A review by ofclumsywords
Star Wars Omnibus: Quinlan Vos: Jedi in Darkness by Matt Hollingsworth, Jon Foster, Andrew Robinson, Pat Mills, Kilian Plunkett, John Ostrander, Dan Jackson, Jan Duursema, Dave McCraig
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The reason this got four stars instead of five was mostly for the fact that structure of the book itself was disjointed. We go from issues 19-26 then jump to 32-45 and the reader can tell that there were some things missing. Issues 23-26 continue on from a story that was published way before this one came out and you needed to know what had happened in the earlier ones for it to make sense. I would have even liked to see Quinlan go through his retraining at the temple after losing his memory instead of skipping 3 months ahead from the end of #22 to #23.
But that's not to say that the actual stories itself weren't great. Getting to exclusively read about Quinlan Vos instead of getting a little bit of backstory of him in The Clone Wars show was the whole reason I wanted to read this. I wish I got a little more about who Quinlan was before he lost his memories and his relationship with Aayla but getting to see them patch up their relationship after the whole story arc with her uncle's death was great. Another great aspect was the fact we get a backstory to Quinlan, not only did we visit his home planet but we also got to meet his relatives and understand more of his power to get a memory from touching objects. Did I mention the fact that through this entire book Quinlan was fighting between the Darkside and Lightside? That was incredible to see the push and pull of Dark vs Light and how Quinlan had to find a balance, which at its core is the whole point of Darkside vs Lightside. It is finally discussed more inside a Star Wars book that does not include Anakin's constant struggle and it was great to see the honesty of another Jedi struggling with it.
But that's not to say that the actual stories itself weren't great. Getting to exclusively read about Quinlan Vos instead of getting a little bit of backstory of him in The Clone Wars show was the whole reason I wanted to read this. I wish I got a little more about who Quinlan was before he lost his memories and his relationship with Aayla but getting to see them patch up their relationship after the whole story arc with her uncle's death was great. Another great aspect was the fact we get a backstory to Quinlan, not only did we visit his home planet but we also got to meet his relatives and understand more of his power to get a memory from touching objects. Did I mention the fact that through this entire book Quinlan was fighting between the Darkside and Lightside? That was incredible to see the push and pull of Dark vs Light and how Quinlan had to find a balance, which at its core is the whole point of Darkside vs Lightside. It is finally discussed more inside a Star Wars book that does not include Anakin's constant struggle and it was great to see the honesty of another Jedi struggling with it.