Some
4,000 years before Leia bared her midriff in Jabba's palace, another Force-sensitive
woman was doing the same for the good of the plot line: Jedi prodigy and
lightsaber-wielding Nomi Sunrider, one of the featured Knights in this
two-story collection from Dark Horse's quality Star Wars: Tales of the
Jedi miniseries. Sunrider begins her training reluctantly, both to avenge
the death of her Jedi hubby at the hands of Bogga the Hutt's minions and
to realize her enormous potential in the art of "Jedi Battle Meditation."
The other story in this volume also involves Battle Meditation, which Jedi
Master Arca uses to save the hides of his young charges Ulic Qel-Droma
and friends, who are sent to forge a peace between the beastmaster warlords
and walled-city defenders on war-torn Onderon.
With
plenty of twists, tons of action, and monsters and bad guys at every turn,
these two stories are fully worth checking out, although purists be warned:
the Ulic tale especially tends more toward the Jedi-as-superhero school
of storytelling. It's saberin' time!
--Paul
Hughes
This 136-page collection
focuses on Ulic Qel-Droma and Nomi Sunrider, two young novices training
to become Jedi warriors. Their training, however, turns into a trial by
fire when they prematurely have to face off against reigning crime lord,
Great Bogga, a Hutt who has killed one of the universe's most powerful
Jedi Knights. Full-color throughout. Graphic novel format.
Popular Star Wars novelist
Kevin Anderson and a team of talented illustrators have assembled this
first in a series of graphic novels for the TALES OF THE JEDI. The story,
set some 4,000 years before the birth of Luke Skywalker, tells of a foolish
and arrogant young Jedi who awakens an ancient, deadly power that untimately
makes him into a Dark Lord of the Sith.
The
author, Kevin J Anderson:
A
thrilling story from start to finish A must for all fans wanting to know
more about the Sith.
The
publisher, Dark Horse Comics:
A
LONG, LONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY...
"This is the weapon of a
Jedi Knight... Not as clumsy or as random as a blaster. An elegant weapon
for a more civilized time. For over a thousand generations the Jedi Knights
were the most powerful, most respected force in the galaxy... The guardians
of peace and justice in the Old Republic."
With those words, Obi-Wan
Kenobi hinted at a grand legend, the era of the Jedi Knights.
Travel with us now to the
majestic times, 4,000 years before the birth of Luke Skywalker. Witness
the deadly trials that face young Jedi Ulic Qel-Droma, and the tragedy
that will turn Nomi Sunrider into one of the greatest Jedi of her time! |
