3.5 Stars.

The first Omnibus I read. Cool stories, though not as coherent as I would have liked. Felt more like a collection of random stories.

Dans ce recueil d'histoires parues dans la série Star Wars : Empire, il y a plusieurs histoires intéressantes. La plupart de mes favorites mettent en avant plan l'Empire. Pour avoir lu la plupart des livres de la saga, je dois avouer que j'ai eu mon lot de Luke, Han et Leia. C'est quand même intéressant de voir le début de l'amitié entre ces personnages.Il y a une histoire que je n'ai pas aimé. C'est celle qui met en scène des aliens qui ressemblent à des raptors. Sinon, la qualité des dessins y...

Good collection, mainly because for the most part it only deals tangentially with established characters, allowing stories to be told unencumbered by baggage and expectation.

Very good art, good writing. The flow of some of stories could be improved, especially in the Betrayal arc. The velociraptor story towards the end was strange. They even managed to sneak the Philosoraptor meme into the comic.

Having read most of the "modern" (not the old Marvel ones) Star Wars Omnibus, I'd have to say there is a kind of groove that most of them have. They all are a collection of a couple of trade paperback sized stories with some shorter stories mixed in. Also, I would say the quality of these stories is anywhere from pretty good to good and occasionally there is one or two bad ones thrown in. As I have said in other reviews, if you buy graphic novels, the nice thing about these omnibuses is how much...

4 - 4.5

Essentially an anthology format, with stories of varying lengths and quality. Some of it works well, some of it falls rather flat, and occasionally the writers overegg the pudding (Darth Vader is eeeeevilllll) but there are some interesting moments as the viewpoint switches between the Empire and the Rebellion, and often to new, minor characters such as the starstruck clerk who gets swept up into an emergency involving Han, Chewie, and Leia. The artwork is generally functional.

A collection of Star Wars stories all near the time of The Battle of Yavin.The best part of an anthology like this is the chance it gives so many artists to shine. The stories, though, are just fluff. Rather than getting anything that meaningful, we get inconsequential side-stories that add nothing new to the characters we know and love.Not what I was looking for.

I have never been into graphic novels before recently, and this one actually kept my interest! It's a compilation, some of the stories were better than others, but overall I liked it. Only complaint is some oversexualization/unrealistic drawings of Leia and other female characters.

Dark Horse started out a little rough, but when they got going, much of their work on star wars was excellent. like any anthology, some of this is great, some is ok. the art however, is uniformly excellent. well worth reading.

Mostly darker toned stories set just prior to, concurrent with, or shortly after the first movie. The art is a very mixed bag with some really terrible cheesecake work in some places, the kind that's constantly trying to contort the female form to get their ass and breasts in the same shot.Most of the stories are forgettable. Even when they have a really good premise, the execution falls short, such as the one from the point of view of a Stormtrooper stationed on the Death Star.It's not that the...

I was under the misunderstanding that the content would be a collection of Star Wars conics printed 20+ years ago so I was very disappointed. Liked the artwork, the stories were unremarkable.Read it if you like Star Wars, maybe you'll like it better than I did.

STAR WARS OMNIBUS AT WAR WITH THE EMPIRETHE EMPIRE RULES THE GALAXY...but the rumblings of a rebellion can be felt from Ralltiir to Tiss'sharl, and even to the galactic throne on Coruscant. War is coming, and it will touch everyone, great and small.Collected here are stories of the early days of the Rebel Alliance and the beginnings of its war with the Empire - tales of the Star Wars galaxy set before, during, and after the events in Star Wars: A New Hope!

If you’re like me, you want to devour as much Star Wars lore as you can. If you’re also like me, you want to try and fill in the gaps that persisted between the original 3 films, especially the 3 years that separated A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. I was hoping that At War With the Empire would do just that......and, of course, it didn’t even come close. Much like Rogue Squadron and some of the other mid-2000’s Star Wars Dark Horse comics, At War With the Empire is tremendously dull and

4 for the stories, not for the art.A compilation of Rebels vs. Empire surrounding the Battle of Yavin. Despite some of my issues with the characterization, the artwork overall was spectacular. It all was able to draw me into the stories, and most of it was quite intricate. The space scenes were phenomenal.Betrayal: This takes place a few weeks BBY. The art showed the progression of the story really well, but the story had some gaps in it. I felt like there could have been more. And I don't like

Always do what you think is right. The book is set in a time of civil war and the Empire is on their way of making a Battle Station that can destroy an entire planet. Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine's puppet to help in his plot to what in his mind is "right and just", is challenged with many hard decisions that may alter the coarse of the galaxy's fate. Many other characters such as Grand Moff Tratcha who is plotting to overthrow the Empire with his comrade, Grand Moff Kadir, who is yet another p...

More like a 3.5 to 3.75 stars. These stories take place right before New Hope and afterwards. It was like some of the stories were good, some really good, while others were OK. The art work seemed to be blah on the better stories. Overall not totally awesome, but better then a 3 star.The best of them:BetrayalThe Short, Happy Life of Roons SewellWhat Sin Loyalty?WorstThe Savage HeartThe Price of Power

this book was interesting. Some of the stories were better than others and some of the artwork wasn't very good. I like the story with Leia visiting her old boyfriend but preferred the artwork in the story about the newbie maintenance tech getting caught up with Han and Leia. Good stories but not sure how much they added to the overall scheme of things in the expanded universe.

Reviews of the script writers:Scott Allie - story was pretty messy and badly paced, second story was weird but okRandy Stradley - was alrightPaul Chadwick - well plotted - intriguingJeremy Barlow - good enoughPaul Alden - fun ideaRon Marz - ok idea but repetitive, second story was similarly just ok, third was goodWelles Hartley - fun idea but didn't get the characters right at allThe art was a mixed bag - some was fantastic, some really average.