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David McK (3791 KP) rated Star Wars: Captain Phasma in Books

Jan 28, 2019

Star Wars: Captain Phasma

Kelly Thompson | 2017 | Comics & Graphic Novels

6.4

(5 Ratings)

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Lead-in comic mini-series to "The Last Jedi", following Captain Phasma's disappointing showing (i.e didn't do much, then got sent down a garbage chute) in "The Force Awakens".

This, effectively, is about how she covers her failings and works her way back into The First Order, covering her tracks and using another escapee from the now-explodeed StarKiller base as her fall guy.

While the art - like all the recent Marvel Star Wars issues - is good, the story, however, leaves a lot to be desired: there's nothing really memorable about this, now real 'wow' moment (like there was in '[b:Vader Down|27247275|Vader Down (Star Wars)|Jason Aaron|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1462909901s/27247275.jpg|47296344]';) to make it stick in the mind.

In short: forgettable.

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Ewoks

7.1 (16 Ratings) Rate It

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The series focuses on the adventures of Wicket W. Warrick and his friends on the forest moon of...

Emergency Awesome

1.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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All the best Game Of Thrones, The Mandalorian, Avengers Endgame and Marvel Movies, The Flash,...

Erika (17789 KP) rated Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) in Movies

Aug 24, 2017

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

2016 | Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

8.3

(227 Ratings)

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Rogue One is a solid entry into the Star Wars canon. I loved all of the new characters, and the nods to the originals. Grand Moff Tarkin is one of my favorite characters, and I'm glad they included him; there couldn't have been a movie about the Death Star without him. While I didn't mind the CGI on Tarkin, the CGI Leia was completely unnecessary.
Also, the end with Vader owning everyone was one of the best parts of the movie.

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American Hero: The True Story of Tommy Hitchcock Sports Star, War Hero, and Champion of the War-Winning P-51 Mustang

Nelson W Aldrich

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Jazz Age Hero intertwines the private lives of Tommy Hitchcock, an enormously wealthy socialite, and...

Ross (3284 KP) rated Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) in Movies

Sep 25, 2017

Great film. The opening sequence with the battle to protect the "Harbulary batteries" is exquisite.
The humour present in the first film is still there, though at times it is somewhat buried under conflict between Star Lord and Rocket.
I'm looking forward to seeing how the Guardians interact with the Avengers in the Infinity Wars films.

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NeedleandMeeple (8 KP) rated Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019) in Movies

Jan 20, 2020

I was so happy with the way this movie turned out! A lot of great things within the Star Wars universe being brought to life. Just wish he would've had full support for the entire trilogy. (0 more)

A few plot holes and it is a little rushed at the beginning. (0 more)

JJ Abrams was my pick the entire time

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David McK (3791 KP) rated Death Troopers (Star Wars) in Books

Jan 30, 2019

Take a classic Space Opera saga (Star Wars), add a soupcon of horror (Aliens), and a large dose of Zombies (Resident Evil), and what do you have?

This book.

The plot? An Imperial prison barge breaks down, and then comes across a seemingly abandoned Star Destroyer out in the wastes of space. It transpires that the Destroyer is not abandoned after all, and that it had been carrying out bio-weapon experiments ...

Definitely felt like the author was (heavily) inspired by the Resident Evil games/films: the Zombies are such not as the living dead back-to-life of Romero, but as a result of a engineered virus. The Aliens link I mentioned comes in on the 'set-on-prison-<s>planet</s>barge' setting, and I'm also not entirely sure why he felt the need to drop Han Solo and Chewbacca into the mix, unless that was just so you would know it is a Star Wars novel?

Not the best Extended Universe book.