So there's a plague and Jedi fighting super troopers. And then there's more fighting. The last story with Shak Ti was a bit more interesting, but it was still mostly fighting. The cartoon was way more interesting and complicated. Good German practice but not the most engaging.

Wasn't as enjoyable as the first volume in the series.

I never enjoyed this one as much as the first volume, but it’s not bad. Unlike Volume 1, which contained five stories, this one has just three.The New Face of War is the set piece story of this collection, in which Obi-Wan, Anakin, and some other Jedi discover a Separatist chemical weapon on a moon of Naboo. The bad news is it’s a story in which Obi-Wan, Anakin, and some other Jedi discover a Separatist chemical weapon on a moon of Naboo. Why is it that whenever Anakin shows up he tanks whatever...

Not the best Star Wars stories I've read. When a story is pretty straightforward and not very complex it can be pretty good if there's other good aspects like characterization or natural deepness. Unfortunately the three stories in this volume are rather arbitrary, not very meaningful, and feel plainly mediocre. Also what's really ticking me off is how weak the pre-empire Jedi are. You'd think that in their 20+ years of training they would be competent at dealing with the dangers of a mission th...

Pretty good. I'll be sure to remember Haden Blackman's name - he wrote the first story arc in this volume. The art is also pretty good.The second arc about Shaak Ti written by John Ostrander is ok. It crams a lot of things in which can be a be bit much. Likewise, the art tries to cram in too much - there's no breathing space.

As with the first volume, this is more of a collection of short stories.The New Face Of WarAnakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate strange goings on on one of Naboo's moons and find themselves battling a mysterious bounty hunter going by the name of Durge as well as Asajj Ventress. The artwork of this one really reinforces the Jedis' struggle in the poisoned air. The introduction of the Gen-Dai Durge to the franchise is brilliant, he's a real tough opponent for the Jedi to face-off again...

The first three interconnected comics here were all over the place and as uninteresting as the bland death-crazed villain "Durge" (A grievous prototype?) who is introduced. It's all about setting up Asajj Ventress as a villainess, and she's kinda cool, so it's all good. The longer story focussing on a particular Jedi, this time Shaak Ti, is again the stronger and thoroughly enjoyable addition. Basically a let's go and save a planet by taking out some shields and killing the bad guy story, but if...

This volume has 2 main stories. One is the introduction of a new separatist weapon and more background on Ventress. The other concerns an attack on a planet that goes wrong for the republic. I like the way they constantly question whether the war is the right thing for the jedi. There's some nice character moments with jedi that are not as well known as others. A good read.

Really good. Artwork was great. Story was interesting.

Getting a lot of Ventress in here. The artwork is good too.

This graphic novel contains issues 51-53 of Star Wars: Republic and the special Star Wars: Jedi-Shaak Ti, which I already reviewed as an individual piece. This graphic novel features the sections, "The New Face of War," "Blast Radius," and the aforementioned Shaak Ti story, which is actually subtitled "Catspaw." (see my other review for Shaak Ti)."The New Face of War" drops the Jedi onto a moon that Gungans were colonizing, only to find that the Gungans were all brutally murdered. Brutally meani...

A set of three connected short tales from the Clone Wars era. They take place after the Geonosis battle and before the last of the new films (Episode 3). Art was decent, and the plot was pretty good. Overall, a nice quick read. If you like Star Wars in the Clone Wars era, you will probably like these and get through them quickly. Of the three tales, I liked the last one best with Jedi Master Shaak Ti, who does ponder what the wars will do not only to the Republic, but to the Jedi as well.

Continuing on with my Clone Wars graphic novel re-read, we get to Star Wars: Clone Wars, Volume 2: Victories and Sacrifices. Most of this book deals with the Jedi investigation of a missing colony of gungans on the Naboo moon of Ohma-D'un, and the subsequent fallout from this. It sees the introduction of Durge as a threat to the Jedi almost on a par with Asajj Ventress, demonstrating this with his murder of Zangiev-alike Jedi master Glaive and his ability to withstand Anakin and Obi-Wan (as well...

Not bad at all

For me, at least, it's a tough competition this volume and the first volume; while shorter than the previous, containing only three stories as opposed to five. The New Face of War is the first of these stories and by far and away the best of them, at least in my mind. It centers around the premise of Obi-Wan and Anakin investigate a chemical weapon that used on a moon of Naboo. They discover a Gungan community utterly wiped out by the weapon, and Obi-Wan gets infected. It gets pretty crazy wit...

A good comic, but nothing really stands out.

Star Wars Legends Project #109 Background: Victories and Sacrifices, released in September 2003, collects issues 51-53 of Republic and the second issue of the Jedi series of one-shots: Republic: The New Face of War (2 issues, March-April 2003) was written by Haden Blackman and pencilled by Tomás Giorello. Republic: Blast Radius (1 issue, April 2003) was also written by Blackman and drawn by Brian Ching. Jedi: Shaak Ti (1 issue, May 2003) was written by John Ostrander with art by Jan Duursema.

This is the second in the Clone wars series - and I must admit things are getting interesting - they are certainly not afraid to kill characters off although at times it does feel like they are introducing them just to be canon fodder but then again you can accuse nearly every science fiction series of that - what was it said about the red shirts in Star trek. Anyway the reason I enjoyed this book is - again without giving away the storyline but it is interesting in how the war takes the peacefu...

The New Face of War - 3 starsThis tries to do a lot and doesn't necessarily succeed. It introduces both Durge and Asajj Ventress without much fanfare for the latter especially, as a kind of duo, which I'm not sure matches other stories? And it also debuts a chemical weapon developed by the Separatists to clear the way for the droid armies. Here that's established as a major point of articulation in the war--if this weapon isn't stopped, the CIS has won already. It also takes place on Ohma-D'un,

The New Face of War 2 1/2 StarsEssentially one extended fight scene to save everyone from deadly gas (oh noes!), alright but nothing special. Durge is silly, especially when he flys.Blast Radius 2 StarsLot's of Jedi die in underwhelming ways. Jedi seem incredibly depowered and you don't really feel anything when 4 rando Jedi get burned to death or eviscerated. Durge still silly, he's trying much to hard to be cool, was he bullied at bounty hunter school by Jango or something?Catspaw or Jedi: Sha...