[Note this limited series was published during Dark Horse's run of Star Wars comics]I know, I know. We just reviewed another Star Wars series a couple of days ago. But then we stumbled upon this and it was so, so, so good that we went and read the entire run at one ago. On top of that, we flicked back and forth just to enjoy the beautiful pieces of artwork
So what made this special?
Hmmm awesome covers is one reason. It features our fave, Darth and lots of cannon fodder (hahaha). But finally, the fact that it introduces new characters within the framework of the movie and then ending them SPOILER ALERT so nicely
with a twist that we can accept them as canon and hence the reason why they do not appear in other chapters of the movie and know that we will miss them!Okay
Firstly the tale is after the war when Palpatine seizes power with Darth and like any gigantic empire, he needs an army to control the masses and bring a semblance of order to the galaxy/ galaxies. Naturally, aside from the clone soldiers, Palpatine needs a slew of academies to train those grey/ green shirts
SPOILER ALERT
However, not everyone here is psychotic and while the story starts light heartedly enough as we see cadets coming for graduation, with the usual pranking ensuing, almost as if this is one of those teenage coming-of-age kind of movie, we know this is not going to be long before tragedy struck and o what a brilliant twist there was in the tale as our brave young protagonist was taunted into a spaceship ... trapped ... only to protect him as he found out when the entire city was bombarded
Apparently, the headmaster has had enough of his cadets (and son) dying in the war and blames the Emperor and Vader for not caring about their men, wasting them needlessly for the sake of greed and ego. And so he has been patiently seeding his own brand of hatred for them to become revolutionaries!But that's the charm of this tale. We see the point of view from the headmaster and those who support him. And we see Vader coming without much talk throughout so as to make him more ominous. Then we see another loyal member of Vader's peer also defending the Emperor except while he is loyal to the Emperor, he is not so to Vader as he knows what Vader is capable of and how selfish Vader can be and on top of that, we see a new protagonist who is eager to be all that he can be in his hatred of the original system of government and naively believe that if he turn to Vader, he will have a future
How all these ends, you will have to read it for yourself. Go online or buy the TPB. Worth the money!
Ratings: 10/10
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