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Star Wars Visionaries

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I saw this Trade Paperback in my local Comic Shop and realized it is a book of short stories that grew out of artwork that was "cut" from Episode 3.

Darth Maul. Grevious. Luke. Obi Wan. Wookies. And tons of fantastic Art. Out of the entire book one chapter kinda stinks. The Wat Tambor story kinda reminded me of Cheech Wizard or something. Not waht I thought Wat was going to look like in comics...

But thats it. The rest of the stories are fantastic! Loved the book. If you are a fan, and waiting patiently for Episode 3, this is a taste of things to come.

Enjoy!

I have just read my Visionaries book and I would like to say that I 100% agree with everything nir085 says about the stories and the artwork.

The book is definately worth buying if you are a fan of Star Wars and the good stories make up for the ones that are not so good.

Sure the art was awesome! But besides the story about the origin of General Griveous (which is still too short) there's not much storyline to offer in this book.

So I can't really give a great review of this seeing is how I still don't have it. I ordered back at the first of january along with some other books by other sellers. I received those a week after ordering, this one i still have yet to get, because ups might have lost it thats what the seller told me thats bs. But I have read this book and it is super awesome, it has a lot of great stories, I recommend this book to all star wars comic fans just by it from someone else!

This is a must for the Star Wars nerd in all of us! If you love all the stories that coincide with the rest of the saga, you ought to check out this book, it's a collection of several comics based on stuff in the films. It's worth a look if you really like Star Wars.

The stories were very enjoyable & added well to the Star Wars saga.

Old Wounds - My favorite tale (tale, not section). But whatever happened to Maul's origins? Was there a reason he came returned looking like the infamous Kalee more than the infamous Sith Lord? For a book that had Maul on its initial cover for multiple months, I would have hoped that there would be at least a little bit more meat on this skeletal tale. Also, isn't this story somewhat revealing?

The Artist of Naboo - Not my cup of tea, this kind of work, but it would seem like a soothing drink for those who do appreciate the sort of art shown here.

Wat Tambor and the quest for the sacred eye of the Albino Cyclops - Hmmm. What can I say here. It's....interesting? Seems like something that will appeal to the Star Wars Tales audience. Me? I would have rather seen Wat Tambor being beaten senselessly by his own goons. He simply doesn't come across as a character worthy of some mystical journey. Then again, I should keep in mind that it is a Star Wars Tales type of tale. There's nothing sacred about a Confederacy [pawn].

Sithisis - The artist could have made it more clear as to whether or not the Sithisis fits in to the Star Wars timeline, and, if it does, then where. Great little Sith story nevertheless. Dialogue was not at all missed in this story and only made it cooler.

Entrenched - I liked it. But even with that opinion in mind it begs the following question: why is there a Hoth story in a work supposed to be centered around RotS? A story about Mon Mothma's son could have been appropriately placed before A New Hope, which could have shown some of the reasoning behind her becoming an Alliance leader in the first place. The seamless Hoth tie-in with its respective ending was neat, but not the best context, in my opinion. That ending would have probably commenced either way.

The Fourth Precept - Cool. I don't know what any of these couple of pages mean, but cool.

Prototypes - Who's Nubyl? I'm not pointing at a flaw in the story, I'm only wondering if this is a regular. If not, then that's fine. Anyways. I'm not a Mandalorian devotee, but this tale was still enjoyable. But I did notice one fallacy (unless I missed out on something EU-related): Durge cannot speak english. There were no greater than or less than marks around his speech to denote a foreign language and his ineptitude concerning english was revealed in Obsession #4. Nothing big, really; just to the Star Wars nerd.

Imperial Recruitment - The...artwork...should enamor most SW geeks. Exciting, these two pages are.

Deep Forest - Pretty cool. The readers did miss out on Chewbacca, however.

Celestia Galactica - ....if you do not consider this to define the word art, then buy a dictionary; please.

The Eyes of Revolution - Lovely. Like the Maul tale, however, I was expecting another Grievous story, or a bit more development, as Visionaries was supposed to show-off Grievous more than anything else.

To create brevity, I'd say that this should be a must-buy for any Episode III merchandise or movie lover. I haven't even seen the supplementary Eps. III guides yet, but already I know that this book is the better buy. You will not be disappointed. Especially if the few pages you have seen have been from the Dark Horse preview.

Just don't expect stories leading directly into Revenge of the Sith, a la Obsession. The compilation you have here is not what this is about. The emphasis is on art, more on character origins (though obviously it is sufficient in that regard as well). Such a big emphasis, in fact, that you cannot even accurately call all of them "tales".

The last thing I'm going to say goes out to AMAZON.COM - update your image [Visionaries] already; or is there some exclusive Darth Maul cover I'm missing out on?

I bought this book for my 10year old son who'd lost his original copy. The first time he opened the cover the book came apart. The glue on the binding was still tacky. He and I were both very disappointed. Buyer beware.

This tpb has exceptional artwork. The stories contained therein can mostly be considered 'non-canon', but that doesn't make it any less an enjoyable read. You may also be interested in seeing the creation of General Grievous visually here.

The greatest concept artists at Lucas Film LTD make the best Starwars comic book ever.

If you don't read comics you should at least read this.

See the creation of Grievious, the return of Darth Maul, and briliant concept illustration.

Buy this book!