Star Wars: The Ashes of Jedha Review

Finished reading Star Wars: The Ashes of Jedha, writer Kieron Gillen beings his run on Marvel's main Star Wars series as the Rebels find themselves dealing with the aftermath of Rouge One when they travel to partly destroyed planet of Jedha. The book opens with Luke, Leia, Han and the droids coming to the aid of a couple fighting against the Imperials on Jedha since it was partly destroyed during the events of Rouge One. After rescuing them Leia asks for help to get a meeting with Benthic who is the new leader of the Patrisans since the death of Saw Gerrera as Leia hopes to build an alliance with them. Meanwhile on an Imperial ship Commander Kanchar takes over the operation of retrieving more Kyber Crystals of the Empire along with the help of Queen Trios their able to increase they productivity of getting more Kyber Crystals from what's left of the planet thanks to the technology from the planet Shu-Torun, which leads to the Rebels having to try and stop the Empire from achieving their goal. Overall this as a great book as it continues the main cast's story in their fight against the empire along with building up the ranks of the Rebel alliance with Jedha being their next stop as they try and help the people living in the wreckage of the broken planet. While giving a look at what happened to Jedha after what the Death Star did to the planet during the events of Rouge One writer Kieron Gillen also draws upon a couple of plot threads from his Darth Vader book by bringing in Queen Trios who had a really interesting storyline and with it being brought back up allows for some interesting possibilities for future storylines. The art throughout the book is great as artist Salvador Larroca is able to bring the extremely well designed locations, characters and vehicles to life amazingly. While the colouring by Guru-eFX helps to bring the devastation and bleak aesthetic of what's left of Jedha to life extremely well thanks to some of the monotone colours that is used for the planet. 8/10.