The series concludes with its 25th issue in October*, and it does so without having truly ever received the attention it deserves. As you read the dialogue on the page, you can hear it in James Earl Jones’s sonorous basso profundo, and that’s the essence of what makes Darth Vader one of the best mainstream comics on the market: It builds inventively on the Star Wars mythos while remembering what made it resonant and sexy. His entry to the palace is, of course, a more violent echo of Luke Skywalker’s arrival in Return of the Jedi Vader meeting with Jabba is an exciting new interpolation within a beloved mythology and god damn, that’s a solid threat. He’s beauty and he’s grace, he’ll slash you in the face: this is Darth Vader, distilled and served to Star Wars geeks in a rich and engaging way. Do not make me reconsider my generosity.” Vader stares at Jabba behind his expressionless helmet and intones, “I have only killed two. He wordlessly murders two guards with his lightsaber, demands an audience with Jabba and, once he has it, finds himself berated by the sluglike gangster: “You arrive a day early, kill two of my guards, and expect me to deal with you?” The in-continuity series begins with Vader entering Jabba the Hutt’s palace not long after the end of the first Star Wars film.
The creative team behind Marvel’s Darth Vader, writer Kieron Gillen and artist Salvador Larroca, more or less had their book figured out from its first scene. Photo: Salvador Larocca and Edgar Delgado/Marvel
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