Welcome to the February 2017 Star Wars Canon Update!
This month we got two new episodes of Rebels, a new book, and four new comic issues!
Let’s start with Rebels because it was a really stellar month for that show.
I’ve already covered the two episodes pretty extensively, but here is a quick rundown.
In Legacy of Mandalore, Sabine returns home to begin rallying the Mandalorians against
the Empire.
Gar Saxon is killed and a couple little things from Legends are brought back into canon like
the term the Emperor’s Hand, but I think it means something less impressive in canon.
Sabine actually leaves the Ghost crew at the end, which was a surprise, but I can’t imagine
she’ll be gone long.
Check out my full review of the episode here.
Through Imperial Eyes might be my favorite episode of the season so far.
It’s almost entirely about Agent Kallus trying to avoid being caught as a spy by Grand
Admiral Thrawn and Wullf Yularen, and it was really intense.
Thinking he avoided detection, he also decides to not leave with Ezra.
Nobody wants to be with the main cast anymore!
Unfortunately, Thrawn definitely knows Kallus is a traitor, and that can only mean bad things
for our heroes.
Also this episode had the best version of Thrawn we’ve seen in the show so far.
See my full review for this episode right here.
Let’s move onto book releases and Aftermath: Empire’s End.
If you somehow missed me covering it almost nonstop this past week, you can check out
this playlist of all my Empire’s End videos.
I really enjoyed the book, and the full story of the Battle of Jakku was thrilling and well
executed.
I don’t want to get into spoilers here, since it’s only been out a week, but quite
a few significant things are brought back from Legends, and I can’t wait to see what
the future has planned for them.
If you’re interested in checking out the book for free, you can use the link in the
description to sign up for Audible, which will give you a credit for one free audiobook
that you can then use to get Empire’s End.
Getting into the comics, I think everyone is probably most interested in the Darth Maul
series.
It’s always kind of hard to judge these little five issue stories based on the first
issue, but at the very least I’m interested in how it’s going to play out.
It takes place before the Phantom Menace, and Maul is eager to start attacking the Jedi.
Sidious demands he be patient, because obviously his plan has a lot of moving pieces, but Maul
doesn’t really care.
It’s pretty cool seeing things from an apprentice’s perspective.
He’s young and trigger happy, and he’s jumping at any chance he can to test his skills
against a Jedi.
So far I’d say it’s worth reading, but I’ll reserve final judgment until the series
ends, probably in June.
Star Wars number twenty eight continues Yoda’s arc, which is another story that takes place
before the Phantom Menace.
He learns to master a new aspect of the Force while he explores the inside of some form
of living mountain.
Do you remember that crying mountain from the old Ewok comics?
It seems like it’s sort of being brought back into the canon, except in a much more
interesting and believable way.
Dr. Aphra number four continues to surprise me.
I think I’ve said this every month since it started but I just didn’t think it was
going to be so cool!
Aphra and her father escape the temple on Yavin after finding some directions to the
ancient citadel of the Ordu Aspectu.
And in the same issue, they arrive there!
This story is moving right along.
I was afraid it would be a long journey to find something like this, but I’m excited
that the writers aren’t wasting any time, and I can’t wait to see what’s actually
inside.
It also seems that Captain Tolvan will be set up as the main villain, at least for now,
and that she was responsible for the security of Eadu, so she’s kind of on thin ice right
now.
Poe Dameron number eleven reveals what we’ve been suspecting for a while, that Black Squadron’s
mechanic, Oddy, is indeed the mole.
But they put a twist on that.
This whole time he’s only been trying to lure Terex in close so he can rescue his wife.
So he’s not a straight up bad guy, which I think makes this whole story much more interesting.
I’m also really enjoying seeing this fleet of Ugly starfighters.
I always liked those cobbled together ships in Legends, and now we’re getting some really
fun and creative ones.
Another moment I really enjoyed in this episode is Terex laughing at Kylo Ren’s intimidation
factor.
He clearly does not think highly of him compared to Darth Vader.
The only other release this month was an Attack of the Clones readalong book, which I don’t
think is worth covering here.
So that brings February 2017 to a close!
March will be giving us the last episodes of this season of Star Wars Rebels, four comic
issues, another Adventures in Wild Space book, and more, so the Canon Update will return
on April first!
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