Cover Story - Top 10 Darth Vader Covers

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This Friday marks a rather auspicious occasion- the premiere of Rogue One, A Star Wars Story.  Despite the mouthful of a name this promises to be a pretty big deal all around.  Rogue One is the first of an entire prospective franchise of Star Wars spin-offs and side-quels Disney would like to start releasing in between (and presumably after) the main series films.  What’s more, Rogue One is a unique entity as it’ll be the first time this decade we’ll see Darth Vader on screen.  

Much like A Force Awakens, Vader’s return is punctuated with some significant uncertainty after a decade’s worth of “NOOO!” jokes and cameos in Night at the Museum.  That makes his return here a major stepping stone for Disney, a point to prove that not only is Star Wars back but it's redeemed its more troubled elements.  Of course, for comic fans Darth Vader has been “back” since last year when he got a hot new comic series from Marvel.  Given his return to the big screen, I’ve elected to honor man and series here today. 

Rogue One 2nd Trailer Analysis

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It’s amazing how quickly the cultural landscape can be almost completely redefined.  Go back just 2 years and the idea of Star Wars, as a continual geek media presence, would’ve seemed far-fetched at best.  Oh to be sure, Star Wars has always been AROUND but for the most part that’s been in the form of a handful of cartoons and a rampant expanded universe brand mainly propped up by the paperback genre fiction machine and the brand’s universal appeal in the world of video and board games. 

Now, however, Star Wars is set to have a new film come out every year like clockwork till at least the end of the decade, basically making the question of “what’s going on with Star Wars?” a perpetual one.  There’s always going to be the next episode or the next spin-off or the next TV series at least till the end of the new trilogy and probably beyond.  In just a year it’s become the equal of the Marvel Cinematic Universe; a constant force of culture that must always be addressed at any time.  With that in mind, let’s take a look at the latest Rogue One trailer.

Panel Vision - Top 10 Comics of 2015

And so 2015 comes to an end, the comics landscape a severely different place than it was but a year ago.  Marvel is caught in the throws of its first reboot, Star Wars comics are on shelves and the best they’ve ever been, Valiant is in the headlines, Prez is back from obscurity, and the DC You is a thing.  Yes it’s been a year full of change as well as a great year for comics.  Seriously, despite the very important points raised over issues of representation, creator rights and credit, and harassment that have blighted the industry this past year there has been a lot of great comics and we’re here today to list them because that’s how we mark the end of the year.  So with that said here are the top 10 best comics of 2015.

Darth Vader #9 Review

My third look at Marvel/Disney's crowning achievement of Star Wars glory with Darth Vader #9, check it out over at Front Towards Gamer as this time I talk about how Darth Vader is helping to make Star Wars cool again

http://ftg.operationsupplydrop.org/2015/09/11/darth-vader-9-review-comics/

Darth Vader #8 Review

I take a look at the Marvel's best Star Wars comic: Darth Vader, check out my review over on All-Comic

http://all-comic.com/2015/darth-vader-8/