Personally alerted by Emperor Palpatine of the location of Jedi Dass Jennir, Lieutenant Gregg rushes to inform his lord Darth Vader. Immediately, Vader sets out for his Star Destroyer with Falco Sang aboard the bounty hunter’s newly repaired ship.
On Kestavel, Jennir and Jedi Master Hudorra battle Jedi Beyghor Sahdett, having discovered he is a traitor to their plot to lure and destroy Darth Vader – and in fact has been working for the Emperor himself.
Expecting that the Empire is now coming their way, Jennir, Hudorra and the crew of the Uhumele will have to act fast…
Writer Randy Stradley, artist Doug Wheatley, colourist Dan Jackson and cover artist Benjamin Carre continue the latest storyline in the Dark Times series.
The Review
These are the times that try men’s souls (or rather being’s souls). The Empire is coming and Kai Huddora vehemently wants everyone to leave. Yet a group of his servants at the casino think otherwise, and want to stay in the imminent fight against Darth Vader and the empire.
The illustrations of the Imperial officers stood out as very well drawn to me. Crisp and detailed. A big juxtaposition to Coruscant which looked like a matee’ abstract drawing. Oh well, a little variety never hurt anyone.
The team begins to plan for Vader’s arrival with explosives and a detailed schematic, and Ember could not have looked sexier if the artists tried. She explains the story of how she and Jennir met to Hudorra and it hits the diligent reader of the previous series, how much Ember has changed and if the relationship between the two can actually work. She has doubts, but doesn’t that sound familiar to relationships between couples on this planet?
The Empire prepares an assault that is parallel to Jennir’s, only with more sophisticated technology. Holograms in lieu of written diagrams. This makes me nostalgic for the original Star Wars, as the Empires’ targeting computers were much more high tech than those of the Rebels.
Before the final duel, the heroes partake in a feast, a last supper if you will, and I cannot feel more enmeshed in Star Wars when reading this series. 3 was where it got interesting and issue 4 was where it gets set up for the real excitement.
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