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A review by zare_i
Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi, Vol. 3: Force War by Wes Dzioba, Dan Parsons, David Michael Beck, John Ostrander, Jan Duursema
4.0
Final story arc starts with the bang - Rakata arrived in the Tython system and established their foothold, conflict rages for quite some time but it seems that both combatants are evened out for the moment so war and destruction wont be finished any time soon.
While Jedi managed to repel the direct attack on Tython they are aware that sheer size of Rakata's army will defeat them in the end. So they decide to strike at the heart of the invaders, strike force led by Xesh begins the attack and things seem to be going in their favor, but Rakata seem to have few more tricks up their sleeves.
Battle scenes are gorgeous, especially situations where it is visible how new weapons introduced by Xesh take toll on the Jedi. Based on the Dark side of the Force (only one that Rakata utilize) they start to drain the Jedi and cause unbalance that makes them ever more pliable to the Rakata machinations (imagine hundreds of dark blades so like one wielded by Elric of Melninbone used to defeat the very evil that empowers them - great, right :))
I wont go into more details because of spoilers but as in every good action adventure story there are twists and turns, betrayals and redemption at the end. I especially liked the actions of the ancient Kwa and the role of Tython the planet (I like the parallels with W40K and Old Ones from that universe).
Art is gorgeous (as was in volumes #1 and #2). Only thing I did not like is that this was final chapter in the story about Jedi origins. I truly hope somebody picks this up and further develops it.
Highly recommended to fans of action adventure and SWKOTOR-like stories.
While Jedi managed to repel the direct attack on Tython they are aware that sheer size of Rakata's army will defeat them in the end. So they decide to strike at the heart of the invaders, strike force led by Xesh begins the attack and things seem to be going in their favor, but Rakata seem to have few more tricks up their sleeves.
Battle scenes are gorgeous, especially situations where it is visible how new weapons introduced by Xesh take toll on the Jedi. Based on the Dark side of the Force (only one that Rakata utilize) they start to drain the Jedi and cause unbalance that makes them ever more pliable to the Rakata machinations (imagine hundreds of dark blades so like one wielded by Elric of Melninbone used to defeat the very evil that empowers them - great, right :))
I wont go into more details because of spoilers but as in every good action adventure story there are twists and turns, betrayals and redemption at the end. I especially liked the actions of the ancient Kwa and the role of Tython the planet (I like the parallels with W40K and Old Ones from that universe).
Art is gorgeous (as was in volumes #1 and #2). Only thing I did not like is that this was final chapter in the story about Jedi origins. I truly hope somebody picks this up and further develops it.
Highly recommended to fans of action adventure and SWKOTOR-like stories.