It was ok, I guess, but it felt sort of fragmentary and inconsequential. I guess I was expecting more out of it than it was able to deliver. But hey, there are X-Wings, and I love X-Wings.

Shattered Empire is a comic collection that showcases the continuing fight between the Rebel Alliance and the evil Galactic Empire following the Battle of Endor. We get to see what the original version of the Star Wars Expanded Universe referred to as the "Big Three" (Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia) as well as cameos from other classic characters from the original trilogy such as C3PO, R2D2, and Lando Calrissian. The comic focuses on the parents of Poe Dameron, the awesome new pilot...

Very strong addition to the SW canon tacked onto the back of the conclusion of Ep VI. Starts with the events moments before the ewoks started blowing off fireworks and playing their victory music in the trees of Endor. That's how real this book is.I've got to hand it to Mr. Rucka, the storyline is tight and the pencil work of Marco Checchetto is fantastic. The combination of compelling story (especially one set in a world I adore so dearly) and art that screams to be admired reminds me of the re...

This was the kind of quality content I'm here for. POE'S PARENTS. LEIA ON NABOO. FLYING A NABOO STARFIGHTER.

The only bad thing, really, about Shattered Empire is that the main story is too short. It's only four chapters / issues, and the rest of the volume is padded with a preview of the then-new Princess Leia solo book and, for nostalgia purposes (I guess), the debut issue of Marvel's original SW series from 1977. While the latter is very faithful to first movie, some of the artwork is just atrocious. Luke Skywalker, for example, looks to be middle-aged and resembles He-Man from the 80's cartoon (?!)...

This was a pretty solid little story set immediately after Return of the Jedi. It had nice art and the characters from the movies felt right. I'm probably not the target audience, though, as I don't really care about Poe Dameron's parents, even if he was my favourite character from The Force Awakens.Apologies for the short review; I'm still feeling very ill.

5 starsGood comic. Nice to see Poe's parents, Shara Bey and Kes Dameron. Also nice to see what happened after Return of the Jedi. Nice to see everyone in action. Can't wait to read more Star Wars material!!!!

The book kicks off during the battle of Endor and focuses on Shara Bey and her husband Kes Dameron, yes Poe's parents. The book does feature all of the main Star Wars characters but only in how they interact with Shara and Kes. Greg Rucka is a great writer and that trend continues here. Marco Checchetto provides some top notch art. It meshes very well with the Star Wars look. The only negative I have is a 3rd of the book is reprints. It contains the four issues of the series plus Princess Leia #...

Shara, Leia and Soruna are my dream team. Loved it!

I'm a great fan of Checchetto's art and this volume of Star Wars new comics started good, sadly it turned out being the "how I've met your mother" SW tale of Shalla Bal Shara Bey and Kes Dameron, how Poe's mom was a badass and her interactions with the main iconic characters cast.Not bad at all, but Poe Dameron is not much one of my most favourite characters ever and his parents too.

Realistically includes conflict after the battle of endor, which finally makes sense (an empire takes a while to fall apart), Bey and Mr. Dameron are adorable, and LEIA, BEY, AND THE QUEEN OF NABOO TAKE ON AN IMPERIAL STAR DESTROYER.

Ugh, there are Ewoks in this thing - AND Naboo! Wait, come back, they’re only brief appearances (at least they didn’t show us any Gungans)! Set directly in the final scenes of Return of the Jedi, Shattered Empire follows Rebel pilot Shara Bey as the Rebellion continues to fight the suddenly leaderless Empire. Who is Shara Bey? Her hubby is Kes Dameron. That’s right, these are the parents of Poe Dameron, Oscar Isaac’s character in The Force Awakens. Pretty tenuous link for a “Journey to The Force...

Ties together the 3 film trilogies fairly neatly, focussing on Poe Dameron's parents with ample guest appearances from Original Trilogy main characters.If you were hoping for Big Reveals related to plot points from The Force Awakens, however, keep looking because apart from the Dameron family story and how it touches on the events shown in ROTJ and its immediate aftermath, cards are kept pretty close to the vest here.Nice art, though a bit crowded on some pages- for me, the epic battle sequences...

This volume was supposed to bridge the gap between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. It picks up right at the battle of Endor and shows what happens immediately after.I was little disappointed. To me this story didn't really add anything. We did get to see some of the characters, but really it just came across as a typical Star Wars comic tale rather than something that is supposed to be movie canon. It's basically the story of Poe's parents, so I guess it sort of is important to canon,

If you go by what many fictional stories tell us, when the bad guy is defeated, you mourn your dead and then you throw a party. That's not how reality works. Just ask the soldiers and civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq and so many other places where the war never ends, even when it's over.Of course, we don't want our entertainment reflecting that reality. We don't want to sit through Frodo moping around in the burning Shire, or Ender raging against that genocide he was tricked into causing. So wh...

"These are all that remain of the tree that grew at the heart of the Jedi temple on Coruscant." A great mini prequel to The Force Awakens. We got some.of Poes back story and a little look at what happened after the Battle of Endor. I would have liked more but this was good...4 🌟

I didn't not enjoy it.It's just lacking in, how do we say... content.A handful of stories that could easily be one-shots does not a good Star Wars collection make.

For this they retconned Truce at Bakura? I mean, the art is good, but there's really no story. Just a bunch of fancy illustrated Star Wars cameos with no real point. Not an impressive start for the Disney-verse...

3.5 stars, really. I liked the art a lot, and the writing was pretty good as well. Poe's mother Shara Bey is the main character of this one, although his father Kes Dameron makes appearances, too. It takes place in the month after the destruction of the second Death Star, as Shara goes on missions with all of the Big Three, and as the characters in this comic all keep saying, the Empire doesn't seem to have realized they lost. The first issue and Bey's mission with Han was just meh, but I really...

somewhere between three and four. im not sure yet. hmmm.