A Christmas gift to the Kiddo, bought at Merrymac Games and Comics in Merrimack NH.Title: Star Wars: Han Solo: Imperial Cadet
Issue: 1
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Date: January 2019
Writer: Robbie Thompson
Artist: Leonard Kirk
Colorist: Arif Prianto
Letterer: VC's Joe Caramagna
Cover: David Nakayama
Editor: Mark Paniccia, Tom Groneman
This series fills in the gap in Solo: A Star Wars Story where Han is in the Imperial military. Actually, the first nine pages just adapt early scenes from the film, which I found a bit frustrating, since Marvel already has a separate series adapting the film.
From there, Han gets the bootcamp experience, complete with a lot of silliness in which everyone insists on calling recruits by their number, rather than their name, and then no one seems to be able to stick to it.
We get glimpses of a few character that seem like they have some potential, but the interactions are hurried in order to fit in an action scene where Han tries to steal a TIE fighter.
I get that young Han is supposed to be foolish, desperate, and impulsive, but the whole scene makes very little sense, and the punchline it sets up is not a particularly satisfying one.
This was a glimpse into a chapter in Han Solo's life that I really didn't need.
Rating: 4/10
