In comics, Gillen is known for Once & Future, Die, Phonogram, and The Wicked + The Divine, the latter two co-created with artist Jamie McKelvie and published by Image, as well as numerous projects for Marvel, such as Journey into Mystery, Uncanny X-Men, Young Avengers, Eternals, and the company-wide crossover storyline A.X.E.: Judgment Day. Some of the scenes are a bit too compressed for their own good (most notably the final confrontation between Leia and Benthic), but Gillen and artist Angel Unzueta do have an awful lot of material to work through in their final issue.Kieron Michael Gillen ( / ˈ ɡ ɪ l ə n/ born 30 September 1975) is a British comic book writer and former video game and music journalist.

The same goes for the shape-shifter Tunga, who proves he's far more than just comic relief in this issue. For however much harm she might have caused in this series, she remains a sympathetic and nuanced character. Queen Trios in particular is given a satisfying sendoff, one that highlights just how tenuous and complicated her position in the larger Galactic Civil War truly is. This issue brings necessary closure to a number of character arcs. There's also the fact that so much of the story hinges on original characters who fates aren't tied to the movies. It's a smart way of creating real drama and stakes in a book where readers already know the end destination.

The urgency of this conflict becomes less about whether the mission will succeed and more if Luke and Leia can get through to their allies before the unthinkable happens. The Partisans are radicals who don't care whom they hurt, so long as the Empire is repaid in kind for Jedha. Leia wants to inspire others to rise up against tyranny, while sparing as many innocent lives as possible in the process. Empire conflict, that rivalry is less important than the heated philosophical divide between Leia's rebels and the Partisans.

As much as this arc has all the hallmarks of a good Rebels vs.

This issue and the arc as a whole are a great reminder of just how much Gillen has been able to work the characters and conflicts of Rogue One into this series in an organic way. But with Benthic and his Partisans co-opting this sabotage mission for their own ends, Leia may wind up sending the wrong sort of message to the galaxy at large. This hellish, mineral-rich mining world is once again the site of a major showdown between the Rebellion and the Empire, a Leia spearheads what she hopes will be a major strategic victory for the Rebels. Issue #67 wraps up 'The Scourging of Shu-Toran,' a story arc that manages to wrap up all the loose ends from Gillen's Star Wars run and his and Salvador Larroca's Darth Vader series.

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