Knights of the Old Republic #34: Vindication, part 3 (of 4)

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STAR WARS: KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC #34?VINDICATION part 3 (of 4)
John Jackson Miller (W), Brian Ching (P/Cover), and Michael Atiyeh (C)
On sale Oct 22
FC, 40 pages
$2.99
Ongoing

The secret Jedi Covenant has one leader, but it isn?t the devoted Jedi seer, Lady Krynda Draay . . .

As Padawan Zayne Carrick struggles to clear his name, the Masters who framed him for murder are finding the ideals they have worked so hard to protect are crumbling. They have been deceived by a trusted advisor whose hostile takeover will pit the Jedi Knights against one another?true Jedi of the Order vs. the misguided Jedi of the Covenant!

? Brian Ching, the artist who kicked off the series, returns for the climactic end of this major storyline!

 

Sold!

Really, really looking forward to this. KOTOR's simply the best of the SW comics going around today, and I'm excited by the prospect of a new storyline. Hopefully the timeline advances a bit as well, and we can get into more of the juicy stuff alluded to in the video games.

 

is this the final arc? or will kotor continue?

 

I'm to understand that KotOR and Legacy will continue as long as we buy them. So, yeah.

 

Oh, wow. Is it October yet?

 

Is this the end of Zayne's ordeal to clear his name? Yes. Is this the end of the KOTOR series ? No.

 

This = WIN

 

I have always envisioned the final issue of KOTOR ending with Revan coming back and proclaiming himself Dark Lord of the Sith.

 

Yes, this issue sounds very, very awesome. And very nice cover, and hurray, they've got an excellent artist for this issue too! Though we already have a Lucien vs. Zayne cover coming up, but oh well, its such an iconic moment, who cares? I hope Zayne finally manages to clear his name. Though looks like another Zayne vs. Lucien duel is imminent, I wonder how many Covenant Masters are left by now. I alo hope Zayne puts up a better fight than he did during his last few lightsaber duels.

 

This looks great! The end of the Jedi Covenant will hopefully push the Mandalorian Wars as the primary focus of the series. Maybe we'll finally see Revan and his faction recruit Zayne or something...I'd like to see Revan, Alek, Zayne, and Jarael all working alongside each other. That would be alot of fun.

 

Some of us are assuming quite a bit. It says the storyline comes to an end, but nowhere does it say that Zayne's ordeal to clear his name ends, nor that the Covenant ends. Who knows what "storyline coming to an end" may mean, especially knowing JJM.

 

Yeah, it's not completely clear whether "major storyline" refers to this first arc (KotOR #1-35) or whether it just means Vindication.

 

Told you . . .

 

Yeah, I'm bettin' Krynda really is dead, and Haazen really has been pulling all the strings from the beginning: perhaps even manipulating the first watch circle into its current predicament?

 

FINALLY A COVER with Zayne HOLDING his own against the Jedi..and facing them on his feet and not from his ass! I'm Sold too!!

btw. I'm predicting Revan & Malak to help Zayne...and began their "hero" quest by knocking out the Covenant(including haazen), (afterwards..the Mandolorians)

Shadojoker

 

Proving again why even simple cover art "panels" can be every byte as good as stylised ones.

 

^^ What she said.

 

I'd say it refers to the whole arc, not just Vindication.
This is Vindication 3 of 4. So while it makes sense to talk about the end of an arc when you are at 34 of 35, it doesn't make all that much sense when you are at 3 out of 4.

 

I don't think I've ever been more excited about the release of a comic than this one...and it seems from the cover art that Lucien and Zayne have been going full out against each other for a while.

 

Sweet. Now I just need to finish rereading Commencement.

- Keralys

 

He has no Phrik Vambraces on the cover. Is that an oversight or will Zayne lose a hand?

Personally, I'm hoping for this series to end with Zayne cutting off Alek's jaw.

 

Unless Revan and Alek have been really busy, it can't. Alek still had his jaw as per him and Revan's discovery of the first Star Map on Dantooine, which I don't think has happened yet. Plus by then he had his spiffy tattoos, which the last time we saw him, he did not. Also I believe he lost it in a duel with Darth Revan (pretty sure I've read that somewhere, and not the Wook)

What an awesome cover, reminds me of the "Face off" Cade and Krayt cover.

 

Correct.

It was stated on the back of one of the minatures packets I believe.

I confess I'm open to them retconning that, since I won't shed any tears over them overwriting something from such an obscure source... but I do like the potential to build in the comments from Revan's holocron regarding the Rule of Two. The idea Malak et al ganged up on Revan and he then kicked all their asses leaving only Malak alive... sans the jaw.

 

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I heartily second that. After so many issues with Zayne behind the eight ball with a saber in his face, strapped down, or retreating from a Rakghoul, this kind of cover has been eagerly anticipated by me.