weak story drawn well   July 20, 2003

Yoda to Windu: within your rights you are to screw up!   June 24, 2003

The real test for me was: did my 9 year like it when we read it together, He Did! But then he is a visual


Good battle, not much else   March 15, 2003
  1 out of 1 found this review helpful

With the Republican Senate becoming increasingly impotent, a new threat to peace appears in the form of the Yinchorri; a reptilian race whose resistance to Jedi mind control, and possession of a shield against light sabers makes them particularly worrying. But, when Mace Windu leads a group of Jedi to investigate, they find that the Yinchorri are more dangerous than they could have expected. And, unknown to either side, there is one other player in this game, Darth Sidius.

Admittedly, this book suffers from two very real weaknesses. First of all, it has a very weak story that just kind of begins and ends, without having the feel of being a complete story. And secondly, the illustrations of this graphic novel are not of a very high level.

That said, though, my nine-year-old son enjoyed the exciting battle scenes that (for the most part) make up the story of this book. He enjoyed this book, and highly recommends it to you. As for me, I give it a more guarded recommendation.


Empty story good for action scenes, continuity   January 3, 2002
  2 out of 2 found this review helpful

'Acts of War' is a pretty empty Star Wars read. The Jedi pretty much get messed up with a race of violent aliens and the comic turns into one big fight after another as the Jedi intervene. One reviewer was right in the fact that the Jedi - normally peaceloving and fighters only when need be - step way out of character and pretty much act trigger happy. A few positives about this book is the artwork, which is nice and clean, and the fact that it nicely fits into the Prequel era, seguing right into the next book, 'Prelude to Rebellion'. For Star Wars continuity buffs only.


Far from good   November 30, 2001
  10 out of 11 found this review helpful

What better way for peace-loving Jedi MASTERS to act than to go on a genocidal killing rampage against an alien race! The whole mindset of the Jedi Order is thrown in the garbage in Acts of War and it is one of the biggest disappointments in the Star Wars universe. The art work is absolutely horrible, looking more like cartoons than ART. The dialogue is bad, what little of it that there is when the Jedi aren't hacking off limbs and heads. The storyline goes absolutely nowhere. Each page is the same as the last, with the Jedi acting as murderers more than noble peacemakers. Certain little things added to my frustration in this book, like going through hyperspace THROUGH a planet and emerging on the opposite side???? Come on now! Any rookiee fan can disabuse you of that notion very quickly, so I don't see how the writers could have possibly slipped that in. Oh yeah, and in the end they gave Darth Sidious this goofy looking smile that totally made him seem like a baby with a lolli. If you are seeking outstanding artwork, a good storyline and better character development seek out Prelude to Rebellion or Outlander. Those are outstanding in all of those three attributes. If you want cartoons with the intelligence of the mighty morphin power rangers, buy Acts of War.