Star Wars: Vader's Quest

Rating:
Summary: Very disappointing
Review: When I heard that they were finally going to be doing a Darth Vader story in the comics, and that on top of that it would deal with the father/son issue and Palpatine as well, I was very excited. Finally we would know more about the circumstances of when Vader discovered that it was in fact his own son that destroyed the Death Star.

What a complete let-down.

For starters, I was unimpressed with the artwork. There have been some fabulous artists working on the Star Wars comics, and in my opinion this isn't one of them. If you want to see some great Star Wars art, check out the Darth Vader 2-part story in STAR WARS TALES #1-2.

The story was deplorable. Macan completely misses the boat on the characterization of Luke, Vader, and Palpatine.

Luke comes off as a whiny loon with no redeeming value whatsoever. He basically comes off as an idiot - Luke Skywalker is naive, yes, but not a numbskull.

Vader actually gets stood off by a community of aliens. What a complete joke. The evil Darth Vader that we know from the movies wouldn't have ANY probably destroying every last one of them if they were in his way.

Macan has Palpatine executing back-door planning with a third-rate bounty hunter. NO WAY this happens with the Emperor we know in the movies. In the time period of TPM, sure. But once he's in control of the galaxy he's so far up on the totem pole that he'd never have to deal with such lowly citizens.

That's just the tip of the iceberg. Vader never even states the fact that he knows Luke is his son, which is the MAIN REASON FOR THE STORY! Instead there is a major focus on new characters that we care nothing about. The only other characters from the movies that appear are Jan Dodonna and Wedge Antilles, and THAT'S IT. The alien race that appears is uninspired and lame, and actually physically resembles another SW alien race, the Bothans. All of this tells me that the author didn't even do his homework, because there are ZERO tie-ins to any other piece of Star Wars literature.

There are some great Star Wars stories out there, but this isn't one of them. I'd recommend checking this out in person before you spend your money on it.

Rating:
Summary: Very disappointing
Review: When I heard that they were finally going to be doing a Darth Vader story in the comics, and that on top of that it would deal with the father/son issue and Palpatine as well, I was very excited. Finally we would know more about the circumstances of when Vader discovered that it was in fact his own son that destroyed the Death Star.

What a complete let-down.

For starters, I was unimpressed with the artwork. There have been some fabulous artists working on the Star Wars comics, and in my opinion this isn't one of them. If you want to see some great Star Wars art, check out the Darth Vader 2-part story in STAR WARS TALES #1-2.

The story was deplorable. Macan completely misses the boat on the characterization of Luke, Vader, and Palpatine.

Luke comes off as a whiny loon with no redeeming value whatsoever. He basically comes off as an idiot - Luke Skywalker is naive, yes, but not a numbskull.

Vader actually gets stood off by a community of aliens. What a complete joke. The evil Darth Vader that we know from the movies wouldn't have ANY probably destroying every last one of them if they were in his way.

Macan has Palpatine executing back-door planning with a third-rate bounty hunter. NO WAY this happens with the Emperor we know in the movies. In the time period of TPM, sure. But once he's in control of the galaxy he's so far up on the totem pole that he'd never have to deal with such lowly citizens.

That's just the tip of the iceberg. Vader never even states the fact that he knows Luke is his son, which is the MAIN REASON FOR THE STORY! Instead there is a major focus on new characters that we care nothing about. The only other characters from the movies that appear are Jan Dodonna and Wedge Antilles, and THAT'S IT. The alien race that appears is uninspired and lame, and actually physically resembles another SW alien race, the Bothans. All of this tells me that the author didn't even do his homework, because there are ZERO tie-ins to any other piece of Star Wars literature.

There are some great Star Wars stories out there, but this isn't one of them. I'd recommend checking this out in person before you spend your money on it.

Rating:
Summary: Walking the fine line
Review: Yes, it could've been better. The quality of the printing is really good, but the story and some characters are kinda weak. The good stuff is finally we find out how Vader came to know of his son and the hunting he begins. The problem with the story is that it drifts away in subplots of minor characters that got absolutely nothing to do with the atual plot. This way the reader finds himself jumping from the story of an envy alliance pilot to a female bounty hunter (Not THAT one, though) and spend little time with the actual conflict between Vader and Luke. Nice read if you collect this comics, pass if you want a deeper, Zahn-like story.