Knights of the Old Republic #15: Days of Fear, part 3 (of 3)

If were getting into specifics on Squint's looks then explain why Zayne looks different with each artist. These are probably the same people that think Haazen is Sion(which I don't), even though side by side there are many differences. The only other person I can see Squint being is Sion and Jarael is the Exile, which would explain Sion's love for her. I don't think that theory is right though. Lucien's personallity and looks make him the ideal Sion with Haazen being the precursor.

 

I thought this issue was weak, mainly because of the art.

 

Nukey its good to see you back. What happened at the darkhorse boards? Ur right, this series so far has great fleet action, and yes it also makes me wonder what the hell happen in those clone wars. Where were the fleet action!

 

Jarael cannot be the Exile. There are plenty of reasons, but the most important one is that the latter is canonically a Human.

Squint's eyes looked pretty brown to me in #15.

 

Of course Alek is Malak. As has been brought up before by many posters of superior intellect, Jarael had her back turned and the sound muffled by the two spacesuits when he gave his name, so he actually said Malak, but she misheard it as Alek. It's foolproof!

Not to mention there's a ton of precedents in comics for that type of situation.

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I've been here since my banning. Well this is my main home again to put in in a sense. Strad didn't like that I busted off on him about something he said about Boba Fett being the first and greatest of the Mandalorians. HE tried to fire back on what I said in my little game, but then I corrected him in the only way a true NUKE can. Thus I am here.

 

Yeah, that's nice. Can we stay away from Nuke v. Stradley politics here, though? I don't want crap spilling over from other boards.

 

Hey, I was just answering Vongs question brother.

 

I know. I was just reminding you not to make it an issue here, in case I hadn't said so before.

 

In any case, its good to see you back and around. I always enjoyed your chats at the .....boards. Fleet battles haven't really been a forte for the star wars comic books and sometimes I can't understand why. The Dark Empire series had some good stuff, the first 5 issues of Rebellion basically made my mouth ooze with happines, and so far the KOTOR series is doing a heck of a job. I'm hoping that Legacy will also have some of that stuff. Though I wonder, will John Jackson Miller cover the KOTOR 2 period? I sure would like to know more about Malachor 5 and the forbidden Trayus Academy. Because what I have gathered from that second game was that Malachor 5 was a taboo planet and it was that Academy that lead both Revan and Malak to Korriban and Rakata Prime.

 

Production notes are up.

 

Hmmmm... he uses the term, "final fate of Gryph."

That doesn't sound too good. Had he left out that first word, I wouldn't have thought anything of it. But now it just sounds so... final.

 

Bah. The Gryph can't die.


If he's dead, who's going to be the Mayor of Sernpidal?

 

Like that would stop him?

 

I liked this issue but damn....


Miller killed the Gryph. Nuclear holocaust, no less. Ok, yes, we haven't seen the body, but sure looks like he's gone...

JB

 

You have to have a first fate before you have a final fate. My guess is that his final fate is whena Carth mentions warning 17 cities. And i'm sure the one's with bases are most of them. I highly doubt Gryph is dead.

 

Yes I really think Alek/Squint is Malak, for many reasons:

- the red spacesuit
- Alek is close to "Malak"
- the republicans could not call him because he was in a mission or something, and then you see Malak with Revan on another planet

But I wonder why Malak call Revan "Master". I thought they had the same age, and I thought that Malak became Revan's disciple only when they both became Sith.

 

No, we saw Alek and the Revanchist leader on that alien planet, not Malak and Revan.

 

Who is Squint, the young-Solo-looking kid? Squint is not an actual name; so therefore his name is purposely left unknown. Gives credence to what his real identity could be.

 

No, Squint's name is Alek.

 

Alek is Malak. The hooded Jedi is Revan.

 

Possibly.

 

"The people! The people!"

Zayne Carrick is now officially the best Star Wars character. EVAR!!!1!

Sorry, I just had to say...not it, but something. That was a fantastic issue!

I'd hoped for Zayne to be one of the known Sith Lords from the KotOR games, but I've changed my mind. Zayne ist the...living Jedi dream... or ?

 

Exactly the reason why I think Alek is NOT Malak. Like I said before, Malak and Revan were both Knights at the time of the Mandalorian Wars.

I still think Alek will end up becoming Sion or even Nihilus if he has to be ANYbody. If not, he's just Alek.

 

I totally agree that this was the best issue since Flashpoint 2 --- in fact, I feel that this was the best written issue of the series so far. It was an amazing read from beginning to end, with Zayne's screaming of "The people! The people!" and then collapsing on the deck winning the award for Most powerful moment of the series. Every scene in this issue spoke volumes, and Dustin Weaver's gorgeous art fit it perfectly. The final few panels with Zayne's reaction to Carth's revelation were wonderful. I loved this issue.