Star wars Jedi: The Dark Side #1

Dark Horse Comics
Written by Scott Allie
Art by Mahmud Asrar

“A long, long time ago. In a galaxy far, far away . . .” If any of you out there doesn’t recognize this quote, turn in your geek card right now. We all know this starts every Star Wars movie ever made. The term is iconic as a lightsaber, X-wings, and droids. The movies have spawned multiple comics, books and just about everything else you can think of. So, when this was placed in my inbox, I really wanted to read it. This book didn’t fail to keep me entertained.

Let’s start with the art; the art was not the super-detailed that’s goes out sometimes but looking through this story, I don’t think it would have added to what they are trying to portray. Each character comes off the page, the colors fit to what we know of their universe and you can feel the flash of the sabers going by you as you read. I don’t think I’ve ever been disappointed with the writers of Dark Horse and I wasn’t this time. Everything worked and the voices you know are there. Each panel flows into the next one so you don’t get lost. I really enjoyed this one.

Now, this is a typical first book of a series, so there’s not much as to know what’s going on. The foundation is being laid for the rest of the galaxy to be filled in. I don’t think you’ll want to skip out on this one. In my humble opinion, if you get this book, you’ll keep reading the rest as they come out, I know I will. I give this 4.5 caps out of 5.