Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunter #4 (September 8): After what seemed like an eternity we're finally leaving the Vermillion.
This issue picks up the thread from "Star War" #16 as Luke realizes that he isn't ready yet to face Vader. Leia panics and prepares to go on a suicide mission to stop Vader from cutting Han in half. (Chewie, obviously, is all aboard her crazy train.) Thankfully, Lando gets them to pause long enough for Luke to explain that he was obviously not planning on abandoning Han: he just needs to convince Vader to chase him. With that we - let me say it again - finally are leaving the Vermillion.
As the Bucketheads take Han's body with them to Vader's ship, Bokku the Hutt is outraged that Jabba the Hutt is just letting the Empire take his prize. Jabba explains that the Hutt's long-term relationship with the Empire is more important and blows off Bokku's attempt to convince him otherwise. An outraged Bokku convinces Kani the Hutt and Meeka the Hutt to stand with him in taking the fight to the Empire, convincing them that the Council's reputation is at risk.
Boba Fett is ready to try to swipe Han's body from the Imps as they load him onto General Romodi's shuttle when Dengar and Valance try to grab Boba Fett to claim the bounty that Jabba has put on him. Dengar is no match for Boba Fett, who manages to set him adrift on an ice flow with a well placed missile. Valance is undeterred, explaining to Boba Fett that he doesn't care about Dengar, only Han. Boba Fett laughs as he points out Romodi's shuttle departing for Vader's ship.
Leia and company are in hot pursuit of Romodi's shuttle as Boba Fett and Valance are in a Mexican standoff. Soule really writes Boba Fett beautifully here as he calmly and logically convinces Valance to join forces with him since working together is their only hope of one of them claiming Han's body. (Boba Fett notes that it'll be a free-for-all once they get his body, but they'll worry about that later.) Valance hates the idea of working with Boba Fett after what he did to Nakano Lash but agrees.
On the Vermillion, Qi'ra explains to Margo and Trinia that everything is going more or less according to plan (although admitting that Vader's appearance surprised her) and announces the beginning's end as she contemplates a Holocron. In space, Lobot uses his Imperial implants to cut the power to Romodi's shuttle, though the team's victory is short-lived as Boba Fett uses a low-intensity seismic charge to disable the Falcon's power. Hilariously, Boba Fett actually expresses an emotion - frustration - when he thinks that he and Valance have a shot just as Bokku appears with the Hutt fleet.
As should be clear, I'm thrilled - thrilled - that we're finally moving to this event's next stage and once again excited to see where we go next.
Star Wars: Darth Vader #16 (September 15): Pak occasionally gets a little King-esque in his terse issues full of vague Force visions, and this issue goes a little farther on that spectrum than I prefer. Vader engages Luke on the astral plane (if you will), and Luke realizes that his supposition that Vader wasn't trying to kill him - but get Luke to join him - might not be correct. Vader does a signification amount of damage to Luke's X-Wing, and Luke is forced to crash land on a planet. Unexpectedly, the Droid Crush - who Administrator Moore sent after Vader - saves Luke, since Moore figures that an enemy who my enemy fears is a friend. That said, even Bokku's arrival with the Hutt fleet isn't enough to take Vader off Luke's trail once he's in the air again.
Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters - Boushh #1 (September 15): I didn't really anticipate finding myself so invested in Boushh and his crew, but Wong really pulls you into their story. The Ubese are apparently reverse Mandalorians - they wear their helmets because Ubese society exiled them and erased their names for crimes that they committed. Wong hints that Boushh and his team were justified in committing the crimes that they did, though it doesn't help matters given the fact that they're exiled from their tightly knit society. The story itself relates only tangentially to the main event: Crimson Dawn hires Boushh and his crew to take out the Tagge executive board. Not surprisingly, Domina defeats them soundly and offers to reintegrate them into Ubese society if they give her information about who hired them. As such, it's another story about how the galaxy's players learned about Crimson Dawn's reemergence, though it's confusing to read one such story now given that we read all the other similar stories months ago. You should really come for Boushh and his crew, particularly if you read "Star Wars: Doctor Aphra," where their story will apparently continue.
Also Read: Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #14 (September 8)
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