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Simple story although the Quest bit was lost on me because Vader pops up only couple times.Strong art and as said, simple fun fast paced story.
Pre-Disney Star Wars and frankly, I miss the whimsy of pre-Disney Star Wars. Vader's Quest is not much of a quest (he's supposed to find the pilot who destroyed the Death Star) and Luke is bumbling around on his own (why doesn't he have a handler?) to save a Princess. Not having any understanding of nuance, Luke fouls things up for the rebellion but luckily the plucky natives save the day. Ok so here's a question. I get why Darth Vader might pretend that Anakin Skywalker is dead and that in his
After the destruction of the first Death Star, Vader is determined to find out who the Force-sensitive pilot who fired the lucky shot was so he can eliminate such a dangerous enemy. His focus shifts, however, when he learns the pilot's name. In addition to Vader's attention, Luke also unknowingly has to deal with the resentment of a Rebellion pilot who feels Luke has gotten an unwarranted amount of attention, considering he's only had one real mission versus the pilots 30+. Basically, this pilot...
The story was meh but I loved the Dave Gibbons art.
Although I enjoyed this Graphic Novel... I found the story a little predictable.
As a reread, I have very little recollection of this one. There are a few plot strings which are largely independent for the majority of the story which bounces from one place to the next, sometimes at a panel-by-panel pace. I liked the focus on the disgruntled Rebel pilot who missed out on the battle of Yavin because of measles (Measles? Really? Not Yavin Flu, or Space Plague or some such, but no, an Earth-based disease) and is jealous of the attention Luke gets. A nice reminder that the Rebell...
Just an okay, bland adventure. Kind of dumb, in a lot of respects. That's probably a bit harsh, but there's just not really much of a story here. Vader is looking for Luke, and we have a pilot for the rebellion named Jal being a jealous douche throughout most of the book. It's just kind of an oddball read. Not super worth it.
1.5
What's funny is that this isn't really much of a quest. But it was fun, and had some good characters. Luke was kind of annoying, as young Luke always was. And Dave Gibbons' art was great.
Re-readThis is an odd one. I remember reading this when it first came out and having difficulty reconciling the friendly art and humour, with the sparadic bloody violence.Neither a must-read nor a skip: worth checking out if you want to see a quirkier Star Wars graphic novel from the end of the 90s.
This is definitely one of the worst Star Wars graphic novels I've read. Unless you enjoy a silly style of story that has little relation to the actual Star Wars movies or canon, then you should stay far away from Vader's Quest. The characters are really flat and silly which makes them hard to connect with or care about. The author has a bad habit of telegraphing plot twists before they happen. There is also too many coincidences in the story for it to feel believable. When you add Darth Vader no...
A great story with amazing art (Dave Gibbons). The conclusion didn't pay off after all the build up. But it was fun getting there.
Disappointing.
Star Wars Legends Project #244 Background: Vader's Quest, released in December 1999, collects the 4-issue miniseries (February-May 1999). It was written by Darko Macan and drawn by Dave Gibbons. Macan has written a handful of other comics, including Jedi vs. Sith. Dave Gibbons has done very little other Star Wars work. He is best known for illustrating Watchmen.Vader's Quest is set about 2 months after the Battle of Yavin. The main characters are Darth Vader and Luke, but most of the other mo
3.5 stars
I think this story is mistitled. I was expecting a story that would be mostly from Vader's POV, but there are a bunch of different POV's here. I was surprised that Vader finding the name Skywalker happens right at the beginning of this story, thus rendering the rest of his "quest" pretty pointless. Kieron Gillen's 2015 Darth Vader comic series is definitely the best telling of how Darth Vader finds out the name and how he reacts to it. There's also something really unnatural about seeing Vader u...
Vader's QuestClassic Star Wars tale, featuring the first meeting between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, great writing and art, highly recommend.
Here's a confession my regular readers are probably sick of hearing: I'm not in to comic books. I'm not. If you're a regular, you've heard me say they're hard to read, they're unappealing, they're confusing. I spent a lot of my realcanon years trying to ignore them and pretend they didn't exist in the canon, unless the novels forced me to accept them like Dark Empire.The Disney reboot has given me some good things, though. It's caused me to explore and accept parts of realcanon I never would've
What the hell was this shit? What was its purpose? Very little story to speak of with unmemorable characters and an incredibly underused Darth Vader. It's like the comic creators fell in love with the title ‘Vader's Quest’, slapped on a few pretty illustrations and thought story was the last thing on their minds as it would sell anyway. Perhaps following the X-wing pilot who missed out on the Death Star run (and who Luke Skywalker replaced) would have made an interesting story but that wasn’t co...
Vader's Quest has some similar elements to the new canon graphic novel Skywalker Strikes. Vader is trying to figure out who destroyed the Death Star, and when he learns that it was Luke Skywalker, he sends out bounty hunters to find and retrieve him so that he may confront his son for the first time. With Luke getting all the attention, one x-wing pilot leaves and fills his hatred of Luke to the natives of a nearby planet. Luke, meanwhile, finds himself on Jazbina, a planet of dog-like creatures...
