Tales of the Jedi

Tales of the Jedi

I learned of the Dark Horse comic series The Tales of the Jedi in high school. I have enjoyed the Star Wars movies ever since I was young; even saw the original release of Return of the Jedi  in the theater. Star Wars was a large part of how we played growing up, many of us had figurines and vehicles, we’d pretend to fly speeder-bikes while riding our bicycles, and who hasn’t picked the cardboard core of used wrapping paper and used it as a lightsaber? I liked the lightsaber wielding characters but the free spirited untethered to explore the galaxy Han Solo was my favorite. Why did I like Star Wars? All the things kids grew up with are kind of captured in Star Wars, I think of things like medieval knights. 

When Tales of the Jedi came out it was over a decade since Return of the Jedi was released. There was talk that George Lucas planned prequels and sequels, and fans were waiting. Splinter of the Minds Eye, Heir to the Empire, and the Jedi Academy books, the later introducing a Sith Lord Exar Kun a former Jedi apprentice of Master Vodo Baas.Exar Kun’s arrogance and ambition led him to discover the spirit of a long dead and very powerful Sith Lord Freedon Nadd while visiting Onderon, a planet experiencing a civil war. 


Tales of the Jedi begins with three apprentices of Jedi Master Arca Jeth. Ulic Qel-Droma, his brother Cay, and fellow apprentice Tott Doneeta are sent by Master Jeth to the Onderon to rescue a captured princess. 

First few issues of the series has art work that is stylized, detailed, and interesting. At some point the artist changes and so does the line work, and some of the facial features seem off.
The story is still solid and keeps it’s weight. The stakes get higher and in true Star Wars nature the fate of the galaxy is determined by the forces of the light-side and the dark-side. The setting is a thousand years before the events of the Star  Wars movies. 

This is another comic series that influenced my interest in comics, storytelling, and art style. I recommend reading the series and the subsequent arch Tales of the Sith.

Thanks for reading.

May the Force be with you, Always
CoolCaM













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