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Star Wars: Darth Vader (2015) (Single Issues)
Star Wars: Darth Vader (2015-2016) #7
The Emperor's machinations revealed! Everything changes for Vader! The tale of Vader's transformation from A New Hope to The Empire Strikes Back continues!
23 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 1, 2015
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Kieron Gillen
1,471 books1,907 followersKieron Gillen is a comic book writer and former media journalist.
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January 1, 2025
It's probably me, being really distracted recently with writing and cooking and going to the market and playing a new spectacular space game.
But yeah, I didn't feel this, even though more things happened than usual.
I think the story is starting to take form, and that helps us not stay in a single place, and have many POVs and explore the wider world of Star Wars and its inhabitants.
Also I think that Aphra is gathering a team to steal the riches that Vader just secured for the empire on his orders.
But the story is crazy, I don't remember the rest of the movies, but I don't remember Vader going rogue, and it appears that's what's happening here, so we will see what happens, I wish I remembered the movies more, but I watched a couple thousand of them and my mind just deletes whatever info that's not being used lol
But yeah, I didn't feel this, even though more things happened than usual.
I think the story is starting to take form, and that helps us not stay in a single place, and have many POVs and explore the wider world of Star Wars and its inhabitants.
Also I think that Aphra is gathering a team to steal the riches that Vader just secured for the empire on his orders.
But the story is crazy, I don't remember the rest of the movies, but I don't remember Vader going rogue, and it appears that's what's happening here, so we will see what happens, I wish I remembered the movies more, but I watched a couple thousand of them and my mind just deletes whatever info that's not being used lol
July 22, 2017
Nostalgia and betrayal!
There's a lot of callback scenes when Darth Vader visits the Tatooine planet - the twin suns, the Skywalker house and the sands. Very much reminiscent of A New Hope!
Unfortunately, the issue is bogged down by some unclear panels and forced dialogues. And the twist they gave Aphra, I still buy it but we have seen that a million times already. I hope they would not go to that predictable "betrayal" and "no honor among thieves" path.
There's a lot of callback scenes when Darth Vader visits the Tatooine planet - the twin suns, the Skywalker house and the sands. Very much reminiscent of A New Hope!
Unfortunately, the issue is bogged down by some unclear panels and forced dialogues. And the twist they gave Aphra, I still buy it but we have seen that a million times already. I hope they would not go to that predictable "betrayal" and "no honor among thieves" path.
June 16, 2016
So the wonderful tale of the warm-hearted and oft misunderstood Darth Vader continues. This superb series takes place right after the events of SW IV: A New Hope. Through Bobba Fett, Lord Vader has learned the name of the pilot who blew up the Death Star. Turns out it's a Skywalker. This issue we have Vader returning to Tatooiene to look for signs for Luke. I enjoyed seeing Vader at work against the Rodian crimeboss and the ease with which he dispatched the "pet" and it's master.
Vader is a great series in that it allows us to spend time with the Hero of the movies- Darth Vader. While that mewling milksop Luke is nice and all, the story really is about Vader. Thus it's great to see a comic that get's Vader and his psyche. The artwork is gorgeous, the writing has a wry, dark humor I enjoy..and most of all the way Mr. Gillen writes Vader (who DOES have a sense of humor-it's just very dark) is impeccable. A MUST read for any Star Wars fan and if you love yourself some Vader (and who doesn't?) this is the series for you.
Vader is a great series in that it allows us to spend time with the Hero of the movies- Darth Vader. While that mewling milksop Luke is nice and all, the story really is about Vader. Thus it's great to see a comic that get's Vader and his psyche. The artwork is gorgeous, the writing has a wry, dark humor I enjoy..and most of all the way Mr. Gillen writes Vader (who DOES have a sense of humor-it's just very dark) is impeccable. A MUST read for any Star Wars fan and if you love yourself some Vader (and who doesn't?) this is the series for you.
January 26, 2020
Tatooine... 🌵🌵
July 3, 2015
Darth Vader, Aphra, BT-1, and 000 arrive at the Lars homestead. Darth Vader stares at the binary sunset. Like father like son, right? I would have liked to have known what he thought about Owen and Beru. I did, however, get a chuckle from 000 being horrified by the slaughtered droids. Aphra mentions that imperial forces destroyed the homestead. If that is not enough to keep the rumor about Boba Fett killing Owen and Beru from circulating further, just remember that his first meeting with Darth Vader was in the first issue of this series. After exploring the farm and finding nothing, Vader heads to Ben Kenobi's hut and examines the aftermath of Luke's fight with Fett just as a forensic would examine a crime scene. Aphra then destroys the hut, probably to ensure that any traces of his son Luke being a Jedi in training are not found by Palpatine. It was great seeing Vader take down the Son-Tuul Pride crime syndicate. After the battle, he orders the imperial forces to deliver the Pride's credits to an imperial vault. Afterward, Aphra confronts bounty hunters Black Krrsantan, Bossk, Beebox, and IG-90. The latter two are new characters. Aphra seems to be hiring them to steal the credits being transported. Part of me thinks that Vader may have instructed her to do this as part of some sort of long game. If Vader is unaware, then Aphra may have just sealed her fate and may be killed by Vader.
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August 4, 2015
This continues to be entertaining while also managing to fill in a lot of backstory. It's excellent.
August 3, 2015
Without saying much, this comic does more than many comics with too much exposition. This gets you from point A, to point B, to point C, and leaves you wondering exactly what is going on in the end. A little mystery doesn't hurt. Especially in a comic about a villain that everyone already knows the fate of.
July 12, 2015
I'm curious to see what's going on with Doctor Aphra and the group of bounty hunters she purposefully ran into.
September 28, 2022
Another amazing issue within the Darth Vader comic series.
4.5 star rating, with a round up.
There is a ton of stuff going on here, and its all pretty awesome to say the least. Lord Vader, Doctor Aphra, Wookiees, Hutts, Bounty Hunters, even a 'space rhino' quoting the author (don't think it was a Reek or a Mudhorn, had different features for sure), as well as a very cool Rodian, which is one of my favorite alien species in the Star Wars galaxy.
Rock solid Star Wars comic. The author comments/fan feedback at the end was super fun too. Excited for what's next!
4.5 star rating, with a round up.
There is a ton of stuff going on here, and its all pretty awesome to say the least. Lord Vader, Doctor Aphra, Wookiees, Hutts, Bounty Hunters, even a 'space rhino' quoting the author (don't think it was a Reek or a Mudhorn, had different features for sure), as well as a very cool Rodian, which is one of my favorite alien species in the Star Wars galaxy.
Rock solid Star Wars comic. The author comments/fan feedback at the end was super fun too. Excited for what's next!
July 25, 2017
I just love this series. Vader is on Luke's trail, trying to track him down. At the same time we get to see the group of bounty hunters that were on his Star Destroyer in Empire Strikes Back and finally learn the back story behind them and how Vader knew them already. It's like Game of Thrones in space. So awesome.
January 28, 2018
An interesting start to the new series. Glad to see they decided NOT to blow up Obi's old hut, (just in case they ever do decide to re-canon Shadows of the Empire). Not too sure how I feel about Vader going back to Tatooine though. The bounty hunter start-up at the end looks interesting, I've always find bounty hunters very fascinating in the SW Universe.
August 3, 2017
I was digging the crime lord for the few panels he lasted.
November 7, 2017
#7 -
“Revenge is one hell of a motivator.” - Dr Aphra
“You are correct.” - Vader
“Revenge is one hell of a motivator.” - Dr Aphra
“You are correct.” - Vader
May 23, 2018
Vader realizes he has a son and returns to Tatooine to find him. Great evocative artwork.
January 6, 2019
Muy buen relato; excelentes viñetas.
June 9, 2020
Como siempre en esta serie, muy entretenido y con un dibujo soberbio. Ese bucear en el pasado tan constante es un plus.
January 16, 2025
4 - simply good, Krssantan, Bossk, IG, Tatooine, Vader can feel the past by the Force, simply great
September 13, 2015
Here, we start off with Vader’s Vandals doing some recon on Tatooine. The intel they got from Boba Fett in the previous issue came from a fight that he had with the boy in Obi-Wan Kenobi’s old moisture farm.
Vader uses tracking skills to break down the battle from the signs and markings around him. He determines that the boy is strong with the force, but untrained.
We then segue to a Rodian who is chopping off people’s heads for info. One of them has an Imperial tracer, though, and a moment later, Vader and a squad of Stormtroopers storm in.
He unleashes a rhino-like creature on them, which Vader promptly feeds the Rodian to before earholing the creature with his lightsaber. They gather the contraband the Rodian was holding and Vader makes a deal with a local Hutt.
In a nearby bar, three bounty hunters, two of which are robots walk into a bar. The man tries to tell the droids they cannot enter and he is blasted for his troubles.
We are told that Black Krrsantan is in the back. They are having wookie wrestling, which is normally like our wrestling where everything is scripted and people rarely get hurt badly.
Black Krrsantan doesn’t get down like that, though, and roughs up one of the wookies before joining the others for a drink. This happens just as Dr. Aphra has discovered how to move the contraband to an imperial vault.
This was another good issue, but probably the weakest in the series so far. I really liked CSI Vader at the beginning and the skirmish in the middle was fun.
It seems like they will be back into build mode with some new characters coming in. I’m not sure how long they have this thing planned for and I’m pretty sure they will not be relaunching it with the other Marvel properties. So it will be interesting to see just how many stories they have to tell in these main ongoing titles.
Vader uses tracking skills to break down the battle from the signs and markings around him. He determines that the boy is strong with the force, but untrained.
We then segue to a Rodian who is chopping off people’s heads for info. One of them has an Imperial tracer, though, and a moment later, Vader and a squad of Stormtroopers storm in.
He unleashes a rhino-like creature on them, which Vader promptly feeds the Rodian to before earholing the creature with his lightsaber. They gather the contraband the Rodian was holding and Vader makes a deal with a local Hutt.
In a nearby bar, three bounty hunters, two of which are robots walk into a bar. The man tries to tell the droids they cannot enter and he is blasted for his troubles.
We are told that Black Krrsantan is in the back. They are having wookie wrestling, which is normally like our wrestling where everything is scripted and people rarely get hurt badly.
Black Krrsantan doesn’t get down like that, though, and roughs up one of the wookies before joining the others for a drink. This happens just as Dr. Aphra has discovered how to move the contraband to an imperial vault.
This was another good issue, but probably the weakest in the series so far. I really liked CSI Vader at the beginning and the skirmish in the middle was fun.
It seems like they will be back into build mode with some new characters coming in. I’m not sure how long they have this thing planned for and I’m pretty sure they will not be relaunching it with the other Marvel properties. So it will be interesting to see just how many stories they have to tell in these main ongoing titles.
January 31, 2016
Vader returns to Tatooine to investigate where this “Skywalker” kid came from. Then it’s off to another Outer Rim world ro crush some smugglers and abscond with the contraband. This issue gives readers a glimpse into Vader’s mind as he investigates Obi-Wan’s hut as well as the Lars Homestead. And it seems that Vader is setting up something else while working the Empire’s deal with the Hutts. As the beginning of a new arc, we really are on a slow boil again, with things just beginning to be put into play. Still an intriguing and fun book to follow.
January 6, 2023
This is a brilliant introduction to Vader's origin. These stories feel like genuine "Star Wars" and much more authentic than the recent movies (pity this writer couldn't have been enlisted for the film's). The art, meanwhile, is fantastic.
December 22, 2015
- Goodreads needs to get someone new to write the synopsis. It is the exact same as #6.
- I have no idea what just happened.
- I have no idea what just happened.
December 16, 2015
Nota: 4.5/5
December 24, 2015
art 4
story 4
Darth Vader returns to his homeland in search for Skywalker.
story 4
Darth Vader returns to his homeland in search for Skywalker.
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