YMMV / Star Wars: Age of Resistance

• Alternative Character Interpretation: Did Darth Vader retreat out of fear? Or did he decide not to kill the Zillo Beast due to remembering that they are nearly extinct? Given how Padme wanted to save the creature it is likely Vsder spared the best out of love for Padme.
• Crazy Is Cool: Kylo Ren in his issue. Hardly the most stable guy in the room, he's obsessed with "succeeding where Vader failed" in subduing the Benathy once and for all by taking on their god, whom Vader was unable to defeat. He refuses to retreat even when the god turns up, pointing out that Vader didn't (for reference, thousands of people on both sides got killed in the previous battle). This culminates in Kylo flying his shuttle over the 'god', which is actually a Zillo Beast, then leaping from the shuttle straight down the Beast's throat and delivering fatal internal injuries with his lightsaber, surviving the Beast falling quite a distance to the ground and then cutting his way out, quite unscathed. Captain Ruthford spends most of the issue thinking Kylo is completely nuts, stupid or both and yet can't help but be impressed by the end.
• Cry for the Devil:
  • Hux's issue opens with a flashback to his miserable childhood, being verbally abused by his father and mocked by Admiral Brooks just for accidentally dropping a tray of glasses. He proceeds to spend the rest of the issue doing some pretty horrid things, but the small section at the start reminds us that Hux was once just a frightened boy who never really knew love or kindness, and now that he's in a position to do so, he's going to take it out on everyone in the galaxy.
  • Kylo Ren has a rough time in Snoke's issue. Snoke's 'training' comes off more as physical and psychological abuse at times and he even insinuates that he'd rather have had Luke Skywalker, the uncle whom Kylo believes tried to kill him, at his side and that Kylo is just the next best thing. Kylo gets dropped off a cliff over jagged rocks, slapped around the face hard enough to draw blood simply for wanting his mask and goaded into entering the Cave of Evil, where Snoke encourages him to strike down visions of his family. To cap it all off, Kylo is clearly conflicted at the sight of his parents telling him they love him, to the point that he ultimately can't bring himself to kill even a mirage of them and instead destroys the Cave. It clearly shows just how Snoke warped Kylo's unstable mind even more purely for his own gain, alternating between praising Kylo and tearing him down right where he knows it'll hurt shape him into a weapon.
• Fashion-Victim Villain: Snoke apparently can't be bothered wearing anything but his tacky, golden bathrobe and slippers even when he's out training Kylo Ren.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: Snoke having his own issue presents an opportunity to explore the character in a bit more detail than the films (where next to nothing is revealed about him); however, the issue actually focuses more on Kylo Ren with Snoke as a Supporting Protagonist.
• Unexpected Character: Hands up who expected a Zillo Beast to make an appearance? Especially seeing as decades earlier in The Clone Wars it is stated that the Zillo Beasts are believed to be all but extinct save for one individual.
• The Woobie:
  • Bylsma from Hux's issue. He's a former palace guard from Alderaan, which almost instantly qualifies him as this. He fled to a remote planet and hid there, apparently alone, for around three decades. As far as he knew everyone he ever knew was dead and he dared not contact anyone else in case the Empire came after him; determined not to lose another world to the Death Star he remained in hiding with only his pet norwoods for company. Then when Hux and Kylo crashland on the planet, Hux gives him hope for the first time in years; the Death Star was destroyed and the Empire defeated, so he can come out of hiding, and what's more, fellow Alderaanian Princess Leia is still alive. Bylsma jumps at the chance to help the Alderaanian royal family when he learns Kylo is Leia's son, not realizing he's actually helping the Empire's successors. He only realizes the truth too late. And worse, Hux has his norwoods killed, orders Bylsma be stranded on the planet and annouces he plans to use it to test Starkiller Base, purely for the hell of it. We never find out what happened to Bylsma afterwards, but either way what Hux did to him was sickeningly cruel.
  • KM-8713, the young stormtrooper in Phasma's issue. Her main ambition in life is to loyally serve the First Order - likely the only life she's ever known - and gain a name for herself other than her serial number. She seems positively decent for a stormtrooper, refusing to leave an injured comrade and risking her life to save Phasma, whom she admires. She not only sees her friend die in front of her, but is tricked by Phasma into sacrificing her comrades while Phasma stays back where it's safe. KM-8713 is utterly shocked by Phasma's betrayal and the realization that the woman she looks up to is nothing but a scheming, self-serving coward. KM-8713 attempts to kill Phasma, but fails and is killed herself. As she lays dying, she pleads with Phasma not to leave her - even though Phasma betrayed her, she still looks to her for help. Phasma coldly walks off, leaving her to die alone and even calls her a "nameless, fallen gun." Despite her best efforts, KM-8713's entire life served no purpose but to to further Phasma's ambitions and in the end she is regarded as nothing more than another dead mook for the First Order.

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