Star Wars: Darth Vader #20 (February 9): Vader's campaign to rid the Empire of Crimson Dawn collaborators goes badly-ish here. He uses a list that Sabé planted for him to find, and only half the people on it actually were Crimson Dawn collaborators. Then again, as the Emperor notes, it isn't terrible that people are afraid that Vader is going to come after them one day, collaborator or not. Administrator Moore and Ochi discuss how lucky they were not to be on the list, but their luck may change when Sabé arrives and informs them that she's their new handler.
Dungeons & Dragons: Mindbreaker #5 (February 16): Zub almost had me here, as I really did think that Krydle was going to successfully ditch the group to figure out how to resolve his infernal contract. (The team learned about it when Lord Bel's minion arrived to remove the illithid "squirmer" from Krydle's mind before it killed him.) But, the team lives to ride another day, much to my joy.
Star Wars #21 (March 2): This issue is great in no small part because the premise is great. Soule makes it clear that he's been building this story since we were first introduced to Zahra and the Tarkin's Will.
For example, we learn that the large portions of the ship that remain damaged from the Death Star explosion are obviously also off the scanner network, allowing Shara to move undetected. Moreover, the Imperials left their dead colleagues' bodies where they fell (for "inspiration"), which allowed Shara to steal a Stormtrooper uniform. But, Zahra is too good and suspects that the Starlight Squadron pilot that her men allegedly killed is alive. She orders a sweep of the ship's damaged portions, and Shara realizes that she has to escape.
Since she needs a hyperdrive-enabled ship, Shara disables a Lambda-class shuttle so that it gets moved to the maintenance hangar, from which it's apparently easier to escape. But, Zahra is hiding in the shuttled, excited to capture her so that she can torture her. When Kes realizes that Shara didn't escape on the timeframe that her message to him promised, he and the remaining Pathfinder and Starlight Squadron members pledge to get her, despite Mon Mothma's orders for them not to go after her.
I'm very excited to see where we go from here. It's essentially going to replicate Leia's escape from the Death Star in "Star Wars" with a different team, and I'm here for it.
Star Wars: Crimson Reign #3 (March 9): Soule somehow manages to make an exposition-heavy issue gripping as the Archivist searches for Yoda on Qi'ra's behalf.
When she initially meets the Archivist, Qi'ra asks how the Jedi disappeared from the galaxy so completely. Although the answer is obvious - fear - the Archivist's discussion of it really underlines what we've come to see in "Star Wars: The Mandalorian," where the Force is essentially a myth. Qi'ra asks the Archivist to recruit Yoda to help with her cause, to overthrow the Sith. The Archivist tracks down Bail Organa's former pilot, who's in Imperial custody after the Empire captured the Tantine IV. She has to use mind-reading technology to get the information from him, and she eventually goes to Dagobah...and decides not to tell anyone, despite the power and wealth that either Palpatine or Qi'ra would give her for the information.
Again, it's an exposition-heavy issue, but it's a fascinating tour through the galaxy far, far away. This story is exactly the sort of one that I hoped we'd get when the "Star Wars" comics launched.
Star Wars: Han Solo and Chewbacca #1 (March 9): Holy shit. I knew something was happening here when Han mentioned his father, which I don't think that I've ever seen him do. After all, if Han remembered that his father built ships for the Corellian Engineering Corporation (CEC), why wasn't his father raising him? Why was he a White Worms scumrat? It seems like we're going to get the answer when the CEC employee Han is pumping for information says that he's Han's father! Dun-dun-DUN! Beyond that excitement, this issue is pretty much how I wanted it to be. Jabba sends Chewie and Han on a mission to Corellia to steal an urn containing his nemesis' ashes, but the catch is that Greedo has to go with them. That'll turn out well. Moreover, it has a cool-looking "corpo lawman" named Buck Vanto, who's sent after Han after he helped pull a heist on the casino planet of Galator III (a heist that started the issue). In other words, color me excited.
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