Star Wars: Empire Vol 7 The Wrong Side of the War

Star Wars: Empire Vol 7 The Wrong Side of the War 

By Various (Dark Horse Books)
ISBN 1-84576-457-9

This final volume – containing issues #35-40 of the comic book series – returns to the Jabiim war front of the previous volume and focuses on Imperial up-and-comer Janek Sunber (Star Wars: Empire volume 3 The Imperial Perspective), a generally honourable ‘good soldier on the wrong side’, and a very useful narrative tool for creators wanting to ad some depth to the bad guys.

Here he’s part of the Imperial force interrogating captured Jabiimi on military/resupply base Kalist VI. As Luke Skywalker and a Rebel team infiltrate the base to steal fuel and rescue a vital Rebel Spy, Sunber is compelled to make harsh choices when he discovers some unpleasant facts about the way the Empire actually works. He also learns that the Rebel hero causing so much chaos is that scrawny kid he grew up with on Tatooine…

Less a conclusion than a bridge to further adventures in spin-off tales, this book nevertheless delivers a healthy dose of fun and thrills that will satisfy both franchise followers and adventure addicts alike. Both the main story by Welles Hartley, Davidé Fabri and Christian Dalla Vecchia, and John Jackson Miller and Brian Ching’s prologue thriller featuring Darth Vader’s hunt for a Rebel spy rattle along full pelt and are very easy on the eye. Why weren’t the films this well done?

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