Some solid Age of Republic solo stories from the main characters of the prequels. Nothing earth shattering here, but solid stories nonetheless.

Excellent flip side to the coin of Age of Republic: Villains, all four stories were pretty strong so we can overlook the not-so-great nature of the material collected from the Age of Republic Special.Most compelling, perhaps, is the glimpse of the kind of force for good Anakin might have been.

This is a fun collection of in canon one shots with heroes from the prequels. A couple, and Anakin and Padme issues, feel a bit like episodes of The Clone Wars. While the Qui-Gon story delves a bitter deeper into his relationship with the force, and the Obi-Wan story features his most famous line (and is also good).

Jody Houser is quickly becoming one of my favorite Star Wars writers. All 8-issues of the “Age of Republic” series that she wrote are nothing short of great, with these four focusing on the heroes being almost exclusively excellent. The plots in each one-shot may be simple—they feel like truncated episodes of The Clone Wars—but these are introspective character studies, and the plot (rightfully so) is more of a backdrop for the way Houser explores these characters. And it works! These might not

Sadly, this was a waste of time. Completely sappy and crappy. Don’t bother with this one.

Could the prequels have been good without old Georgie boy at the helm? Maybe – but in the hands of writer Jody Houser, these new stories set within that age remain resolutely cancerous! The standalone issues are heavily flavoured like each of the godawful movies. Qui-Gon’s issue is Phantom Menace-lite, Obi-Wan and Padme’s are Attack of the Clones and Anakin’s is Revenge of the Sith. The stories are such pointless dull-in-one nothings. They don’t add anything to the characters or world and are ju...

I liked this collection a little better than the Age of Republic: Villains volume, but I don't know if there's any particular reason. Probably just a different day, a different mood while reading it. Each story shows a glimpse of something we've already seen that character do, but set in a slightly different location. The stories affirm what we know, without adding anything new. It would have been interesting if the stories about Qui-Gon and Padme had had some connection to the recent novels abo...

Star Wars loves their collection of one shots. This volume collects one shots about the heroes of the Prequel Trilogy. I actually thought most of these stories were pretty interesting (Particularly Qui Gon's) other than Padme's. I generally find the villain's stories more interesting but I felt for the Age of The Reublic series, the heroes's stories were better.

Qui-Gon Jinn: 5/5. The art during the vision scene...beautiful-Obi-Wan Kenobi: 4.5/5. This makes me want to read the Jude Watson series about Anakin and Obi-Wan even more now.Anakin Skywalker: 4.5/5. I have a love-hate relationship with Anakin; the Anakin of the prequels annoys me a lot but the Anakin of the Clone Wars is a character I love. But hey, Anakin saving slaves never gets old.Padme Amidala: 5/5. I love Padme and I want all Padme content directly beamed into my heart.Mace Windu: 5/5. Ok...

Age of Republic collects six individual comic issues comprised of characters from the prequel era. Qui-Gon Jinn is the best character in all of Star Wars (fight me) and his issue was by far and a way the best. It focuses on the quintessential question in Star Wars, balance, and how it's obtained. Qui-Gon is vastly more interesting than the entire Jedi order and I'd love to see him get a comic/book series. Obi-Wan also had an excellent entry that deals with his doubts about being Anakin's master....

Here’s the flip side of the coin. Now if this comic were a quarter the hero’s side is definitely looking like the heads side. It doesn’t really change. It does indicate the type of coin you have which is useful. The dark side, the villains, is reminiscent of the tails’ side because it can vary. Need I go on? I feel like Villains has the high ground. It delves deeper, it expands further and it is more creative. This volume means well it just can’t deliver. If nothing else I was expecting a one-s

These one shots are so good!!

*4.5These comics are so good.Age of Republic features four familiar faces from the prequels, with two bonus stories. The first one, focused on Qui-Gon, is an interesting introspective to how he views the role of the Jedi in times of war. Given how he disagrees with the Council, this was definitely a solid look into his character.The second story in here was probably my favorite. Since Obi-Wan took in Anakin when he was so under-prepared, I really liked seeing the two of them interacting in betwe...

A fine, largely forgettable collection of Star Wars one-shots. Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Padme all have neat little adventures with some sort of lesson. Obi-Wan's is probably the best, although it was nice to see Qui-Gon again. The art is functional, not great, but also not photorealistic, so that's good. I would guess all of these "Age of XXX" collections will be like this - enjoyable enough, nothing to write home about.

Actual rating is 2.5 stars.This collection contains short stories of the characters Anakin, Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon, and Padme. Each story is a stand alone and has no connection with other stories.This collection is your basic run of the mill collection that is just okay. I thought the stand out story was Anakin's story with Obi-Wan's being a close second. If you expecting to find additional information to these characters or the overall story arc, you might want to look somewhere else. Each story held...

Comprised of 4 one-shots, each one featuring a different hero from the prequel era, “Star Wars: Age of the Republic – Heroes” takes the characters of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Padme Amidala, and Qui-Gon Jinn and spins them off into their own individual tales. All in all, it gives you almost exactly what you’d expect, and little else…and you know what? For my money, that’s perfectly okay. The art looks great, the characters are true to their big screen forms, the stories themselves are si...

4 heroes, 4 stories, all combined in this phenomenal graphic novel. Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, Padme and Anakin, each with their own tale that clearly demonstrates how they earned the mantle hero. Each story was also tailor made in a sense, it described, and brought to life, the essential elements of the character, that make them who they are.Qui-Gon's was a perfect example. It showed off his prowess as a Jedi Master, but also showed his more philosophical side. How he wrestled with questions regarding t...

So recently Marvel launched this Age of Republic/Rebellion/Resistance series of one-shots, each focused on a different character from a different era of the Star Wars universe. Some of them are really good, some are meh. With the Age of Republic series (set in the prequel era) they're all written by Jody Houser, whose writing has been growing on me lately — I think she's becoming more skilled and capable, and she works quite well within the one-shot format. I am not really a fan of prequels (I d...

I expected the selection of heroes to be a poor one since I never really liked some of these guys and gals. Around the Clone War era I often found myself rooting for the clones rather than their generals. Then again, it might have been only Padme and Anakin that I thought were pussies. Everything those two touched went to hell.(view spoiler)[Padme heads toward a neutral system in the hopes of bringing it into the Republic. An assassin threatens her mission, but she still has a modicum of success...

Not entirely sure why I expected enough from the prequel trilogy saps  – and yes, even Senator Binks is here, gods help us – to bother reading this, quick as these collections are to get through. Still, Jody Houser does her best (even if there is one sentence where Yoda, appallingly, uses a perfectly sensible word order), and the art has a brightness and colour appropriate to the property, and so sorely missing in the Abrams films. I was also quite amused by the afterword suggesting that Qui-Gon...