Star Wars: Darth Vader: Dark Lord Of The Sith Vol. 1 - Imperial Machine

Yet, I love his comic book so much. I love Star Wars a lot too. I mean, this is a lot. This is a really cool comic. I love seeing dark vader fight like it's really cool

Do not miss this series if your a Star Wars fan, if your a Vader fan in particular this is a must read comic as it really goes into Vaders early days and his journey to become a true champion of the dark side. Had to put it down on purpose several times so it would not end. Loving my second read of the same volume as well. This book pulls no punches and the writing is much better than I thought it would be. This is one of the few new Marvel comics that can stand tall with the classics and Dark Horses comics. Illustrations are top notch and the story is well thought out.

Darth Vader is an angry man. Recently Anakin Skywalker, hero of the Republic, the Chosen One in the eyes of some of the Jedi, he is now a literally broken man, as much machine as human, as result of losing a battle with his former master—and ‘brother’—and left to die along the lava rivers of Mustafar. Worse, he is bereft of his great love, Padme Amidala, and is at least the proximate, if not the direct, cause of her death. So yeah, he has a few things to work out. This first volume of the second DV run from Marvel focuses on how Vader becomes Vader, the Dark Lord of the Sith that strikes fear in the hearts of friend and foe alike. The plot here across the six collected issues is fairly minimal. Having lost his lightsaber to Obi-Wan in the Mustafar fight, he needs a new one, and it needs to a Sith saber, which can only be gotten by taking a saber from a foe and “bleeding” it, by infusing its crystal with all the hate and anger that drives the Sith. In the process, this will turn the crystal’s light red (thus explaining why Sith sabers are the color they are). So, the first three issues are about him acquiring and crafting said saber. The other issues are his rocky introduction to and training of the Inquisitorious, the Emperor’s new Jedi hunters. So, with six issues of not a whole lot of story, does this collection work? To my surprise, yes it does. This is all about emotion, and if there is a standout star, it’s Vader’s rage. His former life gone, crushed and burned in the fires of Mustafar, Vader’s going to forge a new one in the very flames of his anger. Writer Charles Soule has done a fine job in depicting this inner turmoil and translating it into the foundations of the Dark Lord’s new life. Also nicer is artist Giuseppe Camuncoli’s work. The artwork is dynamic—Vader is agile, fluid and skillful —and interesting. It’s good stuff and does a fine job giving us insight to Vader’s state of mind. As I’ve said, there’s not a whole lot of story here, but there is a fine character study of damaged man rebuilding himself into a powerful and formidable individual.

A lot happens in the time between episodes 3 and 4 you don’t see, and what an amazing comic book series!!!

Awesome to see what happens right after episode 3

10/10

Quick delivery and a very nice comic book.

This comic series takes an interesting and haunting look at the events of Vader at the very end of and immediately following Episode III. As a kid watching the original SW trilogy (Ep IV-VI), I thought of Darth Vader as the coolest, baddest villain in the galaxy...next to the Emperor. But what Lucas wanted us to know through the prequels is that Vader aka Anakin is actually more of a tragic even sympathetic villain. Among many other issues I have the prequels, they took away some of the mystery and horror of Vader. If you are a SW fan especially a Vader fan, if you love the Vader scene at the end of Rogue One, and you want to know how Anakin became "more machine than man", then you will enjoy reading this comic written by Charles Soule and beautifully drawn by G. Camuncoli. Vader has become to me even more cool, more frightening, and more powerful than what I imagined back when I was a kid.

Goed

Excelente historia. Llegó en tiempo y forma, sin ningún maltrato.

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Top level

Great story and illustrations, explains a lot of darth Vader’s first days of the galactic empire, truly well written and executed.