I don't have strong nostalgia for Star Wars comics. I've read a few and liked or loved them, but not a lot as a kid. For me, it was the 35mm (or digital) creations of George Lucas (yes, even the prequels and special edition; not as much but I rarely hate anything Star Wars :) ).
However, I did use to collect a magazine called Star Wars Kids. It was published in the two years leading up to Episode 1 and each issue had interviews with the cast, games, info on the older films and upcoming prequel and, as those who read the description for this book already know, 5 pages of comics. I loved that magazine growing up so, when one day I was browsing through Amazon and happened upon this and read in the description "material from Star Wars Kids (1997) #1-20", I did not hesitate more than a few hours to put this baby on my Kindle and Comixology apps :)
The rest of the comics were a blind buy but they were very good. All were great stories (except for one, but only because it ended on a cliffhanger and didn't seem to go anywhere unless it was in another issue). The art was done well, especially any regarding Darth Vader (I like how the shine on him is realistically depicted in modern comics; early Marvel is good but not a match to Dark Horse or today's Marvel in that respect). Their only downfall isn't their fault; it's just I hadn't read them as a kid so nostalgia didn't kick in on these great comics.
Back to Star Wars Kids: they weren't the best comics I ever read and not even the best in this book but they were still better than I expected for a kids' magazine. No, I do believe kids deserve high quality stories like adults, I just know a lot of executives and content makers usually don't agree (the fact its amazing to find good stuff in kids stories...). They were exactly as I remembered them and it was great reading them. My favorite art was in the middle 2 stories although the other 2 were okay. (If you're wondering, yes, I did read those BEFORE the other comics collected here :) ).
Marvel did something great that I was hoping for but didn't hold my breath for. Now, I wasn't expecting Marvel to reprint the entire magazine. They're a comic company, we can find the information in those magazines from other, more honest sources (the Obi-Wan issue made no mention how much Alec Guinness "LOVED" his part in the franchise) and the description "material from" is a good indicator something is missing. However, I remembered one issue having a one page making-of feature for that issue's comic. It was my first look behind the scenes of a comic and I hope, being a feature about a comic, Marvel would reprint that. I was pleasantly surprised to see it and all the little details I remembered (check Han and Leia in the first making of panel and behind the word balloons in the last one).
All in all, this was a great book on it's own merits and a rare nostalgic treat from the world of Star Wars comics for me. I'll keep buying comics that look interesting, but I'm glad I got this blast from my past, as well as discovering new favorites.
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