I rather enjoyed the first Republic Commando book! I think it serves as a standalone story, and I appreciated that Traviss humanized the four clone commandos. However, I did not have the same feelings about the passive, whiny Jedi Padawan, or how Traviss chose to approach the clone's sped-up aging...
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00:00 - Intro
01:39 - The plot
03:44 - Atin, Fi, Niner, and Darman
07:08 - Etain
09:57 - The shapeshifters
11:19 - The villains
12:56 - Villains vanquished, a conclusive ending
14:18 - Issue 1: My unfamiliarity with military lingo
15:16 - Issue 2: Etain's meltdown at the end
16:50 - Issue 3: The clones are perceived as children???
19:18 - In Short
