Star Wars: Poe Dameron, Issue #6 concludes Book I. Poe Dameron is the leader of Black Squadron, a squadron of X-Wing pilots dedicated to "black" ops, meaning operations not officially licensed by the New Republic. Not all of the politics of the Star Wars universe/galaxy are mapped out to the public so far, but there are three main players in the galaxy where Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens takes place: The First Order, the New Republic, and the Rebellion. Poe Dameron and Black Squadron are in Megalox Beta, a prison planet, to recover information on the whereabouts of Luke Skywalker from Grakkus the Hutt. Unfortunately, so is Agent Terex. The deal? Grakkus the Hutt will give his information to whoever breaks him out of this prison, where he has resided since the second arc of Jason Aaron's Star Wars, which takes place between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back.
I like the reference to "slicing," which is the term for "hacking" used in Timothy Zahn's Empire Trilogy. I know Soule has used terminology and characters from the Zahn-verse before, but I'm always appreciative when he does. I definitely am a fan of this series, though. It'll be until 10/26/16 before we see a new issue of Poe Dameron - starting Book II - but that's only six weeks, so I shouldn't complain. Great stuff, as always. If you haven't followed the comic, buy the trade paperback, which comes out 12/06/16, most likely containing the first six issues.
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