Darth Mekhis also makes for a pretty good villain being both intimidating and entertaining. I liked how he was old and wise but a little bit crazy, kind of like Yoda when we first meet him in Empire Strikes Back.

Nghani Zho was the most interesting character by far, even if Theron and Teffith were both very entertaining. Teffith is as funny and snarky as I remember her, and she also gets to kick some imperial butt. Theron is a total badass and has some pretty good lines, and from someone who read Annihilation first, it is pretty interesting to see a younger Theron Shan. I really like the characterization in this comic. Most importantly, there is plenty of great laugh-inducing dialogue to make up for the rough bits. And when it is just focusing on Theron, Ngani Zho, and Teffith, it reads smoothly. Also, the narration is not even that annoying because it is said by a person talking instead of just being spoonfed to us by the author. There's narration, but most of it is used in the exposition pages that were already problematic. The writing, aside from those exposition dumps, was pretty good. THE GOOD: How is this written by the same person who brought us Blood of the Empire?Īlexander Freed really surprised me with this, as everything is improved by about a hundredfold or more.

They are poorly placed, and broke my immersion into the story- as soon as I was getting sucked in these had to take me out of it. THE BAD: There are a few pages that are a bit of an exposition overload. After he rescues Zho, however, the newly formed trio gets roped into a mission to take down a factory that churns out superweapons at an overwhelming rate. Having captured the foul mouthed smuggler Teffith in a previous op, he makes her come along. Republic SIS Agent Theron Shan, the non-force sensitive son of Grand Master Satele Shan, is sent on a mission to recover his mentor, the legendary jedi master Ngani Zho. That places it roughly 10 years after the previous volume of the SWTOR trilogy, Threat of Peace, as well as 2 years before Annihilation.

THE STORY: This comic takes place 1 year before the end of the Cold War, which is about 1 year before the player character starts SWTOR at level 1. I had already grown attached to the characters of Theron Shan and Teffith through Drew Karpyshyn's underrated Star Wars novel Annihilation And especially after two rather awful comics preceding it, I'm surprised, and more importantly, happy, to say that this one did not disappoint. Out of three volumes of the SWTOR tie in comic book trilogy, The Lost Suns was the one I was excited for the most by far. Special thanks to my goodreads friend Mogsy for making me aware of the SWTOR tie-in comic series' existence.

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