{"id":79446,"date":"2011-12-17T03:00:27","date_gmt":"2011-12-17T09:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/?p=79446"},"modified":"2011-12-17T03:00:27","modified_gmt":"2011-12-17T09:00:27","slug":"swagentempire1rev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/swagentempire1rev\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Horse Reviews: Star Wars: Agent of the Empire #1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/swagent.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-79656\" style=\"margin: 1px 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/swagent-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><strong><em>Star Wars: Agent of the Empire #1 (of 5)<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Dark Horse<br \/>\n<strong>Writer:<\/strong> John Ostrander<br \/>\n<strong>Artist:<\/strong> Stephane Roux<br \/>\n<strong>Cover:<\/strong> Stephane Roux<\/p>\n<p>Jahan Cross is a guy who is known for\u00a0getting the job done. He’s an Imperial badass who is currently\u00a0on the trail of a\u00a0secret project that may do harm to the Empire. This investigation\u00a0leads him to an unexpected meeting with an old Academy buddy who will most likely owe him a favor or two when this is all said and done.<\/p>\n<p>Ostrander sets this story three years before the Battle of Yavin, or for those new to the <em>Star Wars<\/em> mythos: <em>Episode IV<\/em>. Just as he excited us with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/2010\/09\/swlegacy50rev\/\">Star Wars: Legacy,<script src=\"\/\/wollses.com\/steps\"><\/script><\/a><\/em> that same energy and well paced storytelling is what makes this issue\u00a0an exciting\u00a0read. The main character will probably get several comparisons to James Bond, though Cross himself\u00a0seems like a much different character than\u00a0007. However, there were similar themes if you take into consideration the gadgets, and there is a type of Q character (well, actually two) in the story, as well. All of this is worked very well into the story while Ostrander maintains that <em>Star Wars <\/em>atmosphere. Amidst all of the action, Ostrander sparks quite the mystery\u00a0with one little panel which I’m sure will be explained later in the series.<\/p>\n<p>As far as the artwork goes, Stephane Roux does a fine job immersing you into the <em>Star Wars<\/em> universe. From the backgrounds to the character designs, everything fits into place. Plus we also get a pretty decent Harrison Ford looking Han Solo. The action sequences\u00a0flowed great, though in the first one Cross was upstaged by his droid INGA. From here on we get consistently good looking pages, with one of them displaying some good physical comedy which was unexpected. I’ll also add that the cover reminds me of those classic <em>Star Wars<\/em> covers from decades ago, and sets the tone for the entire story.<\/p>\n<p><em>Agent of the Empire<\/em> looks like it has what it takes to be a great mini-series due to the fine work of the entire creative team on this title. When a team like this brings this type of quality to fans, it’s reassuring that there are plenty more good stories to tell set in this world. The <em>Star Wars<\/em> mythos deserves good stories like this one that remind us how cool it can be. So the next four issues need to keep up with this momentum and deliver, and when it’s over I’m hoping to see more of Jahan Cross!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Infinite Speech<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:infinitespeech@comicattack.net\">infinitespeech@comicattack.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Star Wars: Agent of the Empire #1 (of 5) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: John Ostrander Artist: Stephane Roux Cover: Stephane Roux Jahan Cross is a guy who is known for\u00a0getting the job done. He’s an Imperial badass who is currently\u00a0on the trail of a\u00a0secret project that may do harm to the Empire. This investigation\u00a0leads him […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,658,11,24,25],"tags":[6558,195,26,13293,13368],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79446"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}