Star Wars: Darth Vader (2015-2016) #9

Star Wars: Darth Vader (2015) (Single Issues)

by Kieron Gillen, Salvador Larroca (Artist)

Vader has a new mission to do for the Empire. Unfortunately, it's completely at odds with his own mission. What's a Dark Lord to do?

Genres: Comics, Star Wars, Science Fiction, Comic Book, Graphic Novels Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel

22 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 9, 2015

About the author

Kieron Gillen is a comic book writer and former media journalist.

Reviews

[Tawfek · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this issue way more, it was long enough to be satisfying for me, Kieron's usual minimalist writing sucks.
It's a game of cat and mouse here, but the mouse thinks he is the cat and he is sorely mistaken.
Vader is ahead of him, he is the cat.
Now I got a mental image of drawing cute cat whiskers and cat ears on his black helmet, and that's funny as hell.
Aphra is a mystery for me, she still feels like an unlikely ally for Darth Vader, and I am still confused why would they give her, her own title.
But maybe one day I'll read it and find out.
Meanwhile, the twins are desperate for validation and it will be their undoing.

[Jedi JC Daquis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh. But still good.

A rather straightforward issue, Vaders progress has been slowed by investigating a larceny case that he himself has done, with the help of Aphra. And Thanoth's suspicions towards Vader grows bigger. His inquiries to Vader about his whereabouts are becoming increasingly intrusive (Although it doesn't take a genius to see that Vader might be connected, although his hypothesis must be validated with tangible evidence. Now that is harder.)

Aphra on the other hand continues with her investigations. Now I feel that Aphra is way more cool when she is with Vader. Although her upbeat personality is always a nice read, her moments with the Sith lord are the ones which entertains me more.

[Sud666 · Rating 5 out of 5]

The adventures of our favorite Sith Lord continue. Vader is seeking more information on this pilot named Skywalker. He attempts to hunt down an underworld player to find the information and runs into two of his "replacements" on what seems like a similar mission. Vader is also saddled with an highly intelligent Imperial Investigator who is seeking to find out about the missing cruiser with the huge credit cargo.

The adventures of Vader attempting to play off the Emperor's eyes, with his knowledge of the pilot and now his name is very interesting. It shows that Vader began to plot the overthrow of Sidious fairly quickly. Not that this isn't the Sith way. Interestingly Vader is seeking the official mortician for the planet of Naboo. Gee I wonder why.

Once again a tight story, plenty of Vader bad-assedness and great artwork make this one of the best Star Wars series I've read in a long time.

[Chris Conley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This shows no signs of letting up.

[Romà Giménez Jori · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bueno, bueno, habrá que retractarme de mis palabras al hablar del anterior tomo, quizá porque tenía ganas de ponerle cinco estrellas, aunque cuatro sea excelente para mí. Esta historia está llena de pequeños giros argumentales, de intrigas, de tramas y subtramas, de personajes interesantes. Gillen y Larroca siguen dándolo todo tomo a tomo.

[Christopher · Rating 3 out of 5]

Little water treading here as Vader's new inspector general adjutant attempts to get to the bottom of the major credit theft that happened under Vader's nose.

[Solace Winter · Rating 5 out of 5]

To me this story hasn't missed a beat.

[Ben · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some interesting developments in this one. I think having these twins and the other characters running around doing Emperor's/Empire's work devalues Vader though. Similar in a way to the multitude of Emperor's Hands in the old canon. I'm also not a big fan of Vader digging into his history (ala looking up morticians from Naboo, at the conclusion of this one.)

[Andy Hickman · Rating 3 out of 5]

#9 -

“I'm trying to ascertain if you are … dangerous.” - Vader

“Oh, I am, Lord Vader .. but only to the enemies of the Empire.” - Inspector Thanoth

[Raúl San Martín Rodríguez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Entretenido. Me gusta saber más de esta trama imperial!

[Brandon O'Neill · Rating 3 out of 5]

Getting good.

[Carlos J. Eguren · Rating 3 out of 5]

311/365

[Halls · Rating 4 out of 5]

The writing in this installment is so snappy.

Morticians on Naboo!!!! 👏

[Elwin Kline · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite possibly the least eventful Darth Vader comic in the series.

It does however stay focused and keep the flow the story going, which I do appreciate.

2.5 stars, with a round up.

[Noah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was helemaal vergeten dat ik nog sw comics had liggen van dcc 2019

[Matt Elliott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vader investigating his own robbery, covering his tracks as he goes.
The investigator is quite good though

[Gergő Király · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.6

[Steven Shinder · Rating 4 out of 5]

As Thanoth investigates the circumstances of the heist, Vader builds his alibi in the most awesome way possible: slaughtering rebels. Thanoth correctly surmises that the meteor storm was caused by an explosive, which he believes can be traced back to someone called "The Dragon." They find one of his dealers, a Nautolan named Doowan. After interrogating him and discerning the truth from the lies, Vader stops choking Doowan and thanks him for cooperating. The Ascarte twins, who are present, are finally given names: Morit and Aionin (presumably the brother and the sister respectively). Thanoth suggests that Doowan may be of use to them in their search for the Plasma Devils. However, Morit beheads Doowan to build up his and his sister's reputations in the Anthem system. Morit even suggests that Vader was weak for not killing Doowan in the first place. Is this what motivates Vader to kill officers left and right in The Empire Strikes Back? I am not sure how I would feel about that. In either case, it feels as though this may be foreshadowing a duel between Vader and the twins. Meanwhile, Dr. Aphra, accompanied by BT-1 and 0-0-0 (who kills me with the line, "Oh, how rude. Let's kill them."), meets with a Givin called "The Ante," whom she pays to do a discreet background check on Commodore Tahn, whose name sounds like a scrunched up form of Timothy Zahn. Apparently, the Tahns are morticians on Naboo. This ending feels like the end of Princess Leia #1, in which Leia decides to head to Naboo. I just hope that the course from here on out is more interesting than that miniseries. My favorite part of the letters section is when Kieron Gillen writes, "I hope Episode VIII ends with a credits sequence where they answer letters about The Force Awakens." I would LOVE to see that. Really.

[Jay · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a pretty quiet issue of this series with a lot of things coming to a boil under the surface. Mostly we're treated to the full introduction to the "Sherlock Holmes of the Star Wars universe" Imperial Inspector Thanoth. Vader's been shackled with this guy who is investigating the heist pulled off by Aphra and her bounty hunters last issue. I have to say, this series has made some interesting additions to the character roster in the Star Wars universe - Thanoth, Aphra, the droids. All great characters.

Great book that remains compelling!

[Kami · Rating 3 out of 5]

- I love how the series is portraying Darth Vader's struggle with the dark side before Luke starts influencing him. It is great to see this inner turmoil, and the comics are doing an awesome job! Go Marvel!

- I really like Vader's new babysitter. He is way cooler than Tarkan ever was. I can't wait to learn more about this new guy.

- There is a lot of scheming going on, and I can't wait to see everything go down!

[Stanley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vader is covering his tracks as Thanoth investigates the robbery. They then join up to track down a man for more information. They run across the twins who are making a mess of things.

Later, Aphra and her droids visit an old contact for information.

The opening scene here was really good where Vader messes with some Rebellion hopeful assassins. Things calm down, but I'm really digging the dynamic between Vader and Thanoth.

That story is going to be allot of fun to watch as it plays out.

[Dimitris Papastergiou · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was ok. Want more action with Vader... I want things to actually happen. Still don't care about Aphra (?) at all. Don't care about those twins characters either. Every single character except Vader looks one-dimensional to me with no personality at all. Still waiting for something serious stuff to happen, other than Vader wandering around searching for stuff, making verbal threats.

[Mikael Hasan · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Jon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Excellent ongoing story. This one was more focused on the setup.

[John Kimani]

Another One.