This is the story I've always wanted. Darth Vader going back to find out what happened to Padme after discovering Luke was alive. We basically go on a tour with Vader through all the places important to Padme's story. Beautiful flashbacks were interspersed throughout the comic as Vader is visiting his past that's supposed to be dead to him. PADME'S HANDMAIDENS (gasp face emoji). SO GOOD. 100/10

While I may despise Disney's celluloid treatment of Star Wars, especially the garbage that was The Last Jedi, Marvel's recent comic book stories set in a galaxy far, far away have mostly been winners...including this one. Fans of old-school space opera should give this a try.

I read all the vader comics. Always good. This one is no different. Except for Vader: Dark Visions. That book sucks. This one is good. 4 stars.

Of all of Marvel’s “Star Wars” output over the last 5 years, by far and away their most creatively satisfying output have been their various Darth Vader-centric series. From Kieron Gillen’s initial run, to Charles Soule’s follow-up, to even more apparently “superfluous” fare like “Target Vader” and “Dark Visions,” Vader as a character has proven to be a consistent creative boon for the House of M’s storytellers…and his newest series, from Greg Pak and artist Raffaele Ienco, doesn’t appear to be

Another slice out of the old trilogy, filling in the gaps, with more Vader violence. Yet once again another vader #1, what is that like 3 or 4 vader series in that past few years? They know what fans want and I cant argue.This time its all about Padme and Vader's relationship. I like that Marvel is expanding on Vader and how much his emotions STILL control him. It is also sad to see how manipulative the emperor is in all this. I do think it is funny that they have to introduce another droid for

This review was posted as part of my weekly column, Saturday Star Wars, posted over at my blog, the Grimoire Reliquary.I’ll be, a Darth Vader comic book that taps deep into the prequel movies without mucking things up. This comic book Greg Pak has succeeded where I would’ve been skeptical he might, and has done so with flying colours. Speaking of colours, two colour schemes dominate the past and present. Neeraj Menon uses a subdued colour palette for the present, with plenty of grey and overwhel...

*john williams' across the stars playing softly in the background while i'm crying over anakin and padme*

Vader is still reeling from the events at the end of The Empire Strikes Back and embarks on a series of journeys that will bring him mask-to-face with his past as Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and those who knew him as Padme's protector.The results are predictably messy, and riveting. So glad I finally got around to reading this one.

This is one of the best comics I’ve ever read. Each issue leaves me burning (heh) for more.

Why would I want to watch Darth Vader murder all of Padme’s friends? 🤨🤨🤨 and yet I read this. Huge regrets.

this HURT but it was so good. definitely an interesting read coming off of finishing ek johnston’s padmé trilogy. i’m very excited to catch up on this run.

An awesome book. I was expecting it to be good but this was great. Great artwork and story. Vader has told Luke he is his father, but Luke escaped.Now Vader want revenge on everyone who had a hand in keeping Luke away from him. He begins his investigation on his home planet, then the grave of his dead wife.I really enjoyed that this comic bridges the gap from the Queens Shadow novel. Vader find he is not the only one looking for revenge.

Darth Vader's encounter with Luke Skywalker during The Empire Strikes Back is fresh in his mind, and he is out for blood - all those that made his son weak must perish, but his quest for vengeance becomes something else entirely when a face from his past makes themselves known.We've had a lot of exploration of Darth Vader's character in terms of who he is and how he got to where he is - both Kieron Gillen and Charles Soule had him come face to face with metaphorical demons from his past, includi...

well THAT hurt😢

Good premise which suffered from some meh storytelling. The art was great though with the Vader action being very well done. It was also nice to see many old familiar characters and locations. Loved the ending to issue #6, can’t wait to see what happens.

Darth Vader comics continue to be consistently good writer to writer. Having Sabé and the Handmaidens return was super cool to have insight on what they reacted like to Padmé’s death and what they’ve done after. Also interesting that this fits right after episode V.

<3I am far too obsessed with Star Wars comics.I've had this one on my list for ages until my library finally purchased it. And oh man - I had such, such a time."Purist" definitely isn't the right word, because I love practically everything Star Wars, but I really love SW content that takes a lot from the movies. This comic about Vader, set between ESB and RotJ, has SO much movie content in it that I adored. The use of it was absolutely spectacular - my one critique would be that I would've liked...

Anakin's saga is still raging on in these Marvel comics, the Vader title have been systematically good, and this entry was another fine addition to his story, with lots of powerful moments. It's so satisfying to read a story written by someone who gets Star Wars and not just their own idea of it.

So this was really good, I really like how Greg just focuses on action and if he has to give the reader any exposition he does it through the droid and then focusing on Vader's mindset after episode 5 and then showing how he finds what happened to Padme and kind of reconciling with having lost his love and something with Kenobi but mostly encountering Padme's confidantes and some great surprises and challenges for Vader to go against, just a terrific book and an even better read! Plus with epic

This is the Star Wars story we’ve been waiting for: finally, finally, we get a story featuring one of the greatest of all SW characters, beloved by all fans. What kind of leader has he become? What has motivated him all these years? How does he create wartime strategies? Will he get the revenge he has contemplated for so long?I’m speaking, of course, about Ric “You catch on pretty quick” Olié.I won’t spoil who emerges triumphant when Ric and Darth Vader (oh—I should mention that he also appears