Review: Star Wars Allegiance Issue 1

Creators: Ethan Sacks, Luke Ross, Lee Loughridge, VC's Clayton Cowles

There are a lot of threads that need to be tied up in Episode IX, and the foundation of them is explored in the first issue of this weekly series . The design of this book is reminiscent of the very first issue of the Star Wars Comic from several years ago. A solid page devoted to the familiar  A long time ago...  two pages to the  words Star Wars in the large orange  font, followed with a scrawl page titled An Old Hope.   The story opens with a peaceful ice planet getting destroyed by Hux and the First Order because they supplied aide to The Resistance after the events on Crait.
  We then check in with our heroes on the Garbage Planet of Anoat. The priority of the Resistance is to get supplies and allies. We learn that Poe, Finn and Bb-8 are on a mission to get weapons, and the climax of this first issue involves Rey, Leia and Rose going on a mission to Mon Cala.
What I loved most about this comic is the little Easter eggs. Like mentions of Vi Moradi and Snap Wexly, and learning that Anoat was briefly mentioned in the Empire Strikes The art team is fantastic and it's nice to see the characters having adventures together, especially the Ladies. 
It will be interesting to see how much this story relates to the movie in December. A wonderful start to the series.