Cavan Scott's Star Wars Adventures series has grown on me. I originally found them to be inconsequential and silly. But now, having re-read some of the old SW comics from the 70s and 80s, I see Adventures as being much more in line with what SW used to be like in graphic novel form. The artwork also reminds me more of that classic era than any of the current books.This collection of scary stories is surprisingly grim, given the target readership of the series. And I question whether people actua...

Fun and fast paced, this was not what I was expecting, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. This collection of short “scary” tales from Vader’s Castle is definitely one that I will keep on hand during Spooky season!

To all the people who read Scary Tales to Tell in the Dark and watched Are You Afraid of the Dark, this comic salutes you.

This j-fiction level story is an interesting way to integrate the story of Vader's fortress (something new in the canon that has been explored in the Marvel comic) to the younger audience. Presented as short stories (containing characters we already know) being told to new characters in the form of an object lesson, this story has enough new material laced with nostalgia to grip any Star Wars fan.Lina Graf and her crew crash land on Mustafar and head for Vader Fortress, not knowing how much dang...

I am not a horror fan but I quite enjoyed this book. Not my favorite artwork style either but it definitely fot the story. The thing is it does not take much to imagine Vader as a unstoppable nightmare monster which is probobly why the story worked for me.A group of Rebels' ship is damaged and they are forced to crash land on an ominous lave planet, with an Imperial presence and a sinister looking citadel. I don't think it is a spoiler to anyone, who has read the title of the book, who's castle

A Rebel team led by Commander Lina Graf (of the 'Adventures in Wild Space' books) crash-lands on Mustafar. As they investigate the sinister Imperial fortress there they exchange spooky tales from across the galaxy featuring such characters as Hera Syndulla, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Han Solo.Let's be fair, you need a pretty robust willing suspension of disbelief to accept that these desperate Rebel agents would keep stopping to tell each other ghost stories as they infiltrate Darth Vader's castle but,

This is a light, fun, and really enjoyable anthology adventure. It’s definitely geared towards a younger audience, so even though is kinda-sorta dubbed a “horror anthology,” it’s more of a series of adventures with mildly spooky elements that are tied together by an ongoing story of typically-mischievous Star Wars rebels. And I really liked that. There’s something refreshing about this comic. Cavan Scott’s writing feels right at home in Star Wars, but carries an airy, flexible tone that capably

Scary stories from the Star Wars universe! The Star Wars Adventures series continues with a unique framing device: A Rebel contingent crash-lands on Mustafar and must steal a shuttle from Darth Vader's castle to get off-world. This frame story, unfortunately, is fairly lean and Vader himself plays a disappointingly small role.The scary stories are told by individual characters, often as a way of explaining that the situation in Vader's castle isn't all that scary. As you might expect, the storie...

One of the many peculiarities of the comics business: despite Marvel doing Star Wars comics since Disney bought both, Star Wars comics for kids are produced under licence by another company altogether, IDW. This is a lot closer to the oddball stuff which was coming out around the original trilogy, albeit with a slightly tighter handle on continuity, and despite the spooky theme, art from the likes of Derek Charm ensures it's never going to provide more than a gentle scare to any but the most tim...

Really strange plot, a group of characters find themselves in Vader’s castle and in order to psychic themselves up to continue their adventure they share ghost stories with each other that star the familiar characters from the Staw Wars universe.Most likely I am the wrong audience for this book, I am in my 40s, a casual fan of the extended Star Wars universe, and have never really been into comic books. Perhaps if you are 8 this would be great, but I really question how this could be considered

This is a Star Wars horror comic aimed at younger readers. Think Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark crossed with Star Wars and you get an idea. I thought this was pretty good. I like the animated art style, and the horror stories set in the Star Wars universe are very entertaining. This isn't dark horror but scary stories aimed at younger readers, but it's good enough adults will get a kick out of it as well.

Spooktober 2018 Book 18This is a weird entry into my October reads list:1) It’s Star Wars and horror2) It’s a comic/graphic novel (of which I’ve read zero for this month)3) Its obviously meant for young readers...and while I’ve read 3 Goosebumps novels up to this point (which are also obviously penned for younger brains and younger eyes), I don’t think I’ve read a series tailored towards the younger segment of comic readers.And that last point probably should give me pause and not give Tales Fro...

So two stars to this because the concept of it was actually pretty neat; telling stories as people try to sneak into Vader's castle. But it was just *so bad*. The stories, the characters, the writing. All bad. I'm unsure if this was canon or not, but everything was just so infantile and the characters were so stupid it was ridiculous. At one point I even checked to see if this was for kids. It's not. It's just that bad. Like I said, the concept was good, but they should've waited until the chara...

A great anthology of original "legendary" stories framed around a desperate rebel incursion into Vader's castle on Mustafar, it pulls from all over Star Wars canon and makes wonderful use of different narratives and art styles to tell entertaining tales. Highly recommend!(view spoiler)[Not quite a 5-stars from me due to some irksome plot threads left hanging, I wish it had been 6 issues instead to round out the fate of the rebels such as the thief who goes from being a pivotal character to just

Take the word 'Scary' with a grain of salt if you have more than one digit in your age. This definitely a youth-targeted series, and Star Wars doesn't really work well for scary stories in general. Even with force ghosts and werewolves, the scariest thing is Vader in the wraparound story (which features a bit more death than I would have expected, honestly). The 'stories' range from a pre-Rebels incident with Kanan and Hera, an Ewoks story (that works primarily because of its impressive art and

Star Wars: Tales from Vader’s Castle is a darkish tale of storming Vader’s castle on mustafar with Star Warsy humor sprinkled in. Along with the main narrative are three to four other tales told, like ghost stories around a camp fire, which all come together in the main story. I was hoping for a dark twisted take on Star Wars but what I got was just mediocre cheesyness and not really the good cheesy either...it was just 😑 Feel the force with a 📖 & stay lit!#bookrecommendations

I think this is my new favorite SW comic this was so good!!

Not great, but maybe more for kids. The "bookends" for this collection of vaguely spooky tales set in the Star Wars universe is a fairly ridiculous account of some rebels crash landing near Vader's castle. The idea of telling each other stories is dumb...but some of them are not bad and feature familiar characters. There's an Ewok story, OK?! So the Duloks and Gorax are canon! If the last sentence meant nothing to you, there's no reason to read this comic; there are better ones. However, I could...

This is a collection of stories that is meant for the younger audience. A small group of Rebels have to make an emergency landing on Mustafar and they are in a dire situation. To take their minds of their current situation they tell stories. These stories are actually scary stories (not really) and are fine for the younger audience. They also contain a variety of fan favorites like Count Dooku, Hela, Han Solo and even Ewoks.This was so much better than I thought it was going to be. I believe one...

I honestly did not expect to like this series. There were things about it that were a bit too juvenile or "Kiddy", but this story was pretty awesome. There were some really great tales starring some of our favorite characters. This definitely surpassed my expectation and did not go the direction I thought it would, which is a good thing. I absolutely adored the Ewok story and the Obi-Wan/Dooku one. I wan more of both in canon. Amazing read for October!