Star Wars Legacy #1: Prisoner of a Floating World

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Star Wars Legacy #1: Prisoner of a Floating World
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Corrina Bechko & Gabriel Hardman
Art by Gabriel Hardman

138 years after we are introduced to the Star Wars universe, things have not quieted down. There’s still corruption, and underlying Sith presence and everything you’d expect to see with anything Star Wars. Everything starts off with the ruling triumvirate trying to setup a communication net. The team trying to do this is ambushed by a Sith lord who cannot stop a communication droid from grabbing a lightsaber and heading out into space. After being shot down, it lands into the hands of Ania who finds the lightsaber and wants to sell it to get out of what she considers a miserable life. Trust me; this is a very condensed version of what’s going on.

Ok, the art is typical for the Star Wars comics that I’ve read over the time Dark Horse has been putting them out. It works for all the stories they’ve produced, and it does here too. The paneling is the standard square, boxy style. Again, in this form it makes sense and it works. It doesn’t take away from the story and allows everything to flow. Now, for the writing, it was kind of disjointed. They’re trying to start this story with three different perspectives, one of Ania, the other from a governmental one and the last from the outpost where the communications array was to be set. You have to work to keep track and they don’t let you know when a change is coming.

Beyond the fact about the writing, some of the things I like are the fact that you’re told some but it didn’t go far enough. Also, in the first sequence you see Storm Troopers being used, why? Wouldn’t they be something from a time that the universe would want to move past? Ania is One of Han Solo’s descendants but the fact that she has royalty and Jedi, she’s just a junkyard owner and junk dealer. How did this happen? There’s not enough to give me a good foundation to what’s happening. In my opinion, if you’re a diehard Star Wars fan, get this. I give this 2.5 caps out of 5.