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Death, Lies, and Treachery (Star Wars: Boba Fett)

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This book has high points and low points, but the latter, unfortunately, far exceed the former. Which is a shame because Boba Fett has the potential to be such an interesting character and should fit right into the comic book forum. The art in this book was not horrible, but the color scheme -- the same unnatural conglomeration of greens and yellows and reds used in the Dark Empire series, is dull, ugly, and silly. The characters, especially the Hutts, are portrayed as nothing more than morons, and the action (what action?), is slow, pointless and uninteresting.

There are a few little bits of neat dialogue and interesting character insights into the galaxy's most feared bounty hunter, but, just to give you a general idea, it took me three or four tries before I could actually force myself to read this one through to the end. A part of this is because, even though this book is long, it isn't as unified a series as most of the others, and each of the three issues represented here are 48 pages, so they start seeming long and drawn out in their own right.

If you absolutely love Boba Fett, don't buy this one...it'll ruin him for you. If you, however, fancy yourself a Star Wars collector, then I guess this is a necessary addition to your bookshelf. And to end -- a chronological note. This book is officially supposed to take place after Fett's exploits in Dark Empire I & II.

I can be pretty forgiving where Star Wars is concerned. But the Boba Fett spotlight book "Death, Lies & Treachery" is just plain awful.

The art by Cam Kennedy is ugly, with monochromatic washes on many pages that make it look like a child's paint-by-numbers book. You know the sort of thing I mean; little Timmy doesn't yet understand the correlation between numbers and colors, so he just paints the whole page green. Kennedy's work is like that.

And the story by John Wagner isn't much better. It's a trilogy of sorts, all putting Fett at the beck and call of a Hutt even more loathsome than Jabba. His primary foe (or, rather, his primary foe and his primary foe's brother) is a caricature that one can't even begin to take seriously.

by Tom Knapp, Rambles.(n e t) editor

I loved this book! I purchased it by accident after putting another one down (in a physical bookstore which shall remain nameless) and was afraid I would not like it -I'm not a Fett fan- but I was pleasantly surprised! The book has a plot around the action with Fett that is extremly amusing. The other characters are victim to all sorts of crazy convolutions of fate and personal agenda, and Fett's indifference to anyone's problems but his own adds a hint of irony that makes this book positively delightful.

Most people don't think comic books aren't that good. I'm here to prove them wrong. I collect these books and this trade paperback is AWESOME!!! Boba Fett has been one of my all-time favorite characters. The comics in this book truly capture the darkness of this character. This is a must for all Boba Fett fans. The only thing I found wrong in this would be the art. It would have been better if the creators used the dynamic coloring that other comic artists do.

For a man who maybe has a screen time of 15 minutes and probably three lines of dialogue (at least, in the classic trilogy), Boba Fett has a cult following. So you knew that people would jump on telling his story, revealing his bounty hunter ways.
In this graphic novel, a compilation of three prior comics, Boba Fett is requisitioned to work for Gorga the Hutt, who is trying to woo Anachro. First, Gorga hires Fett to nab Bar-Kooda, who has been oppressing Anachro's father. Then, Gorga hires Fett to return his kidnapped Anachro to him. Lastly, Gorga attemps to rid himself of Daddy-In-Law.
Although the romance of hermaphroditic Hutts (perhaps this was written before that was established in canon?) was a little squicky, I rather enjoyed the novel. I felt Fett was characterized rather well (maybe a little chatty, but really well). His intro, hunting the men on speeder bikes, was pure Fett. Also, I rather enjoyed the story, which is basically just how one Hutt gets married to his love (and how Anachro defies the Hutt stereotype). I liked seeing the interaction of Gorga to Anachro, and Gorga to his Father-in-Law, two scenarios not prevalent in Star Wars and certainly not from the Hutts' perspectives.
The artwork I felt lent itself well to the story. The coloring the same way, though it did grow tiring, all the colors seemed to be the same over and over again.
Certainly not the most clever graphic novel ever made, "Boba Fett: Death, Lies, and Treachery" is an enjoyable yarn that will preoccupy your mind for a while and possibly get you to laughing.

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Nothing to notable here. The plot was overall quite shaky, with an inconsistent mix of humor and action. Cam Kenndey's art is its usual.... uniqueness. Like it or not, it will take some getting used to.

The stories are odd and at times rather ludicrous. Overall, if you want some nice Boba Fett/bounty hunter action, look for 'Enemy of the Empire' and the 'Shadows of the Empire' comic.

This was a great graphic novel with the exception of the art. Reading it, I was under the impression that the only color available to the artist was green. Still, the story was good (not to mention interesting) concerning a Hutt getting married. Another con about the art is the fact that Bar-Kooda looks almost exactly like Ry-Kooda. Another downside to the story is the end. (SPOILERS AHEAD) The end is highly predictable, what with Boba riding off into the sunset with his mission complete.(SPOILERS END) This still gets 4 stars because, simply put, it's Boba Fett, and it's hard to ruin him. Reccommended to Fett fans only.

This book (for me) was fun to read, but at the same time it had a kind of dreary, black atmosphere. This isn't really a shortcoming, since it was meant to be there to give the book the kind of dreary "death, lies & treachery" feeling that its title suggested. This it did very well, especially with that dull colouring scheme that many people here have complained about. For my part, I didn't mind it at all for I thought that it fitted exactly the atmosphere of the places that this book went.

Overall, this book is unusual compared to most Star Wars books. None of the characters can really be considered the "good guys" except for Magwit, who only appears in one part of the book and is not really a major character. Another reason that it's unusual is that it focuses on a completely different part of the Star Wars universe; the dark, unsafe outskirts. And the final reason is its atmosphere. "Death, Lies, & Treachery" really does describe both the book's storyline and the book's atmosphere. However, this book is still very enjoyable, and the few comic moments that there are are made much more enjoyable when you come to them straight from the serious atmosphere of the previous strip. Anyway, I gave this book a "4" instead of a "5" simply because of it's slightly depressing atmosphere. However, I think that while in the atmosphere that this story required, the book couldn't have been made much better.

It was an okay comic book.....honestly, I was expecting more. The 'Star Wars' stories and spin offs are usually so good. I guess I was looking for a more complex plot and a relevant story line.

this was a good book, but the bounty hunters get so much attention! What i'm trying to say is... I want some book about Wedge! I have no problem with bounty hunters, but give someone else a chance!