By John Jackson Miller, Dustin Weaver, Brian Ching & Harvey Tolibao (Dark Horse Books)
ISBN13: 978-1-84576-740-2
Apprentice Jedi Zayne Carrick was framed for a hideous crime by his own teachers, whose visions of the future saw him as a threat to The Republic. On the run from both his ex-masters and the honest authorities the young hero has taken up with a gang of outlaws and outcasts that include an unscrupulous con-man named Gryph, a rogue Mandalorian warrior, Camper, a seemingly senile technical wizard and the hot-and-feisty Bad-Girl Jarael.
In this volume (reprinting issues #13-18 of the comic book series Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic) the first tale finds the gang trapped on a rural planet in the direct path of a genocidal Mandalorian invasion fleet whilst the next tale – which ends the book on a cliffhanger, so be prepared to wait or be frustrated – sees Jarael take Camper to his homeworld in a desperate attempt to stave off his increasing dementia. Once there she discovers just why he fled in the first place, and in no way coincidentally, a monstrous threat to the entire galaxy.
Magnificently illustrated, these rip-roaring tales of heroic outlawry and derring-do are the perfect antidote to cold, dark, dull winters and a splendid example of a licensed comic done right.
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