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Greg Pak’s Darth Vader #6 recently kicked off a new arc in the series, and, man oh man
what an issue it was. Sidious goes wild on Vader’s ass in this
one, and we also got a dope as hell tie in with The Rise of Skywalker.
There’s a good amount to discuss with this issue, so let’s dive right in.
Picking up in the Imperial Palace on Coruscant-which never fails to bum me out knowing it’s the
former Jedi Temple- Darth Sidious is using force lightning against his apprentice, but
Darth Vader is able to defend himself against the attack, using his lightsaber to shield
himself against Sidious’ lightning. Vader asks his master why he’s attacking
him and Sidious has that chump, Grand Vizier Mas Amedda, rifle off Vader’s transgressions.
Amedda recounts that Vader failed in his attempt to lure Luke Skywalker to the dark side, that
he set off on a personal mission afterwards, instead of reporting back to the Emperor,
and that he discovered a rebel cell and failed to kill Sabé, which could all be viewed as
treason. Sidious then asks Amedda what’s done to
traitors and the Chagrian orders the Emperor's Royal Guard to attack Vader.
As they strike the Sith Apprentice, Sidious takes Vader’s lightsaber away from him,
but Vader is still able to incapacitate the guards.
Mas Amedda then pulls a blaster on Vader, but the Sith apprentice uses the force to
choke the Chagrian and two Royal Guards, all while Sidious approvingly watches over.
But Sidious again turns against his apprentice, force choking him and asking him how it feels
to be weak, forcing Vader to recall the various people he’s put in the same position over
the years. Sidious continues on, asking Vader how this
can be, since Anakin was supposedly the chosen one, destined to bring balance to the force,
and the Sith Master tells Vader that he’s merely a tool that can be discarded at any
time. Vader chimes in and states that Sidious lied
to him about Padmé’s death, which prompts Sidious to respond by telling Vader he proves
his point. It was Anakin’s fear that drove him to Sidious
and the dark side, and Sidious was able to turn that weakness in Anakin into a strength.
But that fear that once resided in Anakin has returned, threatening Vader’s power,
so Sidious tells his apprentice he will teach him fear again, so as to bring back his power.
Sidious then uses the force to crush Vader’s arm, legs, and various cybernetics, and tells
his apprentice he must forget everything but his emperor and relearn the importance of
power above all else... or he will die. Damn...
We then come to Mustafar, and see that Sidious has dropped his nearly crippled apprentice
in the same spot he had found him all those years ago, after his defeat at the hands of
Obi-Wan, reminding Vader that he rebuilt him after he found him here.
This time, however, the Sith Master informs his apprentice-who’s severed legs have now
caught fire-that he will have to rebuild himself, without tapping into the force, otherwise,
the exercise will quickly come to an end. As Sidious heads back to his shuttle, Vader
tries to inch his way towards his lightsaber, and has a flashback to when he killed Obi-Wan,
only for Obi-Wan to turn into Sidious. Vader then grabs his lightsaber and begins
to crawl away from the lava river. Back on Sidious’ shuttle, Mas Amedda informs
the Sith Lord that Vader is making his way to the ruins of the Techno Union Installation,
which has a plethora of machinery resources to rebuild himself.
Amedda comments that Vader intends to kill Sidious, which prompts the Emperor to admonish
the Grand Vizier for making such an obvious statement.
Sidious states that he has turned Vader’s pain into fear and fear into anger.
And although his apprentice has learned and forgotten these lessons before, he will send
Vader a reminder through freaking Ochi of Bestoon-Sith Assassin.
And that’s where the issue ends. Straight up, when I read this issue and saw
Ochi of Bestoon would be hunting Vader, I literally said aloud, “Oh my god!”
What an awesome way to end the comic. Not only has Greg Pak done a fantastic job
at connecting this series with the Prequels, but now we’re getting some connective tissue
to the Sequel trilogy and I absolutely love it.
I’m still hoping we see Vader and/or Sidious travel to Exegol, but this was a dope nod
to the sequels and i can’t wait to see what happens next.
But what do you guys think about Darth Vader #6 and Ochi of Bestoon making an appearance?
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