SPOILER Marvel's Star Wars #9

Nice summary of the issue. I actually love the artwork, but as with all art, nothings for everyone .

Additionally, the EU fan in me couldn't help but geek out when one of the Holocrons talked about

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The Hundred-Year Darkness. I'm sure some of the details may have changed, but we know that it led to the same thing, namely the creation of the Sith.

 

I was hoping for more exposition on Sana too, but alas, we'll have to wait another issue. Luke "finding" all of the relics was pretty cool, but now I can't get this silly image of Luke somehow wielding four lightsabers, cackling as he goes around destroying Sith or Sith influenced beings (fortunately it's just my crazy delusion ). Personally, I like the new art style. It adds a lighter feel to the comic that I appreciate, but that's honestly just me. Either way, I hope these new artifacts (and maybe even the ones in the Lando series) pay off in the long run.

 

A lot of exciting stuff going on in this issue. I like the artwork especially the opening city canyon panel and the artifact room reveal. This issue had a real Star Wars movie action packed adventure feel to it.

And

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considering where Luke is at on his Jedi path the lightsaber crystal holo was a real eye opener

 

This issue really didn't do it for me. Luke and that dude surviving that fall unharmed, the Incredible Hutt, more nothing about Sana Solo, etc. Luke and the relics was cool, and the art was solid, but that's about it.

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I did like the Shaak-Ti cameo. Just wondering how she recorded that before getting murdered by Anakin. Not saying it couldn't have happened, would just like to see how it transpired. So far, the only Jedi we know to have survived the first wave of Order 66 are Yoda, Obi-Wan, Kanan, and maybe Luminara (arrested and executed.) I'd like to see how she found out about order 66 and what she had to go through to survive long enough to get that message made.

 

The parallel between the storage room with Jedi relics in the present story and

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the chamber with Sith relics on Palpatine's private yacht

in the Lando comics is interesting. I wonder whether there is a connection between them and TFA. It seems to me that someone in that movie (probably Kylo Ren) is highly interested in them.

PS: I actually do not mind the art work. However, the fact that Sana did not know that Han is working for the Rebel Alliance is odd.

 

So has proximity to some thing(s) aboard Palpatine's yacht turned the Imperial guards to zombies or had they been reanimated? I'm leaning towards corruption because it seemed to me like one of the cat brothers eyes glowed Sithlike like when he turned on his companion. But then again he's a cat-man with cat eyes so it could have been a reflection and they did join together again, so...confused I am.
I wonder,

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since Kylo Ren is allegedly collecting similar Sith artifacts, are they corrupting him to behave aggressively Sith-like while not being a fully formed Sith?

 

A thought to your spoiler post.

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Holocrons are semi sentient in nature; they are autonomous and AI. The force embodies the holocron and allows it to adapt to the user. It's entirely possible that the holocron through it's AI or the force adapted logged what has happen to the jedi and the death of it's creator. In the what is now legends material some holocrons did have answers to how the creator of a specific holocron died. That's the only answer I can come up with.

 

Nice review @Kyle.

"What are you, insane?"
"No, I'm a Skywalker"

For the first time ever, a reasoning for the last name in ANY media, and I really liked it As for the story, can we PLEASE learn more about Sana SOLO?! I liked Luke's first push into using the force, and I get the feeling that it was just instinct kicking in, just like when he deflected the laser bolts when he was wearing the helmet on the Millennium Falcon. I also loved seeing MagnaGuards and a mix of very old and PT era Jedi artifacts, and the EU reference to the creation of the Sith! Loved it! The washout look some people dislike is to me not even an issue, considering how the closeups are sharp and the drawing really works, especially for Leia, unlike the stylized and unfocused washout of her miniseries I enjoyed enough, for a while. Han is better captured in Shattered Empire however. Luke at this point must not have experienced the events of Heir to the Jedi, where he has to levitate, which seems much harder to tap into than unlocking the Holocrons, so I buy it Can't wait for more!