Pretty much immediately after finishing the excellent Crossroads, I continued on to the first full length volume of the Knights of the Old Republic comic series, Commencement. I have been eagerly anticipating the chance to get my hands on these comics for ages, ever since I learned of their existence. And the news just keeps getting better: this volume lives up to the immense praise that these comics get. My anticipation has thus far paid off. THE STORY: Jedi padawan Zayne Carrick continues to

Being a big fan of the Knights of the Old Republic video games, I was interested to see how the universe would be portrayed in graphic form. I have to say this is an enjoyable first trade that has enough big ideas to make you want to read more. While I would never spoil it, there is an excellent plot twist that changes the whole makeup of the book. Lastly, while the art is very good, I feel the dialogue is better here than most of the other Star Wars graphic novels I've read. It is just a little...

A very strong beginning for this series. In this first volume we get action, comedy, betrayal, and even a bit of a murder mystery. A couple of the plot points were a bit rushed or silly, but overall I am very excited to see where this story goes in further volumes.

[This review represents the entire 50-issue KOTOR series]KOTOR was the first SW comic I'd ever read. For some reason, I'd expected it to be some childish web-comic type thing with a plot that focused on inconsequential elements and plots tangential to the main story of KOTOR. While this bears a grain of truth, the comic is rather more like a complete prequel to the first game than anything else. The characters are well-developed and resonant, and the plots are suitably earth-shattering. A few wo...

After the nice Dawn of the Jedi, and the boring Tales of the Jedi, this has been a real eye-opener. In every way, this comic is great. Its drawings are great, its characters are great, the story is actually super-engaging!Every page smells like Star Wars, looks like Star Wars, feels like Star Wars, and it's able to still be different, unique and memorable. I already have an immense crush on Jarael, even though (or because) she sometimes is pretty edgy.Man, do I look forward to this.For reference...

A Computer Game Spin-off7 July 2012 I am not a big fan of comic books and other than Tintin and Asterix I was never really able to get into them. I have bought a couple of graphic novels, and suspect that I will get some more (such as a couple of the Spiderman ones) but as mentioned I was never really a fan of comic books and would rarely buy any. I did buy some of the Dungeons and Dragons ones that came out a long time ago, but that had more to do with me wanting anything to do with Dungeons an...

What a volume!I loved this one!It takes place 1000s of years ago when the JEDI were at their strongest and well this kid Zayne whose a padawan comes in to discover his friends dead at the hands of his Master Lucien and other teachers of theirs called Consulars and well that leads to his quest of escaping and from there he meets the criminal Marn Hierogryph, Jaraela and Camper and thus we follow their adventures as they try to evade these people chasing them at the cost of their lives and what no...

A very nice part of the Star Wars saga. Taking place after the original "Knights of the Old Republic" video games, and before the upcoming MMO "The Old Republic" this series tells the story of young Padawan Zayne Carrick and his adventures. With wit and humor as well as generous action and drama, this book feels a lot like the "Clone Wars" TV series. A lot of mystery a secrets are set up in this first volume for the author to uncover in later stories. The secretive Covenant has set Zayne up for

This is a great start for the KOTOR comic book series! It has a mystery that makes the readers question Jedi of this era, and the mystery unfolds with satisfying answers that make their actions make sense. And teaming incompetent Jedi padawan Zayne Carrick with Gryph, the criminal whom he had been trying to catch, is gold. I had already planned on reading the other volumes of this series, but WOW does this make me really excited to read them!

3,964 years before the Battle of Yavin, the Old Republic was embroiled in a galactic war.It is a time of upheaval for the galaxy. The Mandalorian Wars have strained the Old Republic’s resources to the breaking point.With so many forces at the front, systems in the outer rim teeter on the edge of lawlessness – even the city-world of Taris, once a thriving commercial center. Here, as elsewhere, the Republic relies on the Jedi Knights and their students to help maintain order.But some Knights, frus...

Bullet Review:WHERE IS VOLUME 2?!(No worries - Volume 2 is being shipped to my library!)Full review:Zayne Carrick is by no stretch of the imagination a great Jedi Padawan; but when he stumbles onto a startling scene, suddenly, he is wanted by the law and the Jedi Order. He ends up teaming up with a small-time scoundrel, Marn Hierogryph, and two junk yard dealers, Camper and Jarael, to flee.I suppose I ought to toss my Star Wars nerd card out the window for my next statement. I think I'm probably...

The first of ten installments, Commencement was a quick read. Padawan Zayne Carrick stumbles upon a crime committed by his own Master because of visions of other Jedi Masters. After he flees they blame him for the crime. He forms an alliance with a shady dealing 'entrepreneur' that he'd managed to finally capture. They manage to team up with two others that the shady dealer named Gryph knows and they get off the planet and locate the reason for the initial crime.It was an enjoyable read and I'm

a story about a young padawan accused of killing his fellow friends and then being on the run from his jedi master and other jedi knights. this actually was a lot better than i thought it would be. besides a kinda slow start it really kept me interested. the mystery of who the great sith was and why the jedi had killed the padawan really made this book great. A+

Star Wars Legends Project #12 Background: Knights of the Old Republic: Commencement was released in seven issues from January to June 2006. The trade paperback was released in November of that year. It was written by John Jackson Miller and pencilled and inked by Brian Ching and Travel Foreman. Miller is mostly a comics writer, having been heavily involved in the industry for some 20+ years. He began his professional comic writing career with a "Crimson Dynamo" series for Marvel, before going

Likable characters, an interesting story, and mostly passable art makes this series probably the best run of Star Wars comics I'm aware of. Also has a rather different take on the Jedi - or rather presents things that other stories have tried to pass off as good or neutral as the shitty things they really are. And shows that there's more than one way for a Force User to go bad. Always be wary of doing evil things for the "greater good."This volume gets Zayne (likable, but not terribly competent

This is a much loved series for me. In fact it’s my most loved comic series in the Star Wars universe, set in my favourite Star Wars era. If I had to choose to save one era and sacrifice all the others, I’d choose the KOTOR era. Yes, even over the original trilogy, good as that was. KOTOR fans will be familiar with its nascent beginnings, but for those who aren’t, the KOTOR era, set c. 4000 – 3950 years before the original film, grew out of a truly excellent computer game of the same name from B...

*finishes my reread*Me: "BOOM, MIC DROP"Husband: "Finished the first one?"Me: "YEAH"Him: "Isn't it GREAT?"Me: "YEAH!"I love everything about this volume.

Knights of the Old Republic: Commencement is the first volume of compiled issues containing the first six issues of the series. This is many years before the events of the movies and features the Padawan Zayne Carrick. Not quite as skilled as his fellow Padawans, Zayne is a bit of a jumbled mess. When he comes across his master and the other Jedi of the council having slain all the other Padawan learners, Zayne makes a run for it. His master and the other Jedi easily find him with their insight

One of the best Star Wars comics I've read. The deep-past setting finally lets us get away from the characters and settings of the original trilogy, trying to put comics into smaller and smaller slivers of unaccounted-for time. Knights of the Old Republic feels like Star Wars, but actually succeeds in being a different story. The characters are distinct, the supporting characters are funny, and the mystery/suspense aspects are actually gripping. The story really feels full, substantial, and the

This book surprised me. I know that John Jackson Miller is a great author, but I didn't expect what this story delivered.The action in this story was awesome. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. I just had to keep reading and figure out what was going to happen. The cliff-hanger is fantastic and I really want to read the next one when I can find it.The writing is just impeccable. The dialogue had me laughing at the comic reliefs, almost crying for Zayne, and enjoying the story as a whol...