{"id":2143,"date":"2013-07-14T08:00:05","date_gmt":"2013-07-14T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/?p=2143"},"modified":"2013-10-14T16:24:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-14T23:24:00","slug":"star-wars-7-continues-cat-and-mouse-trope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/collectibles\/star-wars-7-continues-cat-and-mouse-trope\/","title":{"rendered":"\"Star Wars\" #7 Continues Cat-and-Mouse Trope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Note: The following contains <strong>SPOILERS<\/strong> to Star Wars #7<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Over the past months, Dark Horse has delivered an Original Trilogy story arc that has been praised for its ability to capture the tone and dynamic of classic <em>Star Wars<\/em>. There\u2019s a long list of reasons this is an asset, it is nostalgic and takes readers back to simpler times.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2144\" alt=\"Perla Star Wars 7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/7a.jpg\" width=\"314\" height=\"226\" \/>Writer Brian Woods, though, has continued another classic <em>Star Wars<\/em> trope, which I feel is a negative element \u2013giving Boba Fett only a few panels every few issues. When reading <em>\u201cStar Wars: In The Shadows of Yavin,\u201d<\/em> the Boba Fett subplot has been a near duplicate of what we see in<em> \u201cStar Wars: Dark Empire.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When <em>Slave I<\/em> appeared in <em>Star Wars #2<\/em>, I wrote in a preview piece that I hoped Dark Horse would break away from the cat-and-mouse story we\u2019ve seen a continuously between Boba Fett and Han Solo. Instead, the cameo lasted a mere few story boxes before Solo makes an escape.<\/p>\n<p>We catch back up with Han Solo a few issues later on Coruscant. Boba Fett tracks him to the seedy underworld, and we learn he\u2019s partnered with Bossk to claim the Imperial bounty. Han Solo once again slips away with the help of an aspiring smuggler, Perla.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Star Wars #7<\/em>, Perla\u2019s transport comes under attack by <em>Slave 1<\/em> and <em>Hound\u2019s Tooth<\/em>. The bounty hunters have flanked their prey, and it\u2019s teased that Han Solo, Chewbacca and their new \u201cfriend\u201d will have to blast their way out. The entire story arc feels like d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu \u2013 replace Bossk with Dengar and the story hits most of the plot points in <em>\u201cDark Empire.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The focus of this comic centers around the Rebellion, and on that note, the story has been excellent. However, Woods has been slow roasting Solo\/Fett\u2019s subplot, which I can only hope we\u2019ll be awarded for our patients with a well deserved space battle and firefight in <em>Star Wars #8.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Specifically, I\u2019d like to see some actual interaction between Boba Fett and Bossk. I\u2019d like to see whether Woods builds on the relationship we see between the two in <em>The Clone Wars<\/em> or if it\u2019s more of a shaky alliance that existed prior to the retconned partnership \u2013 more akin to their interactions in early bounty hunter novels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: The following contains SPOILERS to Star Wars #7 Over the past months, Dark Horse has delivered an Original Trilogy...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collectibles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}