Gerry Duggan and Phil Noto may well have tackled the toughest assignment of any of Marvel's Star Wars comics to date. How exactly does one weave a story with Chewbacca - a character who only speaks in guttural growls and roars - as its central protagonist? Even the challenge of rendering a character who's approximately 300% fur is nothing to sneeze at. But the creators persevere and deliver a fun, if not particularly flashy, new addition to Marvel's growing Star Wars universe.
Thankfully, Duggan didn't opt to give Chewie narrative captions or thought bubbles to make his adventure easier to follow. Even the idea is too bizarre to contemplate. Instead, Duggan devotes most of this first issue to introducing a new protagonist - a young girl named Zarro. Zarro doesn't understand Chewie any better than the reader does, which results in a comical game of sign language as both characters try to make themselves understood. And while this chapter is mainly devoted to setting up the conflict and introducing Zarro and her plight, the idea that Duggan will be tapping into Chewie's tragic past as a slave of the Empire is enough to give the book some spark. Plus, there's ample room for Chewie to play the bad-ass loner, which is never a bad thing.
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Thankfully, Duggan didn't opt to give Chewie narrative captions or thought bubbles to make his adventure easier to follow. Even the idea is too bizarre to contemplate. Instead, Duggan devotes most of this first issue to introducing a new protagonist - a young girl named Zarro. Zarro doesn't understand Chewie any better than the reader does, which results in a comical game of sign language as both characters try to make themselves understood. And while this chapter is mainly devoted to setting up the conflict and introducing Zarro and her plight, the idea that Duggan will be tapping into Chewie's tragic past as a slave of the Empire is enough to give the book some spark. Plus, there's ample room for Chewie to play the bad-ass loner, which is never a bad thing.
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