Doctor Aphra is the closest thing the Star Wars franchise has to an Indiana Jones, so it's only fitting that her new solo comic strikes so many of those same notes. Read Full Review

Star Wars; Doctor Aphra continues to reinforce for me that Gillen was one of the best people to put on the property. While there are certainly guidelines and story consultations to be had with what's allowed in a property like this, what Gillen and Walker are doing is expanding our understanding of how this all works in an engaging and accessible way so that you can see why the Empire continued to hold power and how your average people grasped the scale of events going on. This issue does some really great stuff in bonding together two big film events on a very human level while still having some great humor mixed in alongside some very fun action sequences that I'd love to see brought to life. Here's your Rogue One sequel foundations. Read Full Review

Engrossing father-daughter conflict amidst ruins. Read Full Review

If you're a fan of Star Wars you gotta read this as it connects to the films nicely. The mission the characters are on is intriguing, their infiltration of Empire controlled base exciting, and the evil robots continue to be a delight. That said, the father/daughter dynamic isn't feeling genuine and Black Krrsantan is way too powerful. Read Full Review

So much still needs to be answered in this arc, but finding out the motives of the key players gives the audience a more accurate snapshot of everyone involved. Hopefully in the next issue, mysteries will be solved. Giant attacking hands and phantom lurkers in a necropolis are fun and all, but what's the rest of the story there? If there is one adventurer who can figure it out, It's Doctor Aphra. Read Full Review

Kev Walker's art is dim and gritty which fits Gillen's writing but personally, I can't help but ask is there a better style that would've worked better. The styling for Darth Vader personally would make this series slightly better but doing so wouldn't allow for Doctor Aphra to step out of Vader's shadow.Thick penciling dominates the art as the coloring is often dim and on the grayscale. Basic paneling also makes this issue very standard as there is no panel that has that wow factor. Read Full Review

This is a textbook example of how strong a colorist's input is to a book. Sadly, this book shows how it can be its undoing. This middle chapter moves the story along, but lacks any tension. The visuals could have been so much better. Read Full Review

Issue number 3 builds a bit on the relationship between Aphra and her father as well as their current mission. There is a pretty lengthy action scene with Black Krrsantn that shows how much of a threat he can be when he is not mismatched. There is also a nice little Rogue One tie in for the people who have seen that film. I like the direction this is going.

This series continues to be fun and exciting. Doctor Aphra is a great addition to the Star Wars universe.

I like how this ties in with the Star Wars mythology, they've already incorporated the events of Rogue One. Aphra's father is reflective of how many people are in the real world, blissfully ignorant of the many injustices that happen in society, thus being complacent in a minor way.