STAR WARS: DARTH VADER: DARK LORD of the SITH, VOLUME 1 - IMPERIAL MACHINE (graphic novel) by Charles Soule






Published in 2017 by Licensed Publishing.
Written by Charles Soule.
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Cam Smith

Synopsis

Imperial Machine is the first entry in a four-part series about Star Wars' most iconic character: Darth Vader. 

The series starts with the last scene of Episode III - the moment where Anakin Skywalker truly becomes the infamous Darth Vader.

But is he really and truly Darth Vader at this point? No, he has only started his long trip to being a Sith Lord and the Emperor is ready to train him.

The Emperor's training mostly consists of Vader going out to figure it out the hard way. For example, Vader has lost his light saber and Palpatine sends him out to take the light saber of a Jedi in combat. Then, Vader must corrupt the crystal inside, which makes it glow red. 

The problem is, there are hardly any Jedi left thanks to Order 66 and the other events at the end of Star Wars: Episode III.

My review

This was an engrossing story. Palpatine is abusive as a teacher - so abusive that you almost feel sorry for Vader. Then, Vader does something completely evil, reminding the reader of who he really is.

There is one very intriguing moment - a "what if?" moment when Vader begins to corrupt the stones of his light saber...

The art is fantastic, the story is excellent. Great work.

I rate this graphic novel 5 stars out of 5. It can be found on Amazon.com here: STAR WARS: DARTH VADER: DARK LORD of the SITH, VOLUME 1 - IMPERIAL MACHINE

Link to my review of Volume 2 of this series.
Link to my review of Volume 3 of this series.

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