Star Wars Comics Deliver a Better Battle Than The Movies

The best battle inStar Warshistory just happened , but not in a motion picture - it ’s in the mirthful Quran . TheStar Warscomic serial from Marvel , to be exact , following Leia , Luke , and Han in previously - unseen adventures of the Rebel Alliance ( afterA New Hope , but beforeThe Empire Strikes Back ) .

The films may claim the greatest skirmishes admit the Battle of Yavin , where the Rebels proves capable of destruct the Death Star thanks to Luke and The Force . The Battle of Hoth , delivering a coke to the Empire ’s superbia . Even the new battle ofRogue OneandThe Force Awakens , benefiting from blockbuster budgets . But when it get along to the hope , the affectionateness , and the quality moment fans have demand - and some they never knew to woolgather of - we say there ’s a newStar Warschampion .

It ’s the Battle of Mon Cala that united the Rebels in what might be their greatest victory . Without this win … the Empire would probably have squeeze them all .

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To make such a claim is n’t taken lightly , but neither should the value of the Mon Calamari be understated . Something Emperor Palpatine recognized , immediately abduct theClone Warsveteran King Lee - Char , and gaol him for years to crush the Mon Cala ’s support for the Rebellion . And smash it was … until Leia bump the ail Lee - Char , and carry his words to the Mon Cala … broadcasting it to every ship and sailor in the planet ’s ambit .

That broadcast is just the first of many made - for - a - movie moment , as the Mon Calamari boater have their hope and John Barleycorn renewed by their King ’s holographic substance … and his death at the end of Stormtroopers blasters . And as the Imperial officers control them attempt to talk down what ’s coming , the Mon Calamari hurl themselves at their oppressor , and efficaciously bring together the Rebellion without a password require to be spoken . But the ships they dominate are n’t made for war … unlike the Star Destroyers next to them . Luckily , the Rebels are never far from those in need .

It was the King Lee - Char ’s former advisor Raddus who forced the Rebels to back Jyn Erso ’s squad inRogue One , gaining the plans to the Death Star as a result . Here , the King ’s former fountainhead of surety - Admiral Gial Ackbar - get to come to his the great unwashed ’s saving . Knowing how crucial the Mon Cala fleet and sailors are to the Rebellion ’s opportunity , Ackbar choose his words cautiously .

Hailing the whole of the Rebel fleet ’s bunch and pilots , Ackbar orders them to hold reach the Mon Cala as only he can . And with his stirring statement , the Battle of Mon Cala begins .

For all the quad battles in theStar Warsfilms , there are n’t many where the heroes are launching a valiant rape to protect and save ( on a small scale , the 10 - wing fire inForce Awakensshows how comforting it can be ) . And by this decimal point , the ‘ Rebels need to blow up a superweapon ’ premiss has fatigue thin .

By contrast , The Battle of Mon Cala sees Rebel craft large and humble swooping in to defeat TIE Fighters before they can fire their weapon , and intercept Star Destroyers burn down on escape pods , driven to show that joining with the Rebellion means heroes will sacrifice everything to defend their champion .

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A belief that Leia Organa demonstrates personally , finally hopping onto the optical maser cannon on board the Millennium Falcon to show that her training as a “ princess ” also include blowing foe ships into rubble . And contribute her name to the lean of movie great who manned the Falcon ’s weapons over its colorful history .

It ’s a long sentence overdue , but worth the wait ( specially with Leia ’s fighting days in the movie ’s now over , barring a possible flashback ) . Writer Kieron Gillen and artist Salvador Larroca do n’t disappoint anywhere else in the battle , or the net stroke needed to win the day . We wo n’t spoil the mo of Ackbar accept the sacrifice of one Mon Calamari vessel and its gang - a moment every Ackbar fan should see for themselves - but most reader will care that this skirmish made it into a full - sized lineament cinema long before the newly - formed Rebel Fleet escapes to lightspeed .

When the dust sink , the raw canon origin of the Rebel Fleet is set in I. F. Stone . And all things considered , the entire " Mutiny at Mon Cala " has done more than enough to show why the lateKing Lee - Char may be the most importantStar Warshero . It ’s a testament to the work being put into expound the canyon through comics , including unbelievable moments like these - and the revelation ofDarth Vader jealously protect his podracing recordfrom his own Word , Luke .