an awkward push at the very end with Luke constantly talking about Jyn Erso. I dug the introduction of Benthic a few issues back but there’s no reason to shove references down our throats, ok. We get it. As far as Queen Trios being a traitor, it was a pleasant surprise. Gillen sold it pretty well on her being an Empire turncoat and I wasn’t expecting her heel-heel turn. The battles were great as well as finally sticking some Vader in the mix after such a long absence. I dig where they’re going. I’d give #52 about a 7, but 50 and 51 get a solid 9/10.
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