I would give higher rating, but these Episode I backstorys are really unnecessary and annoying. Everything else, at lease for lore, was worth a read.

Much like my review of the Rise of the Sith Omnibus I will say straight off that part of the value and enjoyment of these omnibuses is the value. You got a lot of comics for not that much money and while the stories are older and the quality varies, just like with the Rise of the Sith, ultimately I feel Emissaries and Assassins is well worth picking up. Here are my thoughts on each story.Phantom Menace One Shots - Each of these single issues focuses on one character around the time of Episode On...

The Dark Horse Star Wars comics were always best the further they strayed from the movies. This book, a collection of stories that occur between Eps 1 & 2, opens with some forgettable one shots that flesh out Ep 1. The middle of the book is the best, following the Jedi, and notably, a young Tusken padawan through a hand full of missions. The book ends with Open Seasons, a mini series showing Jango Fett's backstory.

STAR WARS: EMISSARIES & ASSASSINS: A Half-Empty Mixed BagGood grief. I realized long ago that the STAR WARS Prequel Trilogy really wasn’t “your father’s STAR WARS story,” and, to a certain extent, I think I’d made my peace with it. George Lucas is plenty of years older than he was when he scratched down the outline for the entirety of the story, so maybe – just maybe – he’d lost much of his original ideas for Episodes I, II, and III. Maybe a Gungan had eaten his notes! I mean, “Who knew? Right?”...

3 stars only because of the Jango Fett open season comics at the end. The beginning is just rehashing the Phantom Menace from different perspectives which could have been an interesting idea if it wasn't one of the most boring movies in Star Wars to begin with, and really who needs a buddy adventure with Padme and Jar Jar, seriously who asked for that?The stories with the Jedi were slightly better as they dealt with the time period between episodes one and two, but really don't add much backgrou...

Excellent action stories to bridge the gap between Episode 1 and 2. The die hard fan is treated with the fleshing out of obscure characters seen in the movies and we get to see more of Mandalorian culture that's far more edible than the Republic Comando series. We're looking at you, Skirata!

První část knihy se věnuje Epizodě I. Tu mám rád, takže jsem se na tuto část obzvláště těšil. Jaké bylo ale moje zklamání, když jsem nedostal komiksovou verzi závodu kluzáků. Část s Epizodu 1 má 4 sešity, kde jeden z nich obsahuje zrychlené vyprávění celé Epizody I z pohledu Obi-Wana a zbývající tři sešity jsou něco jako vystřižené scény, které se všechny odehrávají na Tatooine a ve kterých se ale nic podstatného nestane. Nuda. Docela rušivé bylo, že každý sešit kreslil jiný výtvarník a kvalita

For the most part really good, I loved the one about the Tusken Raiders.

The Emissaries and Assassins omnibus of Star Wars stories from Dark Horse collects a variety of star wars comics that place between Episodes 1 and 2 of the prequel trilogy. The comics here mainly come from the Star Wars (eventually called Republic) comics. Some of the individual storylines might have been reviewed previously as Marvel's Star Wars Epic Collections collect some of these same comics. This collection begins with EPISODE 1 ADVENTURES, a collection of one-shot comics related to the fo...

Trade federation, pod races, little Anakin, Qui-Gon Jinn being headstrong, Obi Wan being wise, Darth Maul being awesome, commitee discussions, jedi council discussions: this book captures the feeling of Episode I perfectly well. The question is why would anyone want that? The writing's often good and the images suit the text quite well, this book could be much worse in other hands - but still, who wants more Phantom Menace?

Great stories...

The Phantom Menace stories are hard to get through, but it's a pretty fun read after that.

Quite a few stories in here, all taking place around the time of Phantom Menace. The standouts include "Republic: Outlander", and "Jango Fett: Open Seasons". "Outlander' takes place on Tatooine and is notable because it contains the characters Sharad Hett and his son A'sharad Hett. Hett is a Jedi who has been missing for sometime and is discovered to be leading a tribe of Tusken Raiders. His son, A'sharad is notable because besides being a famous Jedi during the Clone Wars, he spends a large amo...

Overall, it was okay.I would have liked more consistency with authors, artists & inkers for the Episode I components. However, I like how they all somewhat wove together and that the side stories all were related to the movie (of course they would be, but I still like it).Episode I: Anakin Skywalker: The art wasn't the greatest, but the story was interesting. Anakin would always somehow find what he is looking for. Him calling Shmi "mother" though seemed a bit OOCEpisode I: Queen Amidala: The th...

This collection wasn't that great. The back story on A'Sharrad Hett was pretty interesting. However, I didn't care for the Emissaries to Malastare story. The attitudes of the Jedi seemed to conflict with everything else available on them. Jedi are always presented, especially pre-clone wars, as a bit more serene and thoughtful. However, in that story, they were pretty much jerks and openly antagonistic. It wasn't just one of them (such as Master Piell which would make sense because of his person...

Lots of good background on many key characters throughout other series. A'sharad Hett, Jango Fett. I am glad I have read the Legacy Comics and now had the chance to come back and read some of these Early Republic Comics as it provides hints to big Reveals in Legacy.

The first bit, which re-hashed TPM, was pretty much unreadable for me.Outlander was a great story, even if the art was disappointing. A'Sharad Hett! I didn't know I needed his origins story until I read this.Emissaries to Malastare was OK - I was interested until Windu went to Nar Shadda. Mostly that was boring, even though I loved seeing Villie again. Art was still not so great.Jango Fett: Open Seasons is why I really was interested in this compilation and... the opportunity felt squandered. Th...

Můj první SW komiks - pro mě osobně zajímavé příběhy dokreslující filmy, vyhovuje mi i výtvarná podoba, takže celkový dojem velmi dobrý, ač měly příběhy kapánek kolísavou kvalitu. Nejlepší Cizinec, nejslabší asi Jango Fett.