STAR WARS – REBEL HEIST #1
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Writer: Matt Kindt
Artist: Marco Castiello
I am a little behind in my Star Wars comic book reading (there are a LOT of Star Wars, by the way). But, I have sat down and read Star Wars: Rebel Heist #1. This review was original intended to be written and posted the week the title was released, but my hospital stay delayed that.
Since we all know what Star Wars is, I won’t go into detail explaining it. This first issue stars a new rebel recruit and Han Solo . . . It is a first person tale of Hero Worship that eventually degrades into hatred.
In Rebel Heist #1 the story is told from the point of view of a nameless new rebel recruit who is excited to be part of the rebellion and enters a shady joint (aren’t they all) in search of his rebel contact: Han Solo.
Solo quickly saves the recruit's life and whisks him off on a mission, on board a ship the recruit mistakenly thinks is the Millennium Falcon.
In the beginning to recruit sees Han Solo as this perfect hero, in an almost pitiful case of hero worship, but as the mission becomes hard and ‘out-of-control’ in his view that vision of Solo changes. What begins as hero worship degrades into the recruit believing Solo is nothing more than a con man, flying by the seat of his pants – who has no idea what he is doing, and doesn’t care about anyone’s welfare but his own.
This is by far one of the best single Star Wars issues I have read in a long time. It is not so much a story as a character study. It is a study on the dangers of hero worship and how when one’s bubble is burst, the person who has the hero worship can spiral down with the beliefs as well.
Rating: 8
Until next time,
Ace Master
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