Lit Comics Darth Vader by Greg Pak, February 2020

I like Sabe`, am a big fan of the Queens novels and honestly want to see as much as her as we can.

 

Here's the synopsis for issue 26...

...And... wow. This is bad. Like, sounds-like-an-April-fools-prank bad...

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INTO THE SAND!

• We all know about Anakin Skywalker's aversion to finely ground particulate matter.
• But what does sand mean to the Dark Lord of the Sith?
• When Sabé, Vader's unlikely new ally, goes missing, Vader must confront his own dark heart in the maelstrom of a terrible sandstorm – while tapping into one of his earliest skills in a wildly unexpected way!

..."What does sand mean to the Dark Lord of the Sith?"

...I think I just dropped this series.

 

You know he dosent like sand,

 

A Vader comic series going beyond issue #25, I'm surprised that this happened for this run. I hope they drop the Valance side story soon though, it truly bores me to death each month.

 

It's just the write-up having a bit of fun. It's happened before. The real story is this:

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When Sabé, Vader's unlikely new ally, goes missing, Vader must confront his own dark heart in the maelstrom of a terrible sandstorm – while tapping into one of his earliest skills in a wildly unexpected way!

Vader trapped in a monster sandstorm and having flashbacks seems fine.

 

I know it's just a write-up (an incredibly stupid one), but I've been disliking the direction of this series for a while, with all the

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guest stars or elements from other SW films/shows just showing up, characters from Anakin's past just showing up, Vader being OOC, more Crimson Dawn stuff, more Sabé and less Ochi, the one side-character I liked...

So no thanks, I'm done. Ready for a new series with a new writer. Maybe they'll make one after Kenobi premieres. With all the anticipation for Vader in that series, I'm sure they'd like to cash in on the hype.

 

Well seems like you disliked the whole point of the series premise, then. Those things are what makes it popular and unique.

 

they won't randomly relaunch one series with a new writer when the current is still in the middle of their run

 

I don't have a problem with this run personally. I just want to know factually if Crimson Dawn's thorough infiltration of the Empire was one of the reasons for Palpatine's Contingency, and what does that mean for Maul acting in opposition to him before his death.

 

@Ghost: I wouldn't mind some of this stuff; in the earlier issues it was more fresh, but now it's dragging on, repeating plots, and over-relying on shoehorned cameos.

And no Vader series should have "make Vader OOC" be the "whole point", IMO. Again, it's just going in a direction I don't like. Oh well.

@Darth Corydon: I said ''maybe they'll make one after Kenobi premieres", not that they'd relaunch a series during this one. Maybe in a year or so. This one does seem to have gone on for a long time compared to the others.

 

they won't make one until the whole publishing line baring high republic era comics transition to post Return of the jedi

 

^Has that been announced, or are you just speculating?

 

Speculating but it seems the most likely. The 40th anniversary of ROTJ is fast approaching. And the period between ESB and ROTJ is anywhere between six and nine months. And it seems pretty clear we're at the half-way mark of that timeskip.

 

The chances of Marvel doing a surprise SW series with no media fanfare in advance is near-zero.

 

I wonder if they would instead of doing a Darth Vader comic after Kenobi tv show, they do Inquisitors, more important The Grand Inquisitor. We got him a little in Darth Vader 2017, he had his big precense in Rebels. But in Kenobi, he be known worldwide.

 

I don't know, there seems to be a big steer clear zone around all TV stuff.

 

Yeah, it depends on how mutch the Inquisitors are featured after Kenobi.

 

The new EU/Disneyverse literature has not been particularly great about exploring the new on-screen villains. The Kylo Ren comics left... much to be desired. The Phasma stuff was ok. Thrawn and Vader have both had a good run, but they're not "new". It would be nice to see something specific to the Inquisitors.

 

You got 5 main Inquisitors you can tell stories with, do a test with a 5 mini series of the Grand Inquisitor. Grand Inquisitor, 5th brother, 7th sister, 8th brother, 2nd sister and 3rd sister Reva.

 

Just do a mini series with all of them, each gets an issue.

 

16 years of Inquisitors, do a mini series and if does good do more with them. I still want book of the Inquisitors. Lets see Grand Inquisitor, as his time as a jedi.

 

After Soule had the Inquisitors steamrollered by Vader, they need some serious restoration work.

 

I just want Grand inky's name so we finally know it

 

Also Intresting is Grand Inquisitor is the third in rank behind Darth vader.

 

The idea of a series about the Inquisitors is something that would work fine, I think. At least I would love to see not only how someone like the Fifth Brother worked as a Jedi, but also some of their victories hunting Jedi in the Dark Times period. Lots of potential for tragedy there!

It's also understandable that Lucasfilm wants to keep them mysterious, but they been around for enough to deserve more exploration...

All I know is that if they end up revealing his name to be Laddinare Torbin, my Canon and Legends head canon realities will go basically like this:

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