Star Wars: Rebellion

Voila un petit topic pour centralise les news sur SW:Rebellion, My Brother, My Ennemy, avec Janek Sunber et Luke Skywalker.

Je remets les couvertures et les synopsis:
#1


"Seeking to exploit a fatal flaw in the Rebel fleet's escape strategies, the Empire plants a sleeper agent in the Alliance's midst and sets into motion a series of events that will have devastating consequences for Luke Skywalker and his companions. Meanwhile, Darth Vader's own agenda runs counter to the Empire's schemes, and he's ensnared Lt. Janek Sunber to carry out a secret mission that will lead the idealistic Imperial officer straight into the heart of the Rebellion."

#2


"With the Alliance desperately low on supplies, Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles lead an odds-off ambush against an Imperial supply convoy. Meanwhile, Rebellion strategist Jorin Sol, recently rescued from the Empire's grip by Skywalker, recovers silently in the flagship of the Rebel fleet. Yet, Sol's scars from Imperial imprisonment and interrogation run more than skin deep, and when he wakes up, supply shortages will quickly become the least of Luke's worries. And if that weren't enough, Luke's crisis is about to become even more personal when he receives a coded message from Imperial officer Janek Sunber, the man he knew a lifetime ago as his close friend, "Tank"!"

#3


"The Empire has infiltrated the command ship of the Rebel fleet with a sleeper agent—and he’s just woken up! Now, the lives of everyone onboard are in jeopardy, along with the entire Alliance cause. Too bad the young hero Luke Skywalker is nowhere to be found. Having received a coded message from Imperial officer Janek “Tank” Sunber, Luke’s hijacked a shuttle against orders, determined to find his old friend—even if it means delivering himself straight into an Imperial trap!"

#4


Luke Skywalker faces a squad of stormtroopers when he attempts to bring his boyhood friend Imperial officer Janek "Tank" Sunber over to the Rebellion. Was Tank's plan to defect discovered by the Empire before he could get away, or are the troopers a plot to trick the Alliance into letting Sunber into the heart of their operations? It might not even matter, because while Luke is off on his renegade rescue mission, the Rebel Fleet comes under attack -- from inside the command ship!

Je le redis, la couverture du quatrième épisode présage quelque chose d'énorme... que ce soit Tank ou non, ça n'en reste pas moins signe d'un bon petit massacre de Jedi Noir (si ce n'est pas le cas, ça risque d'être étrange :s)... Cette couverture est superbe et me rappelle d'ailleurs celle de Purge, où on avait Sian-Lan-Wezz étendue comme ça aussi

Oui c'est possible
Cependant, si Janek avait eu un lien assez puissant avec la Force, qqun l'aurait decele non?

C'est bien ça le problème :s L'Empereur, ou au moins Vader, l'aurait compris... ou l'Inquisition :/
En même temps, est-ce qu'il ne pourrait pas être révélé comme FS lros de sa visite chez Vader à la fin du dernier épisode sorti :s C'est pas impossible, même si j'ai des doutes concernant les habilités au massacre au sabrelaser d'un homme ne sachant pas s'en servir :/

Mouai... ah moins que justement, Vador decouvre ses pouvoirs au cours du tome 2 et qu'il l'entraine personnellement

Leris a écrit:Mouai... ah moins que justement, Vador decouvre ses pouvoirs au cours du tome 2 et qu'il l'entraine personnellement

Oui, c'est pas impossible

Et c'est qui le mec qui essaye d'étrangler la femme sur la couverture du # 2 ?

Jorin Sol, le specialiste de cryptographie de l'Alliance Rebelle... arrete sur Jabiim, torture personnellement par Vador et par les mecs des Renseignements Imperiaux sur Kalist IV... Selon les spoilers, Vador lui aurait fais un lavage de cerveau pour en faire son agent infiltre

Bah justement, ça pourrait pas être lui avec son sabre ? Je trouve que ça serait logique quelque part, même s'il semble se trahir dès l'épisode # 2 si l'on en suit la couverture :s

Possible... mais bon les dessins different de la fin des comics Empire, puisque Jorin Sol est cense etre blond

D'après Sue, le Trade PaperBack Empire paraîtra en février 2007.

oui alors peut être qu'il tient en main la sabre laser de Skywalker..... le problème c'est qu'on dirait bien que les blessures sont faites par un sabre laser....

ca m'étonne que personne n'ait remarqué ; ou alors personne n'a pensé qu'il était nécessaire de faire la remarque ou alors encore j'ai mal lu. mais la couverture du 4 n'est qu'une image. une allégorie j'entend.

regardez les personnages morts par terre : l'amiral ackbar, princess leia, la main et le sabre de luke, ... c'est forcément pour semer le doute chez le fan qui va lire le synopsis : jenek sunber tente t il réellement de rejoindre l'alliance ou est il là pour espionner les rebelles?

Oh oh! Bien observe Leeto

Perso, j'avais remarqué une rebelle qui ressemble à Leia, un Mon Calamari, et un mec avec un sabrelaser et une main dans la main, c'est tout

Donc effectivement, ça peut être une allégorie, mais je préfèrerais que ça ne le soit pas XD

On sent le mec du RJ qui parle la

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A vrai dire, même pas. Seulement l'idée du massacre me plait bien

Hum oui c'est vrai que la fille ressemble à Leia mais c'est peut etre aussi dans l'intention de tromper ^^

Remarquez les eclats présents sur les personnages se retrouvent aussi sur le sol et le blaster fume. Je crois plutot que notre amis s'est bien amusé avec son blaster (au risque de peut etre decevoir Matth ^^)

Rebellion # 2








With the Alliance desperately low on supplies, Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles lead an odds-off ambush against an Imperial supply convoy. Meanwhile, Rebellion strategist Jorin Sol, recently rescued from the Empire's grip by Skywalker, recovers silently in the flagship of the Rebel fleet. Yet, Sol's scars from Imperial imprisonment and interrogation run more than skin deep, and when he wakes up, supply shortages will quickly become the least of Luke's worries. And if that weren't enough, Luke's crisis is about to become even more personal when he receives a coded message from Imperial officer Janek Sunber, the man he knew a lifetime ago as his close friend, "Tank"!

C'est quoi ces croiseurs?

Rebellion, #5:

Couverture et synopsis d'après Rebelscum :



The reunion of Luke Skywalker and his boyhood friend Janek “Tank” Sunber comes to its shocking conclusion, as one of these two men is forced to make a decision that will change both of their lives forever! With the entire Rebel fleet under siege by a massive Imperial force, Wedge Antilles and Red Squadron launch a valiant defense, but even they know if the fleet doesn’t figure out an escape plan soon, there won’t be anything left to defend. Meanwhile, chaos reigns on the Rebel command ship as a threat from inside continues to have devastating consequences for the Alliance. White-knuckled action in an era when Darth Vader was unstoppable and Luke Skywalker was little more than a brave farm boy—don’t miss it!

Parution le 9 Août.

Ah je reconnais Janek

C'est marrant, la couv' du #4 est très différente des premières et de celle-ci, tant dans le style de dessin que dans la mise en page :s On croirait que l'auteur de la couv' n'est pas le même ^^"

Oui mais on pourrait penser qu'elles se suivent

Interview de l'auteur de Rebellion par le site Comicon

BY JENNIFER M. CONTINO
Just how experienced is Luke Skywalker when Star Wars Rebellion begins? What is the focus of this new Dark Horse series going to be about? Writer Rob Williams reveals a few key details about this place from long ago and a galaxy far, far away.

THE PULSE: The Star Wars universe seems like a tough, complicated beast with more sub-sections, species, and situations than World History. How do you even know where to begin when you find out about the chance to work on something like Star Wars Rebellion?

ROB WILLIAMS: I wisely defer to the very experienced and knowledgeable Star Wars editors at Dark Horse and they beat me with bricks and sticks if I come up with something that smells continuity-wise. To be honest, I’m not the most up-to-speed guy when it comes to the goings on of the expanded Star Wars universe, but I know the classic trilogy movies like the back of my hand as I almost literally grew up on them. There was a period between ’77 and ’85 when I loved Star Wars more than it’s healthy, and that’s the time-scale where REBELLION occurs, between A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back. I think my lack of knowledge kind of helps Rebellion, because it’s not an Infinite Crisis-style continuity-fest. You don’t need a PHD in Star Wars lore to read this comic, which should hopefully make it accessible to new readers.

Having said that, the SW guys at Dark Horse sent me some back issues of their EMPIRE series, and there were some very cool characters there that excited me. One of them – Lt Janek Sunber, an Imperial Officer who was Luke’s childhood friend Tank on Tattooine – is really the heart and sole of my first Rebellion arc.

Expanded universe characters can be a lot more interesting to write than the old favourites. I loved writing Luke and Vader, but let’s face it, I’m not spoiling the book by telling you that they’re still breathing at the close of our story (although not very well in Vader’s case, obviously). But the expanded uni characters? That’s not necessarily the case. So there can be more dramatic opportunities.

THE PULSE: When in terms of the Star Wars films or history does this Rebellion take place?

WILLIAMS: Approximately nine months after the Battle Of Yavin, so the official chronology guide tells me. It’s a period between A New Hope and Empire, for the layman. The Death Star’s been blown up, the Rebel fleet is on the run and rumours are starting to swirl around the galaxy about the new Rebel hero – Luke Skywalker.

THE PULSE: How experienced is Luke here? What, aside from a mad-on for the Empire, is his driving ... force?

WILLIAMS: Luke’s in something of a post-high comedown here. He wandered into the Battle Of Yavin and fired the shot that blew up the Death Star. Suddenly he’s a hero and his myth is bigger than his reality. The thing is, he still feels like a Tattooine farm boy – because that’s exactly what he is. He can’t shake that sand off his feet in an instant, it takes time. Suddenly he’s conversing with a Princess and being asked to make big military decisions. In the adrenaline of a battle that’s fine, but at the start of our story he’s at a lull and has enough time to ask himself “hang on, what the hell am I doing here? Do I deserve to be here?” He’s not accepted his path yet. He’s not even sure that there is a path. And so, when an old friend from Tattooine contacts him, Luke is desperate to see a familiar face, and that’s not necessarily a wise move.

And he can be an angry, impulsive little mutt, as we know. He’s capable of that here, he’s not totally in control of his emotions, and that’s what’ll eventually get him into trouble with the Dark Side down the line.

I like to think that this storyline is an important little part of Luke’s life. By the end of the first arc he’s in a different place from when he’s started – he’s left Tattooine behind.

THE PULSE: When you're working on a character that you know of from many different incarnations, how do you portray him so he's true to the way he's supposed to be at this time and isn't too "skilled" or "experienced" as he was at his peak? How do you make sure it's "real" - even in terms of comics and not forget yourself that Luke can't do that yet or anything like that?

WILLIAMS: I think that, as with all writing, you need to look at yourself and ask how this story relates to you, and if you can find a connection then that anchors it. For example, Luke’s effectively from a small town, has moved away and is suddenly in a far different, less parochial environment from what he grew up knowing. Exactly the same is true of me. The town I’m from isn’t exactly the center of the universe. So I put some of my feelings towards Luke. Once you have that empathy with a character you can write them pretty easily, I think. The rest is just common sense, imagination and knowing your subject matter. It’s pointless me writing Luke jumping 20 foot gaps using the Force as, at this point in his life, he can’t do that yet. But if I ever did overstep the mark slightly, Jeremy Barlow at Dark Horse would reign me in.

THE PULSE: Brandon said there was a lot of editing being done on his part of things based on feedback from Lucas' side. Have you experienced a lot of editing of your work or had to change things you'd written because the powers that be didn't want the story to go in that direction?

WILLIAMS: Very little with this story. The previous four-parter I did for Star Wars Tales – Nomad – there was a pretty integral plot point there that Lucasfilm initially had reservations about which would’ve seriously altered the entire point of the story, but I argued my side and eventually they agreed and the story wound up unchanged. My Star Wars experience has been very positive so far. There’s little things here and there that I’m asked to change, of course, but it’s really been no different from working under other editorial systems.

THE PULSE: What - aside from killing any of the established characters outright - is forbidden to do in these pages? What would be the top three biggest "no-nos"?

WILLIAMS: The first thing I wrote for Dark Horse – a nice little eight pager called Ghosts Of Hoth that Cary Nord drew – I had a Rebel trooper having a pee in the snow. Word came back that that was a no-no. “No bodily fluids in the Star Wars universe” I think was the line. Which is fair enough.

Other than that, incest is probably going to be frowned upon as a major plot point. Of course, there’s that kiss between Luke and Leia in Empire, but…

Any scenes featuring council-men discussing the incremental rise of tax levels. That’s probably best avoided too, if you want to keep being paid to write Star Wars, that is.

Seriously though, you just have to use your common sense. You can push the envelope sometimes, and with Rebellion I think Brandon Badeaux and I are coming at Star Wars from a slightly more adult perspective, but ultimately this is a PG universe we’re playing with. You have to respect that. You’re talking about work-for-hire here. It’s pointless getting a job writing Spider Man and writing a William Burroughs-type bit of insect-related psychedelia. You have to write to your intended market.

Actually, that William Burroughs Spider Man doesn’t sound like a bad idea.

THE PULSE: What do you find the most intriguing about this particular era in Star Wars lore? What really sets it apart from the pack?

WILLIAMS: We’re coming out of the freshest period of Star Wars – A New Hope – when everything was… new and moving into the darkest act – Empire. For me, Empire Strikes Back is by far the best of the Star Wars movies. The universe is already set-up at that point so you had room for some nice little character stuff, before Return Of The Jedi, which was a headlong rush to a third act climax.

There’s more drama at this juncture, too. The Rebels are on the run, still fighting a vastly superior force, and they really have very little chance of winning. So, the more pressure on them, the more dramatic the story.

And, as I said, I love the classic trilogy characters. Of all the Star Wars eras, this is the one I know best. When Dark Horse asked me to write this period I was delighted. It gave me a real thrill to be writing Vader, Luke and co. It took me back to being a kid and making up my own stories with my Star Wars figures. Lucky for me, Brandon Badeaux makes Rebellion look far better than my parents’ living room carpet.

THE PULSE: What's your story pacing like - are you working in longer arcs or doing more done-in-ones? Why?

WILLIAMS: The first arc of Rebellion – My Brother, My Enemy - is five issues. I tried to make issue one feel a little more like a prologue standalone, hopefully to grab new readers. From that point on we’re into the core story, and each issue has a major cliffhanger.

The idea with Rebellion is to pace it like BPRD. So there’s be a five issue enclosed story arc, then a gap of a few months, and then the next arc will start. I guess you could call it a ‘sort of ongoing’ series.

THE PULSE: So what happens next after these five issues?

WILLIAMS: I’m working on the second arc now. I don’t want to say too much at the moment but we’ll be delving into the underworld aspect of the Star Wars universe, the murky spy world too. I’m interested in the duality of these people. It’s not just good vs evil, there’s battles going on inside al the cast. The way I see it, the Rebellion of the title doesn’t necessarily just refer to the battle against the Empire, it’s also talking about the conflict within certain characters. Even Vader’s got all this shit going on inside him, that’s what makes him interesting.

And lots of big spectacle, space romance and great looking action. Considering that Brandon Badeaux has this amazing ability to make the Star Wars Universe look so gorgeous, and so widescreen, I’d be pretty stupid not to write to his strengths.

THE PULSE: What other projects are you working on?

WILLIAMS: I’m currently writing the second arc of Rebellion, as well as something for Marvel, which I’m really excited about as it’s always been an ambition of mine to work for them. And I’m just starting up the second series of The Ten-Seconders for 2000AD in the UK. I had a great time writing the first run of that – it’s basically British underground soldiers fighting a war against American superheroes - and I’ve got some ideas for the new story that I’m really excited about. I’ve just finished a new Low Life story too, again for 2000AD. It’s called Con Artist and sees Aimee Nixon, our ‘Wally Squad’ undercover Judge, going into the world’s biggest hitmen convention, where hilarity, and lots of bloodshed, ensues.










Sinon, il ne reste plus que quelques jours pour avoir enfin Rebellion #2 et la fameuse révélation de Janek à Vader au sujet de Luke (prie pour que ce soit pas: "c lui qui a détruit l'Etoile de la Mort" comme on en avait parlé plus tôt ^^"

En attendant, voici deux liens SPOILERS vers les deux dernières pages de Rebellion # 1:
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Merci beaucoup à Vana pour ces deux liens

Bon, dommage que l'interview ne nous en dise pas plus, mais c'est comme toutes les autres interviews...

Le preview du nouveau Rebellion est pas mal du tout, dans la droite lignee des precedentes. Par contre, ces stormtroopers noirs... sont ils des prototypes de Dark Troopers ou bien des Spacetroopers?

Pour ce qui sont des liens, suffisaient de me demander, je les aurai scanne bien volontiers

Par contre, ces stormtroopers noirs... sont ils des prototypes de Dark Troopers ou bien des Spacetroopers?

Leris, regarde mieux, tu verras que ce sont des rebelles, pas des impériaux

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Pour ce qui sont des liens, suffisaient de me demander, je les aurai scanne bien volontiers

lol, je retiens

Oh damned! Je n'avais pas vu l'ecusson de l'Alliance
Cela explique donc la tenue noir de Deena et Luke dans la couv' du #2 et #3

Leris a écrit:Oh damned! Je n'avais pas vu l'ecusson de l'Alliance
Cela explique donc la tenue noir de Deena et Luke dans la couv' du #2 et #3

Et oui Pour une fois que des costumes de rebelles ont la classe En tous cas, Rebellion s'annonce sous les meilleurs auspices

J'ai hate de voir Jorin Sol en psychopathe

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J'ai hâte de voir Janek Sunber en psychopathe Euh, en tous cas, j'espère qu'il va pas rejoindre les Rebelles :'( Je veux qu'il reste un bel impérial classieux comme dans To the last man qui était superbe ^^