A review by ethancf
Star Wars: Darth Vader, Volume 3: The Shu-Torun War by Kieron Gillen

3.0

Star Wars has always been on the thin border between scifi and fantasy, but the setting of Shu-torun and the general story here has this feeling a lot more fantasy than scifi - it focuses on a unique society and spends some time building that world, and the narrative itself plays out like a typical political fantasy narrative: think of this as Star Wars by way of Mistborn and Game of Thrones. The art is solid, the action sequences enticing, but most importantly it maintains Vader as a menacing figure while keeping the old school serialized feel of Star Wars intact. While this was the weakest volume in the series so far, the whole series is a good read.