Star Wars: Legacy was a new series published by Dark Horse
and it started in 2006. It was a part of the now-defunct Expanded Universe, aka
“Legends.” The idea was to basically pull a Next Generation move on the
universe. The series takes place over 120 years after the end of Return of the
Jedi. It also included all of the stuff that happened with the New Jedi Order
and the Yuzhon Vong… whoever those guys are. Yeah, I’m not a big expert on many
things from the former Expanded Universe, so check out Wookiepedia for more
info.
The first volume was Broken and it contained the first six
issues of the series. I picked this up a few years ago and did consider talking
about it here. The story was done by John Ostrander and Jan Duursema. Ostrander
was the main reason I even checked this out since I really liked his run on
Suicide Squad. Duursema also handled the pencils for the issue. Dan Parsons did
the inks while Brad Anderson did the colors. So, how is the Star Wars universe
100 years after Galactic Empire fell? It’s the same stuff, yo!
Star Wars: Legacy Volume 1 – Legacy
Story: John Ostrander and Jan Duursema
Pencils: Jan Durrsema
Inks: Dan Parsons
Colors: Brad Anderson
Letters: David Michael Thomas
SYNOPSIS
A new Empire has arisen and is at war with the New Republic.
The Jedi are also being taken down thanks to the new Sith Order. The story (and
series) centers on Cade Skywalker, a descendent of Luke Skywalker. Cade loses
his father, Kol, and his master, Wolf Sazen, during the fight.
Cade does revive Wolf by using the Force and he essentially had to touch the
Dark Side to do it. He then boards a fighter and supposedly sacrifices his life
in helping the ship which contains Younglings get away. Meanhile, Darth Krayt,
the new leader of the Sith, takes over as the new Emperor with the help of
other Imperial officers. The former Emperor, Roan Fel, goes on the run.
Imperial Knights? Interesting.
Seven years later, things are as about as bad as they can be.
The Jedi are on the run and being hunted. Darth Krayt has his Sith warriors (the
whole “Rule of Two” thing is gone) still search for Roan Fel. Meanwhile, Roan
Fel and his part of the Empire is mounting a resistance. Oh yeah, there are
even Force users in the Empire and they’re called Imperial Knights. We also
find out what happened to Cade. During those seven years, he’s been hiding his
Force abilities and staying out of the conflict. He even gets visited by
someone… familiar. He’s also a bounty hunter with his own crew.
Introducing Eddy Gordo as Jariah Syn, Matt Lautner as Cade Skywalker, and "Random Hot Female" as Delilah Blue.
Cade suddenly gets pulled back into the whole thing when he
gets two new passengers on his ship, the Mynock. One of them is revealed to be
Princess Marasiah Fel, a fighter and Roan Fel’s daughter. She’s being chased by
Darth Talon, a new Sith warrior who was sent by Darth Krayt. Through this, more
Jedi come on the scene and one of them is Wolf Sazen, Cade’s old master. Talon
catches up with them but escapes when Cade uses his Force abilities in front of
everyone. This freaks out his crew especially Jariah Syn, Cade’s friend, since
he’s not a fan of the Jedi.
Hey, it's that useless Sith dude from KOTOR 2!
Talon contacts Krayt and he sends more Sith to the planet.
Luckily, Cade and the rest get some help from some Imperial Knights. When
Marasiah gets fatally injured, Cade grabs her lightsaber and joins the fight.
They are able to escape in the Mynock and Cade uses his Revival power to save
Marasiah. After he takes the Imperials to Roan Fel, he decides to ditch his
crew and go on his own since he’s got a lot to worry about. Wolf and another
Jedi, Saben, go along with him. The book ends with Talon returning to Krayt and
telling him about a new Skywalker. Krayt wonders if Cade could be turned to
Dark Side and could cure him of a terminal disease.
OPINION
So, what did I think of this first arc? It was good for the
most part. It was a nice start to this new part of Star Wars lore. It was also
nice to get something Star Wars-related that isn’t during the time of Luke
Skywalker. While that can be scary since there are no familiar characters, it
works here. There is a familiarity with some characters and things haven’t
changed much. Heck, the Stormtroopers wear the same suits from the original
trilogy. You’d think someone would have upgraded them to something less
incompetent.
Hmm... a princess and a "scruffy nerf-herder?" I ship it.
I liked most of the characters here. Cade and his situation
took some getting used to, but when we got into the swing of things, he got
good. He’s definitely not his descendants and that’s a good thing here. He’s
his own person. I also liked Marasiah Fel, Wolf, and Saben. Darth Krayt was
also pretty interesting her too. Like ‘ole Sheev Palpatine (yes, that was his
real first name), he’s a force to be reckoned with. He’s also doing things his
way and that actually bites him when he converses with some familiar
characters. Let’s just say I’m interested in seeing how it all works out with
Cade and Krayt.
I thought the artwork was good for the most part. A lot of
the designs were pretty good. The designs for the Sith were weird in a good
way. I also liked how the Imperial Knights looked. The action was good, though
it was sometimes a little hard to follow. The small moments between characters
were also nice. I did think it was weird that we saw old-school Stormtroopers
here, but they were only here for a second.
Now, there were things I wasn’t a big fan of here. The
writing could sometimes be a little dry. Some of it unfortunately reminded me of
Prequel-era dialogue but it wasn’t too cringe-worthy. Also, it did take me a
while to really get into it. A lot gets thrown at you about other things in the
Expanded Universe and that can be a little overwhelming. That's why the synopsis is a bit short. There
were also a couple of characters I wasn’t a big fan of. Finally, while I did
like the artwork, it could get a little wonky here and there especially with
the faces.
Overall, this was definitely above average and a nice start
to this era of Star Wars. When I first read this, I thought about continuing
with this series, but my interest dwindled over time. I may have to rethink
that now. Marvel actually has all of Dark Horse’s SW comics on Marvel
Unlimited, so I may check Legacy out there. I just gotta renew my membership
which you think wouldn’t be too hard. Dang it, Marvel! Anyway, I’m outta here.
Peace, God Bless, and “May the Force Be With You.”
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