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A review by michaelpatrickhicks
Star Wars: Vader Down by
4.0
Vader Down marks the first crossover between Jason Aaron’s Star Wars and Kieron Gillen’s Darth Vader, and it does a damn good job of tying the two series together and showing off how well these two books have been running in tandem. Aaron and Gillen clearly spent a good amount of time mapping out their respective run so that scenes in the main book overlap in the sibling title, and after twelve issues this represents a bit of a payoff to the various plot threads that have been running concurrently.
Vader has been hunting for Luke, using Doctor Aprha’s underworld connections to dig up information on his whereabouts. Luke has been trying to further his Jedi training following Ben Kenobi’s death, and his journey has led him to Vrogas Vas. Vader has pursued him there and after a dogfight in the planet’s orbit, both Vader and Luke have crash landed.
There’s some neat competing threats here, as Aphra and her crew try to capture Luke to prove their loyalty to Vader. Meanwhile, Vader is forced to square off against a rogue contingent of Imperial soldiers under the command the General Grevious-like Karbin, who the Emperor has been grooming to take Vader’s place after the destruction of the Death Star. We get a number of cool sequences that show off Vader’s skills and capabilities as a Sith warrior, much to the detriment of the Rebel forces attempting to capture him. Vader’s a freaking beast here, and it’s a pretty marvelous display.
Since Aprha’s introduction in Gillen’s Vader series, she and her crew have felt a bit like the Dark Side answers to our heroes. Aphra’s the female Han Solo, Triple Zero and BT are the evil doppelgängers of C-3PO and R2, and Black Krrsantan is Chewbacca’s insidious mirror. Naturally we get some cool fight sequences and matching of wits, and even some darkly comical moments, as these figures square off.
All in all, this was a lot of fun and the authors and artists involved pulled a worthwhile and satisfying Star Wars miniseries event. Now, back to the main books...
Vader has been hunting for Luke, using Doctor Aprha’s underworld connections to dig up information on his whereabouts. Luke has been trying to further his Jedi training following Ben Kenobi’s death, and his journey has led him to Vrogas Vas. Vader has pursued him there and after a dogfight in the planet’s orbit, both Vader and Luke have crash landed.
There’s some neat competing threats here, as Aphra and her crew try to capture Luke to prove their loyalty to Vader. Meanwhile, Vader is forced to square off against a rogue contingent of Imperial soldiers under the command the General Grevious-like Karbin, who the Emperor has been grooming to take Vader’s place after the destruction of the Death Star. We get a number of cool sequences that show off Vader’s skills and capabilities as a Sith warrior, much to the detriment of the Rebel forces attempting to capture him. Vader’s a freaking beast here, and it’s a pretty marvelous display.
Since Aprha’s introduction in Gillen’s Vader series, she and her crew have felt a bit like the Dark Side answers to our heroes. Aphra’s the female Han Solo, Triple Zero and BT are the evil doppelgängers of C-3PO and R2, and Black Krrsantan is Chewbacca’s insidious mirror. Naturally we get some cool fight sequences and matching of wits, and even some darkly comical moments, as these figures square off.
All in all, this was a lot of fun and the authors and artists involved pulled a worthwhile and satisfying Star Wars miniseries event. Now, back to the main books...