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Star Wars Revelations feels like one of those comics you get every now and then that's there to grab people's attention, to give them a taste of the things to come and give a peek at upcoming stories in hopes of grabbing new readers. As such, there's a lot of promise in this book, lots of hints, and lots of things that 'could' happen. I say could, because the majority of the issue is told through Force visions, and we know how the Force can be misinterpreted, manipulated, or just flt out wrong. The fun is definitely going to be in seeing how much here comes to pass.
The book focuses on Darth Vader as he visits the Eye of Webbish Bog, who tells him that something terrible is coming, something that could end the Force, and the galaxy as a whole. Through a series of visions readers are given sneak peaks at what this means, and how each of the Star Wars books will theoretically tie into this story, and how it all began.
We get hints at what's to come with Sabe, including some fancy new armour she seems to be getting for working with the Empire. We see the origin of an ancient droid that led an uprising against organics, and how the Jedi of the High Republic essentially killed them all. We get hints at how Luke and his friends will come up against that droid, reborn in a new body. Valance seems to be on the verge of falling victim to it too, tossed aside by Vader and turning against his hold friends. And we check in on Aphra and her situation with the ancient being currently in control of her.
And we get more information about what Qi'ra is ultimately trying to do in the Hidden Empire event that's about to kick off, utilising ancient Sith artefacts against the Emperor.
There's a lot of tease and set-up in this issue, and if you're already reading all of the Star Wars books it's going to get you excited for what's to come. But I'm not sure how much it's going to be getting new people involved. If you've picked up this book hoping to get a look at what the Star Wars comics are like to see if maybe you want to try them it might leave you feeling a bit left behind. As such, I kind of don't know who this is for, other than existing readers wanting a tease of future stories.
The book has several artists working on it, and whilst some of the sections look great there are others that are less fun to look at. The segments dealing with Valance were pretty poor, to the point where I thought Vader was getting a new helmet design because he looked so weird. The segments with Luke also didn't look great, and it often looked like Luke's face was melting off. I get that it was a bigger issue and they needed more artists, but it felt incredibly inconsistent.
Overall, the issue was fine, and it was nice to get some teases of the things to come, but it also felt like a lot of this info could have been revealed in comic previews. Is it an attempt to sell an extra book? Maybe. I wouldn't put it past Marvel to try and make a buck off what's essentially an announcement preview.
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