Chris Warner

These four issues wer a fun and different look at the Star Wars Universe. It took a simple idea. What would happen if Luke 'missed' or something else went wrong so that the Death Star didn't blow up? And then it goes from there.

It was interesting to see what the author chose to change and what to keep the same. I liked what they did with the Yoda part and I was very surprised that I liked the Leia story too.

I will say that I didn't love how fast it all came together at the end, but, other than that it was a fun read.… (mere)

The Omnibus is made up of three stories - all about the Queen's Jelly and no that isn't a euphemism!

First up is Genocide: A CEO is using Queen Jelly to make people super strong, super fast and in some cases super psycho! He decides he needs a sample and a producer, so gets the Colonial Marines to babysit him and his scientists on a mission - with the idea that his product could make some super soldiers! Of course it all goes belly up as the Aliens don't want to play nicely. The marines take losses, the scientists take losses and the bank balance takes losses. A fast paced action story with recognisable characters.

Next is Harvest: And to be honest this is all a bit weird, again it is about the Queen Jelly, however you have a lone scientist, well with a woman whose relationship is never really explained and a robotic alien(WTF!) off on a mission with some hired crew to get the jelly. The crew is dispensable, I mean they don't even bat and eyelid when the robotic alien takes out a few of them for fun, the relationship are never really delved into, there's an ant who appears to be heavily involved but why, well we never know and the art is all a bit confusing. This is a big pile of WTF!

Finally, and the man reason I bought this, is for Colonial Marines, this is a 10 part series which was mucked about with different writers and cut issues and delayed release and ended up being three parts in one. I was warned about this, that because of all the problems it is disjointed and what could've been a great story is hampered by outside influences.
However, I love the Colonial Marines, so why not. Unfortunately what I got was a Lieutenant, who motivations are changed drastically and never really explained, who doesn't care for his soldiers and whose personality is all over the shop, a bunch of marines who aren't your typical Alien Marines, but a bunch of wasters, who for the most part never come good, well apart from the last couple of pages and it is never really shown if the survivors survive or the explosion gets them.
You also have an android, not Bishop this time but Liston, who really is no help whatsoever for most of the book and it is never explained why. The marines are also interchangeable, with some appearing one issues and never seen again, soldiers dying but you're not sure who and some who are alive for all of it, not being seen at the end. This is one confused mess!… (mere)

This is a different look at the Star Wars universe; it is basically a series of "what ifs" from the three original movie stories. In this first volume, what would happen if Luke had failed to destroy the Death Star. It is an entertaining read, and it certainly looks at what would happen. You see familiar elements, yet you also get the changes based on that one pivotal event. This is a very easy read, and it may leave readers looking for more. Overall, it is one I recommend if you are looking for something different.… (mere)