SPOILER Marvel's Star Wars Darth Vader #6

Great review! Just read it, and seeing how Marvel is beautifully tieing in the PT and the OT is amazing! And like you said, the ending just shows how much of a good person Vader, in some ways, still is. He is a villain - but his heart is slowly being repaired. What he thinks now is still anger-fueled, but his sense of love is starting to make little bumps on the metal shell of his.

 

Awesome ending to another superb Vader issue. Looks like all of those speculators were correct when they were saying that Vader lied to the Emperor about not knowing he had a son in TESB. Can't wait for the next one but I'm seeing there are going to be delays for some of the future issues. ( Lando, Leia and Vader) Great review as always and today was pretty busy. Good job.

 

Completely agree, and have been saying this all along.

Of what delays are you speaking??

 

Give me a few and I'll find them.

Here is one. This guy is pretty reliable.

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What if Andy Serkis' "uber" character is somehow tied to the cyborgs and not Kylo Ren?

 

His body was covered for Mo-Cap, but not his face... VERY INTERESTING.

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Annoying, but if it means better story, fine by me.

 

Yes annoying and it all started with the Leia series being delayed after the second issue I believe. But has it made her story any better?

 

Who knows? Maybe Leia would have met Vader again, and then Marvel thinks that idea was too extreme, so it was changed. We'll never know

 

I don't think her series is as bad as a lot of people has been saying it is. Yeah she's better in the Star Wars series but not that bad in her own.

 

True. I find this series politically, culturally and socially more rich

 

This issue of Vader was...HOLY CRAP...good.

I'm blown away on how Gillen has managed to write a fun and creative Darth Vader story that we haven't seen yet, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME...incorporating the Prequels/Clone Wars series in ways that emotionally enhance the story. Gillen has given Darth Vader more emotional depth than I thought would be possible without being obvious about it.

The last few pages are probably some of my favorite Star Wars comic moments ever...maybe in ALL of Star Wars. Going to have to wait and see how that one works out, but IT'S THAT GOOD!

 

That was my thought as well. Only time will tell.

From everything we've been hearing, JJ and co. Are shying away from too much involving the PT. With that being the case, I like how we're getting the inter-weaving via other canon media formats.

 

His face clearly has the mo-cap dots on it as well, just like he had for Lord of the Rings. Take another look and you'll see. If you are on mobile, probably much harder to see, but they are there.

 

I was disappointed that there wasn't any closure on the cyborgs. But the strong ending more than made up for it. Maybe the idea is that Vader regained his determination after discovering he has a son, and we will see him destroy the cyborgs one by one in the following issues.
In ROTS, on Mustafar, Anakin tells Padme that he will defeat the emperor and they will rule the galaxy together. But then Padme dies and Anakin never does defeat the emperor. In this issue the emperor says he was disappointed with Vader at Mustafar. It seems like Vader has been off his game for the last 20 years, and this is the turning point where he regains his desire to rule the galaxy.

 

Well, must have missed that :O. Guess a cyborg eye and tech covers his face slightly? I think it's still possible actually.

 

I think it is possible, too, but it is growing ever more unlikely. I think we are entering into another era of multiple villains with blurry lines of loyalty like we saw in The Clone Wars. Think about it: how else do you create a universe in which there is constant turmoil (read: endless profits)?