It is an old era when the galaxy was ruled by one governmental body, the Senate. Jedi were in force keeping the peace in the galaxy. But far away the ancient Sith resurrect from their downfall. The Emperor and his Dark Council take back one world at a time as they try to rule the galaxy once again. Their apprentices, also known as hounds, do their masters dirty work travelling from one planet to the next.
War has raged like a belly of a furnace, but as the two foes realize the pointlessness of their war they decide to reach a peace agreement, or just another deceptive move by the Sith? The treaty states that Sith will no longer fire upon Republic forces and vice versa. But as expected, peace can never reign down within the Galaxy. Solitary Sith ships fire upon solitary republic ships while Republic forces dis-obey the cease fire order.
Master Orgus and his counterpart Lieutenant Tavus travel from one sector to the next, overseeing operations and working cases. But elsewhere in the galaxy master Dar’nala and her padawan Satele are enroute to Coruscant when their ship comes under attack from a Sith ship. Master Dar’nala is held prisoner but Satele narrowly escapes. But by destiny’s path Orgus, Tavus, Satele and Dar’nala team up to battle their eternal enemy.
The Review
In this awesome volume of The Old Republic you’ll be following a variety of interesting characters. The peaceful Master Orgus with his counterpart Lieutenant Tavus will be engaging in some action while Master Dar’nala and her padawan Satele run into trouble with Sith. We also get some interesting insight with relationships between fellow Sith as Lord Angral and Lord Baras fix their personal issues.
There are a lot of interesting camera shots used within this volume like a character in the background seen through a posed arm in the foreground. This can make the reader have a different perspective in the situation and can help portray feelings hard to show in an illustrative form. So this, I do applaud the artist on. Although the setting keeps changing with every couple of pages. This makes the story seem very hectic which it would probably be if it was a real life situation. But this can also make the reader very confused with who’s where.
Overall though this is a crammed volume with some in-depth insight into relationships, deceptiveness and the chaos of war. It’s always introducing new characters to the reader bringing with them secrets to be explored which makes the read even more fascinating and also pulls the reader into the comic. As always there are also more awesome vehicles and armour with some interesting skills thrown in by Jedi and Sith!
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