Huh, I'd say it starts out OK (like Tempest notes, some of the early events happen before you get proper context, and it starts off not showing the villain at his best), picks up and gets to be pretty strong, does have a few stumbles, but then finished very well.
Also, the side-stories following other characters tend to be very good. There's a lot more to the comic than Cade's story.
Originally posted by The_Tempest
Interesting twist about Corde being Cad's momma. She's pretty attractive for a woman in her 40s or 50s.
Corde's one of my favorite parts of the series.
Originally posted by The_TempestAll the Gar Stazi issues, as I recall. He's a badass, and the space battles later on in the series become exceptionally well drawn, and relatively well written.
What were your favorite parts?
I also like Wyyrlok quite a bit. Won't spoil anything for you doe.
edit- My thoughts are a bit scattered above. With the exception of Wyrrlock- I think that most of the plot that doesn't involve the main force sensitive cast is decent. Cade/Krayt and friends' shenanigans are kind of "meh" to me.
Originally posted by Tzeentch._
All the Gar Stazi issues, as I recall. He's a badass, and the space battles later on in the series become exceptionally well drawn, and relatively well written.I also like Wyyrlok quite a bit. Won't spoil anything for you doe.
I'm going to have to agree with Tzeentch's taste on these matters.
I forget when the first Stazi story is, but it's badass.
I'd read the Dark Times Vector issues; not the KOTOR ones, pretty uninterested in that era as well.
Muur was your standard cackling Sith minus Palpatine's charisma. Pretty powerful, though.
Just finished the first issue of War. Wyyrlok's death hollows me more than it did the first time I read it, but at least he went out like a badass. Still, it was a huge mistake bringing back a relatively boring Sith like Krayt from the dead when Wyyrlok was still around.
I'll finish the rest tomorrow.
I'd read the Dark Times Vector issues; not the KOTOR ones, pretty uninterested in that era as well.
I will recommend the KotoR comics. They have a very tight plot, especially the first act. Even if you don't like the rest of the era, it stands on it's own merits.
The main character is Zayne, who's kinda the anti-Cade, and most of the rest of the cast is non-force users.
Wyyrlok's death hollows me more than it did the first time I read it, but at least he went out like a badass.
I liked him too- if he'd been facing the old Krayt, he'd have won.
I really, really hope Saarai shows up in the next Legacy series... preferably with the name ^^
Finished it.
If I were to assign the entire series a grade, it would probably be a 5/10. It did indeed have its cool characters (Cade, Stazi, Wyyrlok) and moments (the island of dead Mon Calamarian bodies was an exceedingly powerful scene), but not enough to overcome its transcendent pacing issues and offensively derivative storytelling.
I will agree with the pacing issues- it jumped around, it had lull bits, etc.. I'll mention the KotoR comic has much superior pacing. And so far, by the looks of it, does the second Legacy comic.
Personally I found the unusual choice of protagonist, mixing up the force user equation a bit with third parties, and stuff enough to keep the storytelling fresh too.
Anyway, off of that, what are your thoughts on War specifically? Krayt reborn, the Sith Troopers, T'ra Saa doing her thing, and all that?
Reborn!Krayt was a colossal improvement over just!Krayt, but too little too late. They should have stuck with Wyyrlok.
Krayt's secret Sith stash was another unoriginal move; it's what Palpatine did with Byss. There again, no originality for these hacks.
T'ra's beam o' fvcking death was awesome. Loved Cad sending Krayt to Coruscant Prime.
@Tempest, would you say Krayt stomped the imperial knights through speed or did he just batter through their defenses through sheer strength. I mean obviously his victory had to do with both strength and speed, but did his victory owe more to speed or strength? There are at least 2 depictions of that fight and they seemed a bit different, IIRC.
Wyyrlok was cool. A bit heavy-handed in command, but more than strong enough to claim the role of Dark Lord of the Sith if he hadn't wanted to milk the 'Krayt's-in-stasis' thing. His smackdown of Andeddu was one of my favorite individual issues.
And I hope his daughter Saarai shows up in the new comic (so badass for an initiate!).
Originally posted by SIDIOUS 66
@Tempest, would you say Krayt stomped the imperial knights through speed or did he just batter through their defenses through sheer strength. I mean obviously his victory had to do with both strength and speed, but did his victory owe more to speed or strength? There are at least 2 depictions of that fight and they seemed a bit different, IIRC.
I'd give it to speed.