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Star Wars Legends Epic Collection #18
Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Clone Wars Vol. 4
The Sith have their revenge! The Jedi are spread thin across the galaxy battling separatist armies, as Palpatine and his apprentice Count Dooku scheme to destroy the Jedi Order once and for all. But Darth Maul has returned — and targeted both sides of the conflict! Meanwhile, Obi-Wan Kenobi has done all he can to guide his former student, Anakin Skywalker — but a dark destiny awaits. As the Clone Wars reach their tragic, inevitable conclusion, witness the fates of Quinlan Vos and Aayla Secura — and the birth of Darth Vader!
COLLECTING: Free Comic Book Day 2005: Star Wars 1; Star Wars: Darth Maul - Son of Dathomir (2014) 1-4; Star Wars: Republic (2002) 74-77, 81-83; Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) 1-4; Star Wars: Tag & Bink II (2006) 2; material from Star Wars Visionaries (2005) 1, Star Wars Tales (1999) 4
COLLECTING: Free Comic Book Day 2005: Star Wars 1; Star Wars: Darth Maul - Son of Dathomir (2014) 1-4; Star Wars: Republic (2002) 74-77, 81-83; Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) 1-4; Star Wars: Tag & Bink II (2006) 2; material from Star Wars Visionaries (2005) 1, Star Wars Tales (1999) 4
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Published August 10, 2022
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October 6, 2025
This fourth and final volume of Clone Wars comics chronicles the final days of that conflict and even shows a few events after Revenge of the Sith, paving the way for the first volume collecting Empire era material. This book consists of basically four arcs plus a few miscellaneous extras.
First off is something I don't know if I've read before, the Free Comic Book Day 2005 story. Certainly I was always happy to drop by my local comic book store for FCBD back then but for some reason it just didn't register to me as a story I've seen before. Which is too bad because it's a nice little tale of Anakin and Obi-Wan trying to catch Dooku and Grievous and has a cute ending with them sent off to Cato Neimodia as a tie in to Labyrinth of Evil. Then there's a Darth Maul story that I skipped just as I skipped the Darth Maul stuff in volume two. I'll come back if I ever get more into the CGI Clone Wars show but for now I'm just here for the stuff from the early 2000s.
Then there's the Siege of Saleucimi miniseries that picks up from the end of last volume. It's been months as Quinlan Vos and his allies lay siege to a planet where the Separatists are trying to create a clone army of their own. Much of the Clone Wars comics have been the story of Quinlan Vos and his struggles against the Dark Side, and this is no different. He's still trying to serve Jedi and Sith in a quest to hunt down the elusive second Sith Lord, and I like that it's lead to some of the other Jedi deciding they really can't trust him. Vos's story also continues to be an interesting parallel to Anakin with him discovering his girlfriend is pregnant and having a confrontation with his old master near some magma. And as a bonus, there's a character using Jedi Battle Meditation, which I love seeing. As it's been throughout this run, Ostrander's Clone Wars stuff is great.
Then there's the four part Revenge of the Sith comic adaptation. And, well, four issues of a comic isn't great for truly adapting everything going on - I definitely think you don't get a full story if you don't have context from the film. But I do like the artwork and it's fun seeing the adaptational choices made. This comic includes the detour through the Invisible Hand's fuel section that made it into the video game as well, and while it's got less of the Petition of the Two Thousand than the novel, the fact that it has any is a nice improvement on the film. And the way much of the Battle of Kashyyk occurs off page is a nice dovetail with the final arc collected here.
That would be a three parter revealing the final fate of Quinlan Vos and some of the other characters that I've been following through the Clone Wars in my reread and would've been following since the early days of the Star Wars comic if I'd realized how fun it'd be to do that. Turns out Quinlan Vos was on Kashyyk, and while we see him getting blown up in the Order 66 sequence in the RotS comic, that's of course not the whole story. In fact, while this story acts to bring his character arc to an end, I can't help wishing the original trilogy era wasn't already so well trodden that it'd be hard to wedge him in too. Plus there's a surprise appearance from Villie the Devaronian, the comics reader's Hondo Ohnaka. While it's bittersweet to know that this is where the adventures end, this is making me realize I should really revisit the other prequel era comic material so I can track these characters from the start.
The volume closes out with a couple of humorous comics that make a nice counterpoint to having to watch your favorite heroes getting gunned down. First, there's an issue of Tag and Bink. Somehow I've always been aware of them but never actually read their stories until now (other than one bit in Star Wars Tales). This reveals that the GFFA's answer to Rosencrantz and Guildernstern were secretly Jedi and over the time period of the prequels were responsible for erasing the Rishi maze file and giving Anakin some pointers that lead to Episode II's awful romantic dialogue. Spared by Anakin during the temple massacre, they run off to be the loveable heroes of a series of adventures in the original trilogy era. The same author also pens A Death Star Is Born, a brief bit from an issue of Star Wars Tales taking a comic look at the origins of the ultimate superweapon. It's probably most notable for having a sight gag of Imperial sigils with Mickey Mouse ears a decade before the Disney acquisition.
Overall this was another strong volume in this run of comics. I hadn't planned to read more of the Dark Horse stuff, but I'm now somewhat tempted to go backwards to the Phantom Menace era material and forward to the early Empire stuff because I remember enjoying Dark Times. Oh and now that I know I like John Ostrander's work, I've got more incentive to read Star Wars Legacy. Of course some of this will come down to measuring these against other comics I want to read and the need to wait for these epic collections to go on sale again so I can grab up the ones I'm missing.
First off is something I don't know if I've read before, the Free Comic Book Day 2005 story. Certainly I was always happy to drop by my local comic book store for FCBD back then but for some reason it just didn't register to me as a story I've seen before. Which is too bad because it's a nice little tale of Anakin and Obi-Wan trying to catch Dooku and Grievous and has a cute ending with them sent off to Cato Neimodia as a tie in to Labyrinth of Evil. Then there's a Darth Maul story that I skipped just as I skipped the Darth Maul stuff in volume two. I'll come back if I ever get more into the CGI Clone Wars show but for now I'm just here for the stuff from the early 2000s.
Then there's the Siege of Saleucimi miniseries that picks up from the end of last volume. It's been months as Quinlan Vos and his allies lay siege to a planet where the Separatists are trying to create a clone army of their own. Much of the Clone Wars comics have been the story of Quinlan Vos and his struggles against the Dark Side, and this is no different. He's still trying to serve Jedi and Sith in a quest to hunt down the elusive second Sith Lord, and I like that it's lead to some of the other Jedi deciding they really can't trust him. Vos's story also continues to be an interesting parallel to Anakin with him discovering his girlfriend is pregnant and having a confrontation with his old master near some magma. And as a bonus, there's a character using Jedi Battle Meditation, which I love seeing. As it's been throughout this run, Ostrander's Clone Wars stuff is great.
Then there's the four part Revenge of the Sith comic adaptation. And, well, four issues of a comic isn't great for truly adapting everything going on - I definitely think you don't get a full story if you don't have context from the film. But I do like the artwork and it's fun seeing the adaptational choices made. This comic includes the detour through the Invisible Hand's fuel section that made it into the video game as well, and while it's got less of the Petition of the Two Thousand than the novel, the fact that it has any is a nice improvement on the film. And the way much of the Battle of Kashyyk occurs off page is a nice dovetail with the final arc collected here.
That would be a three parter revealing the final fate of Quinlan Vos and some of the other characters that I've been following through the Clone Wars in my reread and would've been following since the early days of the Star Wars comic if I'd realized how fun it'd be to do that. Turns out Quinlan Vos was on Kashyyk, and while we see him getting blown up in the Order 66 sequence in the RotS comic, that's of course not the whole story. In fact, while this story acts to bring his character arc to an end, I can't help wishing the original trilogy era wasn't already so well trodden that it'd be hard to wedge him in too. Plus there's a surprise appearance from Villie the Devaronian, the comics reader's Hondo Ohnaka. While it's bittersweet to know that this is where the adventures end, this is making me realize I should really revisit the other prequel era comic material so I can track these characters from the start.
The volume closes out with a couple of humorous comics that make a nice counterpoint to having to watch your favorite heroes getting gunned down. First, there's an issue of Tag and Bink. Somehow I've always been aware of them but never actually read their stories until now (other than one bit in Star Wars Tales). This reveals that the GFFA's answer to Rosencrantz and Guildernstern were secretly Jedi and over the time period of the prequels were responsible for erasing the Rishi maze file and giving Anakin some pointers that lead to Episode II's awful romantic dialogue. Spared by Anakin during the temple massacre, they run off to be the loveable heroes of a series of adventures in the original trilogy era. The same author also pens A Death Star Is Born, a brief bit from an issue of Star Wars Tales taking a comic look at the origins of the ultimate superweapon. It's probably most notable for having a sight gag of Imperial sigils with Mickey Mouse ears a decade before the Disney acquisition.
Overall this was another strong volume in this run of comics. I hadn't planned to read more of the Dark Horse stuff, but I'm now somewhat tempted to go backwards to the Phantom Menace era material and forward to the early Empire stuff because I remember enjoying Dark Times. Oh and now that I know I like John Ostrander's work, I've got more incentive to read Star Wars Legacy. Of course some of this will come down to measuring these against other comics I want to read and the need to wait for these epic collections to go on sale again so I can grab up the ones I'm missing.
March 21, 2023
The 4th (and probably final) volume in Marvel’s Epic Star Wars: Clone Wars collection does it’s job of filling in the gaps between the prequel films and shows with some of the best Star Wars stories. And is exactly what I had hoped it would be: cohesive, well told, well illustrated, and overall just a ton of fun to read.
Ostrander and Durrsema’s work with continuing Quinlan Vos’s struggles with being a double agent remains the highlight of this entire collection, as does the First Blood-esque final part of Star Wars Republic 83.
This was very close to a 5 star rating had it not been for the straight up stupid Tag and Bink storyline tacked on at the end of this collection. I get it’s supposed to tongue in cheek but it seriously ruined the overall flow of this story and took away from one of the darkest parts of the entire Star Wars saga.
Ostrander and Durrsema’s work with continuing Quinlan Vos’s struggles with being a double agent remains the highlight of this entire collection, as does the First Blood-esque final part of Star Wars Republic 83.
This was very close to a 5 star rating had it not been for the straight up stupid Tag and Bink storyline tacked on at the end of this collection. I get it’s supposed to tongue in cheek but it seriously ruined the overall flow of this story and took away from one of the darkest parts of the entire Star Wars saga.
May 7, 2023
The John Ostrander/ Jan Duursema comics are great and have a nice finish for the Star Wars Republic Run.
There is a 4 issue miniseries on Darth Maul which is written post Disney Acquisition of Star Wars and it is as awful as one expects of post Disney stories.
The comic adaption of episode 3 is adequate, never a fan of comic adaptions of film, just watch the film, comics are for telling new stories.
Some hilarious humor comics parodying Star Wars exist at the end of the volume.
There is a 4 issue miniseries on Darth Maul which is written post Disney Acquisition of Star Wars and it is as awful as one expects of post Disney stories.
The comic adaption of episode 3 is adequate, never a fan of comic adaptions of film, just watch the film, comics are for telling new stories.
Some hilarious humor comics parodying Star Wars exist at the end of the volume.
January 29, 2022
I didn't need most of the side issues or the film adaptation. I focused on the quinlan vos story and how that was going to end. And I absolutely loved it. His entire journey has been my favourite part of the entire republic series, and it has made it my favourite legends comic story yet.
Jon Ostrander outlined, planned and executed a beautiful journey for a jedi I had always wanted more of.
Jon Ostrander outlined, planned and executed a beautiful journey for a jedi I had always wanted more of.
November 5, 2023
Collecting Star Wars: Republic issues #74-77 & #81-83, the Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith miniseries, Star Wars: Darth Maul - Son of Dathomir and a few random bits. The highlight for me is the Star Wars: Republic which wrap up the Quinlan Vos story wonderfully. Good art all the way through and only the two humorous stories at the end are terrible (and those are easily skipable).
August 11, 2022
The end and the beginning
Star Wars legends epic collection: The clone wars vol. 4 is a fantastic read The final vol of the clone wars comes to a close.
Star Wars legends epic collection: The clone wars vol. 4 is a fantastic read The final vol of the clone wars comes to a close.
June 18, 2023
It was gripping throughout the story.
February 7, 2024
A solid collection of Dark Horse's final Prequel-era stories that were being published as the movies themselves were released. It's a little bittersweet to come to the end of an era like this.
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