I had no idea that Karpyshyn's novel was so heavily based off of... this. It's honestly kind of strange to read this while also reading his Darth Bane trilogy. And I will thank Karpyshyn kindly for writing Path of Destruction better than this, but also I know now a lot of the scenes from it were stolen (some of them even word-for-word from the comic). But is this comic any good? ... Not really. I wouldn't recommend it to really anyone. Writing the children as main characters had me a little unne...

In war, choose your side carefully.Between the Jedi and the Sith, the boundary is well defined. For the Jedi, there is the Army of Light. For the Sith, there is the Brotherhood of Darkness.In the battlefield, the lines blur.The hero of the series, a boy named Tomcat, is dazzled by the epics and songs of the Jedi and wants more than anything to fight at their side. He dreams of vanquishing the Sith.Then he finds that some Jedi are proud and vainglorious, some who fight on the side of the Sith are...

Wish there was more.

When people think of the rise of Darth Bane, they point to Drew Karpyshyn's Darth Bane Trilogy. However, the first source to tell the story of his rise actually comes from the comic we will be looking at today: Jedi vs Sith!I remember being incredibly disappointed by Darth Bane: Path of Destruction. Despite its insane levels of praise, I had a ton of problems with it, including the worldbuiling. However, after this comic, I'm starting to feel like I may have been too harsh. This came out before

After the amazing, epic stories of Tales of the Jedi (and preceding the later-published, fun and elaborate KotOR adventures), this felt as a disappointment to me. I liked the 'internal' art and many of the separate elements and imaginings; but as a whole, it neither made sense to me, nor did it live up to what I hoped it would be. I found it... redundant, I guess; or unnecessary (for lack of a better word; it didn't bring me anything new in the plot area). However, that's just based on my taste

MehIt just lacked a lot of the things that happened in the original Novel trilogy, Darth bane. Otherwise it was nice to see the characters I grew to love on comic pages

As someone who refuses to spend the very little novel-reading time that I have on Star Wars tie-in books, I was never going to read the Darth Bane trilogy that people seem to like, and that I know is very important lore-wise. But an abridged comic version? Sure, I have time for that. And it's quite good. The sword & sorcery aesthetic is VERY weird for Star Wars, but I think it works for the "legendary" sense of history they're going for. Darth Bane's rise is believable enough, and I especially l...

This one is rather bleak story.After years and years of conflict Jedi and Sith are reduced to the small armies scavenging food and materiel on the devastated world of Ruusan. Although they speak between themselves as if they are mighty commanders and lords (you gotta love Bane commenting "Now everybody is a lord?") these armies are gutted by long attrition warfare on surface of Ruusan.In order to deprive their opponents of any Force-wielders as reinforcements both sides heavily recruit everybody...

On a backwards planet, there lived three children: Tomcat, Bug, and Rain. Tomcat dreams of being a Jedi, so much that when a Jedi recruiter comes, he signs up without hesitation. Bug and Rain come along to be with their cousin.But on Ruusan, things aren't as pleasant as they always thought. The Jedi are weathered, perilously low on morale, and nearly defeated. In the midst, we see the rise of Darth Bane, the birth of the Rule of Two, and how fine a line separates the Jedi from the Sith.I enjoyed...

This is Star Wars meets Narnia, and is as such a comic for people who are not me. I found the story crazy. Force sensitive kids who seem to be 8-12 years old are sent by a not so very wise old Jedi into war, where they have no business being and can only be a dangerous liability. Did he think they could be trained into Jedi in a crash course, with opportunities for lots of field practice in a realistic environment? It doesn't help that the words and actions of the two boys make them seem perfect...

Having read this just after reading the first Darth Bane novel, I definitely see the influence but felt that the comic was missing a lot of exposition. The focus on the kids is quite irritating, as the Sith Lords have a much more interesting story.

After finishing the Darth Bane trilogy I was suprised to find out that one of my favourit Sith characters was granted a comic.The comic focuses on the last part of Darth Bane Path of Destruction, which is mostly battle driven but takes also the time to introduce charakters and giving them a charakter and personality. and also add new elements and origins rather then just to retell the book.However, if you haven't read the book you will most likely don't unterstand the whole situation or some of

I will be forever grateful to Dark Horse for keeping Star Wars alive during those Dark Times before the prequels reignited (or destroyed, depending on your view) the franchise. I've got to say, though, some of the stuff was just off-the-wall, and that's the case here in Jedi vs Sith. It imagines the start of Sith rule, two there will be, a master and apprentice. The art is fine, but the story, well, it includes mythological creatures flying on a giant 15th-century boat complete with sails, warri...

A cool take on young boys in a Jedi Sith war.

Sooo..... I read the first Darth Bane novel before I read this. If I hadn't, I'm not sure I would have had much clue what was going on. I can't believe this came before the novel. So many of the scenes in this that are just randomly thrown in, like the opening scene with Darth Bane.... Karpyshyn managed to fold them seamlessly into the novel and give them reasons for existing, but in this comic they barely stand on their own. It was mildly interesting to see more of Rain's backstory with her cou...

Star Wars Legends Project #37 Background: Jedi vs. Sith was released in 6 issues throughout mid-2001. The trade paperback came out in May 2002. It was written by Darko Macan with art pencilled by Ramón F. Bachs. Macan's other Star Wars comics include Chewbacca and an X-Wing storyline. He has also written and edited a variety of things in his native Croatia. In addition to a smattering of work on a grab-bag of random Star Wars titles, Bachs is best known for his work on Marvel's Civil War and

Set in the Old Republic, the story follows 3 children who are recruited to fight the war on the jedi side. Darth Bane is the bad guy, and this runs concurrently with some of the books in his trilogy. I didn't really like some of the children, so wasn't invested in them. The art style is cutesy which does work with the story about the children. An interesting aside in the main story. A good read.

Decent story. Atrocious artwork.

This one threw me a little right off the bat, primarily due to the art style and the unfamiliar setting. Previous to this, all the Old Republic material I've read has had a certain look to it, while the work and designs of Ramón F. Bachs have an almost Mike Ploogian fantasy vibe going on. It looks great, just not overly Star Warsy. Once he hits his stride, though, and you get used to the art direction, "Jedi vs Sith" really starts to take off. Macan's script is interesting and shows a side of bo...