Comics Darth Vader (Marvel) #2: Vader, part 2 (of 6)

Vader did some Sith Scheming in this issue, which is neat because you'd figure he'd just kill his new "assistant" outright but he actually put some work into it! And he blew up the damn droid at the end! Which is awesome because for a moment there I thought "Hey, look, Vader built himself an evil Artoo like his old Anakin years" and, nope, out the airlock and explodey it went. (I get the feeling Vader will go through a lot of these in this series)

Also "please comply" and "you have graphs" were my favourite part. In my head, I was hearing the Vader from ANH inflection as opposed to the Vader from ESB inflection (which does sound a bit different if you watch the two flicks back to back) but I get the feeling the story will progress so Vader doesn't have to scheme to kill officers so by ESB he can just out and out murder them.

I will say this issue for me did not have a jaw-dropping "holy kolker!" moment like the 2 page Tusken splash spread carnage that ended issue #1 but the final page here got reallllly close.

I liked the characterization of Tagge, and I especially dug when he called Vader a lightsaber (with the panel angle on his lightsaber too) Tagge I think has about 12 issues in him until Vader kills him outright, but it's fun to see Vader play right back at Tagge. Don't mess with a Sith, Tagge! Ain't gonna win that one!

 

Starfleet commanders weren't called "Admirals" before ESB was released, hence Tagge and Motti were credited as Generals.

 

i loved both issues, just wondering who's the chick..

Vader's dialogue is amazing, I have his voice dead on when I read it

 

i bought the first two Luke comics, and but not this yet. These are expensive on amazon, and not prime. Will there be a TPB for these comics? If not where should i buy them for cheaper and no shipping.

 

So no synopsis? What's happening in this issue, where is the story going?

 

Yep, Gillen has nailed his dialogue so far. He just sounds so right.

 

This was an interesting issue, although I can see why some view it as filler, nothing of note happened. But I think it established some important things for the series going further. We see the relationship between Vader and Tagge and how Vader will react to being watched.

Spoiler

Vader framing the adjutant is important as is his statement to Tagge. Vader almost implied that he did frame him and that Tagge needs to be careful about how he watches Vader.

Those aspects provide important information about the characters and needs to happen before the series advances.

Lastly, I expect that the pirates will play a larger role in this series and so this issue was the beginning of a larger plot line.

 

How did Vader know the pirates would hold out long enough for the droid to get there before them and plant the evidence? Didn't they expect the pirates to simply set the self destruct anyway? What would he have done then? Plan seems a bit iffy to me.

 

Have faith.

 

So will Vader get his own Super Star Destroyer and we'll get a Vader's Super Star Destroyer vs .Tagge's Super Star Destroyer battle or Vader kils Tagge, renames it Executor? I'd be fine with the latter but the former is the more badasss option.

See, folks? Prequels ARE fun because you kinda know where it's gonna go but there's a hellova lot of room to wiggle in there!

 

I hope Tagge's SSD is a different model than the Executor, a smaller one, around 10,000m (compared to the 1,600 of an SD), as opposed to the 19,000m Executor. It'd be awesome to see Vader get a bigger, better SSD than Tagge's, and have the massive Executor fly alongside the smaller Annihilator, putting Tagge in his place.

 

His plan A was to have the guy follow him around during the battle, getting himself killed, but that didn't work out.

 

I like that some people on here don't realise that "oon ani" (?) WASN'T actually a traitor

 

I have even seen reviewers "not get it".

 

What was the pirates' role? What's with the "traitor" and the empty ship in the preview?

 

Yeah I definitely didn't realize he was framed until I read it on here... Very diabolical of Vader...

 

Hmm, 'nothing of note' eh? You have read Gillen's work before?

 

Finally read it

I want Tagge to get what's coming to him. He doesn't seem like what I saw in ANH, but then again he was only a minor character, so this is okay. What an arrogant pompous jerk. Does he remember what happened to Motti?As Dooku would say twice the pride double the fall. I am sure Vader will get his revenge. How humiliating for him. I can see how this could explain the Vader we see in ANH and ESB change. I think he would have a lot of anger built up after serving under a person like that.

 

I watched ANH directly after reading this, and found the Death Star board room scenes to come across as having much more resonance/tension to them, thanks to new background info on the participants from Rebels/Tarkin/Darth Vader.

 

Umm, I'm sure someone probably already caught this... but did anyone else see that the planet on Tagge's holoprojection in was Earth? Appears in three panels, where Africa and Europe are clearly shown.

Easter egg? Or is the Empire gonna attack the home planet of Walt Disney?

--Adm. Nick

 

Empire vs Disney?
Can somebody please make this?
Emperor Palpatine is on a mission to save us from the Evil Mickey Mouse

 

In that case you need to track down copies of the Tales trilogy! Does the same for the Mos Eisley Cantina, Bounty Hunters and Jabba's Palace scenes.

 

Tagge was highly annoying. He's lucky Vader doesn't choke him (and fears Palpatine).
The end made me chuckle.

Vader was in true form

 

Ready for thread number three?