Comics Kanan #12: First Blood, Epilogue: The Ties That Bind (Series Finale!!)

John Jackson Miller was the one that created her in New Dawn.

 

And Chuck Wendig did a fantastic job developing her in Aftermath, and Jason Fry contributed a significant portrayal and development of her character in the short "The Levels of Power".

 

So your options are death or assimilation into the NR.

 

I tweeted at Mr. Miller and haven't heard a response as of yet. Greg Weisman did say that he probably could hear Taylor Gray as the voice of Caleb.

 

I really liked this series, and am sad its coming to and end. I will miss this as a sort of continuation of the Clone Wars. I notice past threads on the series only survive a couple pages and die off quietly but this one has been on the top of the page for several days. Just goes to show the great arts are never appreciated until its to late.

 

Are they monsters? I mean, at least their tie fighters come with an escape pod of some kind! And it's not like planetary annihilation and the murder of civilians were stranger to the Empire.

 

It was a good issue, aside some facial expressions that makes me cringe. I did expect to see Kasmir a some point, but not like that and it was well done, liked the parallels. Don't know too much about Sloane but it's great to see connection between comics and books, I expect her to appear on Rebels at some point with her history with Kanan, that would make a good story. And stormtroopers nearly not falling for the trick, what a shock!

 

As opposed to the Death Star?

 

The Lasat genocide does not seem to be particularly "hidden". It was even meant to be an example.

 

In the EU, maybe - not so much the movies or the newcanon as far as I can tell.

 

Kallus seemed to suggest that it wasn't obvious to him what the end result would be when he enacted the orders but that he understood why the Empire did what it did.

If nothing else, the fact that even Maketh Tua was aware of the Lasat's extinction implies that it was something known by the lower echelons of the bureaucracy. Compare that to Geonosis, the truth of which Kallus doesn't know about because Palpatine & Co did it to protect a secret.

 

Spoiler

Sloane is in this? Awesome. Sloane for Rebels season 3 too, please!

 

Grand Admiral Jello said

I disagree with this. Palpatine took the moment the Death Star went on line as an opportunity to disband the Senate. It was built in secret to prevent any attempt to stop it being built. Once built, this thing was not going to be secret. That its first on screen act is to destroy a planet of x billion people shows how the Empire want to use it. Anything else is speculation.

Visually, all we have is - DS goes on line, Senate disbanded, 'fear of this battlestation will keep the systems in line' (not a real good example of downplaying the DS there I'm afraid), DS blows up an inhabited planet at the first opportunity to show what can be achieved.

 

I'm sad that this was the last issue in the series. Will definitely miss it. I love the connection between the tv series and this comic. It is always great to get a good tie in like this comic series and novel (New Dawn). Star Wars is probably the only property that really has this interaction, both with this canon and legends. Still, sad to see this series end.

 

Palpatine himself says as much in Darth Vader #1:





Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

I've noticed that.

Suffice to say that, canon or not, the radio drama is retconnable - an obvious example being "Roofoo the small time punk" being retconned into "Dr Evazan the mad scientist" back in the early days of the Legendsverse, and that retcon being kept for the newcanon.

That said - wasn't the "Jenny" scene from both the ANH Deleted Scenes, and the Radio Drama - before being drawn on for the newcanon novelization?

Maybe the Radio Drama should be thought of as like certain other Legends material - as a source that they are likely to draw on, even if they don't necessarily recanonize everything in it that's not in any movie?

 

I think the 2nd arc of Kanan wasn't as propulsive as the first arc, generally Caleb on the run was great stuff, although it was neat to have a Clone Wars adventure. And unless the book was going to be a Rebels era, this does seem like a good way to wrap it up. It was fun to see Kanan as Kanan for a full issue and a couple of decent quips from Ezra, and the Slone cameo was great and she got to call him her "hobby" along with an Grand Inquisitor single panel of doom. Slone has a tendency to proclaim boldly a lot, which I like.

The final few pages where Kanan and his buddy are still sort of looking out for each other without even knowing it was downright sweet. Here's hoping they cross paths again because Kanan wouldn't be Kanan without his buddy looking out for him after Order 66 happened.

 

GrandAdmiralJello quotes

I disagree. The scene starts with the group discussing the Senate. Tarkin enters and says they will no longer be a problem as the Emperor has disbanded them. He is then asked how will the Emperor keep the systems in line without the bureaucracy. The reply is that fear will keep the systems in line. Fear of this battle station.

As presented on screen, it is very clear what that battle station's job is. It is rule by fear and the thing is called a Death Star. It then blows up an inhabited planet - to make a point (Tarkin even says as much). What other possible use would a battle station called the Death Star with the power to destroy a planet have?

Now, you can try to defend the Emperor all you want but he put Tarkin in the position he holds. And I don't think you can make a strong case for the Emperor not knowing Tarkin's methods. The Empire were evil, they killed people indiscriminately. They ruled through fear. That culture and mode of operation started with the Emperor, the man at the top. No sensible case can be made for any other position.

 

I think It'd be great if the did a seventh sister mini series.

 

I'd certainly read it, though we're more likely to get a general miniseries about all the Inquisitors.