fandom4ever's review
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi – Force War abruptly jumps one year after Prisoner of Bogan for some reason. The Je’daii and systems of Tython are in full-swing war with the Rakatan Infinite Empire. In fact, they’ve already conquered and subjugated many planets. Also, Daegen Lok has been taken off Bogan and put in charge of the Je’daii warriors! It would have been nice to see how this happened after they had once more dumped him on Bogan as a lost cause.
The story is good enough but I had problems with some of the aspects of this book; the biggest being Xesh’s character development. I found him pretty interesting in Book 1 and then his slow possible changes in Book 2 as he realized there was more to the Force then just darkness. But when the head Rakatan does the ‘big reveal’ to him aboard his ship and he totally just goes back to the way he was I couldn’t stop the irritation. ‘Oh no, the Je’daii won’t accept me anymore if they knew the things I used to do! Whelp, better just go back to being a slave.’ What?!
It also felt like a hurried wrap-up. We had physical implications for those Force users that heavily used the Dark side in the last battle but it was never brought up by anyone. I guess it was just supposed to hint at what was to come when the Dark side users split off from the Jedi? It was almost like there should have been more issues to this comic series but with the Disney buy-up and cancellation of the EU that wasn’t going to happen so they had to work with what they had.
Overall, I’m glad I read the series. I got enough good parts of where the Jedi Order first began and some of the Rakatan Infinite Empire, that it left me content. I just wish there could have been more.
The story is good enough but I had problems with some of the aspects of this book; the biggest being Xesh’s character development. I found him pretty interesting in Book 1 and then his slow possible changes in Book 2 as he realized there was more to the Force then just darkness. But when the head Rakatan does the ‘big reveal’ to him aboard his ship and he totally just goes back to the way he was I couldn’t stop the irritation. ‘Oh no, the Je’daii won’t accept me anymore if they knew the things I used to do! Whelp, better just go back to being a slave.’ What?!
It also felt like a hurried wrap-up. We had physical implications for those Force users that heavily used the Dark side in the last battle but it was never brought up by anyone. I guess it was just supposed to hint at what was to come when the Dark side users split off from the Jedi? It was almost like there should have been more issues to this comic series but with the Disney buy-up and cancellation of the EU that wasn’t going to happen so they had to work with what they had.
Overall, I’m glad I read the series. I got enough good parts of where the Jedi Order first began and some of the Rakatan Infinite Empire, that it left me content. I just wish there could have been more.
wyrmbergmalcolm's review
5.0
This is one of the very last non-Disney Star Wars stories to come into existence and certainly goes out with the big bang. Set one year after the events of Prisoner of Bogdan. This was a terrific finale chock-full of exciting action, double-crosses and some very interesting developments. I liked how there was more detail in the back-story, but at no time was it to the detriment to the main story. There were also a couple of really interesting relational developments, particularly between Shae Koda and Xesh and, more surprisingly, between Trill and Sek'nos Rath.
The action was pretty full-on throughout, though the low-casualty-rate of named characters did take a bit of the suspense out of it. Apart from that little niggle, I really enjoyed this story and am saddened that this is it. The story did wrap up the trilogy, but there was certainly scope for more from this era and with these characters.
The action was pretty full-on throughout, though the low-casualty-rate of named characters did take a bit of the suspense out of it. Apart from that little niggle, I really enjoyed this story and am saddened that this is it. The story did wrap up the trilogy, but there was certainly scope for more from this era and with these characters.
bardinhell's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
A fitting conclusion to the comics. Sucks that we never got more Dawn of the Jedi comics because of Disney. It’s a neat concept and the characters are pretty cool as well.
raven31's review
4.0
Maybe the fact that I managed to get a brand new copy and it smelled SO DARN GOOD skewed my opinion of it, but I really liked this. Strong characters, God plot. Looking forward to the next one in line.
majincloud's review
5.0
I think this is the last comic made by Dark Horse before the rights were turned over to Disney / Marvel. And while the story is great and is an end to this trilogy, I am sad to see that we will never get the death of the Infinite Empire and the separation of Jedi and Sith. We got to see the first instance of lightsabers. We got to see the building blocks of what the Jedi will become.
Unfortunately its length hinders it a bit.
Unfortunately its length hinders it a bit.
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There are a couple of heel turns that I think were originally spread out more, but because of the buyout they were forced to condense it here so it's a bit rushed.arf88's review
3.0
This was a satisfying, if rushed, ending to a series that had a lot of potential. It's a shame the Disney buyout meant an end to this, with so many of the Je'daii going to the dark in place of balance it would have been nice to see the start of the opposite, with some going to the light. But I'm glad the creators were able to end the series properly at least.
ekansthepokemon's review
3.0
Extremely rushed, one of the main characters completely disappears, and i feel like the time jump from the last one was a little confusing in the beginning.
silver_star08's review
5.0
Very interesting third part to the pre-history of the Jedi. A time when there were Force Hounds & dark force users all around.