The way she went out was absolutely brutal, but I love the tie in that Luke eventually found the interim archive laid out by her decades before. And conversely, during this journey, it allows for examinations of characters we only saw glimpses of in the movies. Charles Soule absolutely cares about Star Wars and the artists on this book do some of the best work in Star Wars comics. To ensure the Emperor’s grip on the galaxy is absolute, Vader must deal swiftly and brutally with any uprisings — but he has a goal of his own.

Having lost everything dear to him and now more machine than man, Vader takes his first steps into a darker world - beginning by eradicating the galaxy's remaining Jedi! The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The idea that Vader feels he needs to be the big power of the empire, and in turn orchestrates and catalyses the eventual demise of the death star (by warning the Erso's of what they are creating)? Picking up directly where Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith ends, follow Vader as he ascends to power as a Dark Lord of the Sith!Vader killing more inquisitors, the creation of the new inquisitorius, the request for Vader's castle? Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.

After the humiliating theft of the Death Star plans and the destruction of the battle station, the Empire is on the defensive.This run is a great place to start Star Wars comics especially when it comes to fans of the Star Wars films because this picks up immediately after episode 3. It's great to have more content set immediately after Revenge of the Sith and to see what Vader went through to find his new lightsaber, establish his palace on Mustafar, and take charge of the Inquisitorius, who are actually tolerable here, unlike pretty much every other appearance they've made elsewhere. Darth Vader is one of my favorite Star Wars characters and this run somehow made him that much more of a favorite character of mine. The command of the Inquisitorius is also fascinating to see in action, as they were one of my favorite parts of the Rebels television series.

All in all - a fantastic read, felt it really added to the canon nicely and I would recommend it to any big Star Wars fan. AbeBooks offers millions of new, used, rare and out-of-print books, as well as cheap textbooks from thousands of booksellers around the world. This does bridge the timeline between Revenge of the Sith and Rogue One and shows us more of how Vader become the machine that we know. Three issues written by Jason Aaron for the Star Wars: Vader Down crossover are also included: Vader Down, Part I and Star Wars issues 13–14.Gives us insight into Vader's first mission after donning the suit (obtaining his lightsaber etc), whilst telling us more about the history and life of the Grand Inquisitor and the inquisitorius at large.

Kieron Gillen takes you under the ominous helmet for an inclusive look into the Sith Lord’s innermost thoughts. The Darth Vader (2015) long-running comic by Marvel is one of the most talked about Canon series to date.

But librarian Jocasta Nu is making a desperate effort to preserve the religion's legacy - and the stirrings of a rebellion have begun in the Mon Cala system! The whole bit with Kirak Infil'a was really nice, and interesting to see more about some Jedi who just went in another direction. But librarian Jocasta Nu is making a desperate effort to preserve the religion's legacy and the stirrings of a rebellion have begun in the Mon Cala system! I do wish it had annotations from Soule, similar to what Gillen got to do in his Vader omnibus, but I’m fine that we even got this in the first place.