Marvel wraps up its first short-form Star Wars project as Mark Waid and Terry Dodson's Princess Leia draws to a close. This series hit some rough patches as it traced Leia's desperate struggle to unite her divided people. Luckily, the book mostly regains its footing in time for the finale. The divided focus of issue #4 makes way for a more unified climax.
Waid doesn't waste much time resolving the cliffhanger from issue #4, as Leia finds herself back in Imperial custody. Why bother when her escape and return to the rebellion is a foregone conclusion? Instead, the real drama in this finale comes as the rest of the surviving Alderaanians are placed in mortal danger. Here there's no road map for how the series should end, and Waid exploits that sense of danger and tension to great effect as Leia rallies her people for one final stand against the Empire. I would have liked to see a bit more page space devoted to the actual space battle, but the end victory still feels satisfying.
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Waid doesn't waste much time resolving the cliffhanger from issue #4, as Leia finds herself back in Imperial custody. Why bother when her escape and return to the rebellion is a foregone conclusion? Instead, the real drama in this finale comes as the rest of the surviving Alderaanians are placed in mortal danger. Here there's no road map for how the series should end, and Waid exploits that sense of danger and tension to great effect as Leia rallies her people for one final stand against the Empire. I would have liked to see a bit more page space devoted to the actual space battle, but the end victory still feels satisfying.
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