Finished reading Star Wars: Rebel Jail, continues Marvel's ongoing Star Wars story writer Jason Aaron slits the into two groups with Leia leading a group to one of the Rebellion's most fortified prisons while Luke and Han find themselves in a situation the neither of them expect to be in. The book opens up with a story written by Kieron Gillen from the perspective of rebel spy Eneb Ray who gets information form Princess Leia of a mass execution of senate members. Which leads to Emeb and the other spy's on Coruscant to infiltrate the prison complex where the senator are being held as news comes of the Emperor coming to watch the execution. The next part of the book features the main story as Leia is joined by Sana who helps Leia to escort Doctor Alphra to a rebel prison which is orbiting a star which makes it almost inescapable. Once Alphra has been taken to her cell Leia and Sana find themselves trapped inside the prison as a mysterious figure has taken control of the prison and begins to unleash prisoners on Leia and Sana. Meanwhile on the other side of the galaxy Luke and Han find themselves is a sticky situation when Han loses most of the Rebellions money of a game of Sabacc that he was cheating at which leads to the two to make more money by taking a smuggling job. The final story is another flashback story with Obi-Wan on Tatooine as he continues to watch over a young Luke Skywalker and helps if he can. Only for Luke's uncle Owen to discover what Obi-Wan is doing and tell him to leave the family alone as he doesn't what a repeat of what happened to Anakin to happen to Luke. Overall this was a great book as its a scaled back story compared to the Vader Down crossover that proceeded this as writer Jason Aaron tells a much more personal story for Leia that gives hers some great character development but also help to build a relationship between her and Sana. While there is great comedic moment that bleed into the the main story thanks to the interplay of Leia, Sana and Alphra while the Luke and Han story is full of no stop hilarity which is a credit to Jason Aaron's storytelling. The attention of the story featuring rebel spy Eneb Ray is great as its not only a nice little short story but also ties into that large story in a nice way. While the Obi-Wan story's are always a welcome addition to the series and never seems to be filler or padding to the book as the story is always incredibly captivating. The artwork through of the book is great as each artist's style works well for each story from Angel Unzueta conveying the emotions of each character to Leinil Yu's style that simply lends itself to the setting of the jail with the constant glaring sunlight and even Mike Mayhew's art that is incredibly cinematic that makes the Obi-Wan story feel even more like its own movie. 8.5/10.
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