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Issue three of Star Wars: The Mandalorian does what we've had with the first two issues, a pretty faithful retelling of the events of the television series with nothing new or extra added to it.
We join Din as he returns to Nevarro in order to collect his bounty on the child. After handing it off to the client, he gets a nice cantono full of stolen beskar that he then takes to the secret Mandalorian covert beneath the settlement, where the Armourer forges him some new armour with it.
After picking up a new job from Kriff, he heads back to the Razor Crest to head off, but thinks back to the tiny baby and what the Imperial remnant might do with the kid. Heading back into the town, he breaks into the compound and steals the child back, killing stormtroopers on his way out. The bounty hunters are made aware of his actions, and Din gets confronted on the way back to his ship; but is rescued by the other Mandos. The issue ends with Din and Grogu flying off together.
This was a great action packed story, when it first aired on TV. As it is in comic form, it's fine. And this is my big issue with this book, is that it's just fine. There's nothing here that makes me go 'wow', or gets me excited, because I know what's coming. I've seen these scenes before. I know the action beats; and whilst it looks cool in comic form it doesn't capture the imagination of entertain nearly as much as seeing it in live action.
I think perhaps the best thing about this comic is that if you need to find out where a specific scene came in the series, or what episode a certain thing happened it's easier to flick through the comics and find it than watching through the show again. It's a handy aid to refresh your memory; but if you really want to experience the show again it's just not able to compete with the actual thing.
I'm not really sure who this comic is for. Maybe folks who don't have Disney+ and can't/won't pirate it and really want to experience the story? But for those who've seen it already it's nothing that special.
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