Star Wars: Out Among the Stars Review

Finished reading Star Wars: Out Among the Stars, concluding writer Jason Aaron's run on the series as all the plot lines from earlier in the series get warped up. The book opens with Luke and Leia crash landing on a small island on a water based plant where they find themselves stranded for weeks until Luke is able to fix their ship when a group of Stormtroopers find them. The next story sees Sana coming to Lando for help in making some credits by selling imperial guns and the whereabouts of them to pirates and the Empire themselves. The following story sees Han and Chewie on a mission from Mon Mothma to transport Grakkus the Hutt to a holding facility with the hope that someone will be able to make him talk and hopefully that information can help the rebellion. The book then picks up with R2 D2's own mission to save C3PO from the Empire by finding his way onto a Star Destroyer where R2 sends the crew into disarray as they are unable to capture the droid. The next story catches back up with Scar Squadron as the try the find the Rebel's current base which soon comes under siege by the squadron. The penultimate story co-written by Jason and Dash Aaron goes back to Tatooine as it follows a young Tusken Raider who is being watched over by a now older Obi Wan. The final story which is written by Jason Latour has Han and Leia going to the planet Odona when someone from Han's past has followed them with the intention to kill Han for leaving him after a job didn't go in his favour. Overall this was a great book as it brings the end to writer Jason Aaron's time with the series by bring some more personal stories to the characters along with wrapping up any plot threads very nicely in preparation for what's to come. The character interactions are great as it helps to build towards the relationship these characters later have within the film's while also bringing some of the more comedic moments within the book. The art throughout the book is amazing as Salvador Larroca continues to bring the almost photorealistic look to the characters and locations within the book that helps to make the series feel like watching the original film. With the additional art by Andrea Sorrentino and Michael Walsh helps to the aesthetics of the planets and works extremely well for the two stories. 8.5/10.