Corinna Sara Bechko

For me Dark Horse was doing wonderful thing with the Star Wars universe. They were constantly working on expanding the universe and adding new elements - be it in the Clone Wars period, before it, during the ancient times of Sith vs Old Republic or even before that during the mysterious years when Jedi order was forged.

Some of these were great, some were so-so but they did not fear to tell the different story to expand it and build on it. This is something sorely missed in latest SW trilogy - it was good but for all means and purposes it was rehashing of already known stories.

Legacy was a precious Dark Horse setting for the SW - it is almost two centuries after the Emperor was defeated, New Republic is still standing even after encounters with creatures like Yuuzhan Vong, Imperial Remnant (Thrawn's domain) has evolved into [benevolent] Empire with Baron Fel at its head. It seems all is OK when suddenly Sith come back and manage to stir the pot one more time and throw everything into chaos thus causing new galactic war that will, at the end, see Sith order brought down [yet] again by [very troubled] heir of the Skywalker.

And this is where we start - Alliance (remnant of the New Republic), Jedi and Fel's Empire are governing as a Triumvirate. Sith are thought to be extinct but by very accident they show their ugly mug again when Imperial Knight is attacked and imprisoned on a mysterious planet while Sith infiltrate the very heart of the Triumvirate's projects - establishment of the communication array to connect worlds left in isolation after the war.

And in all of that we have Ania Solo, heir of the Han and Lea Solo, stumble upon the schemes of the impostor .... and fun begins.

Excellent story with great characters and setting.

Highly recommended to all fans of Star Wars and epic heroic SF space opera in general.… (mehr)

Grand finale to the series.

First the good part - we have a final showdown between Sith and Imperial Knights (Jedi's are mysteriously missing from this story arc after brief show-up in volume #1). But the twist here is in the person who will bring the end to the Krayt's Sith order (or will he?).
Ania ends up a freelancer and together with her crew will start ending up in various hot spots (if ending is anything to go by) in a manner very familiar to Han.

The bad part - story is rushed to the extreme. At the moments I felt I was missing pages in edition I read. It all looks like story was cut mid-way which is truly sad. I wish Star Wars moved more in the way of the Legacy series instead of sticking to [safe] retelling of the already known stories. It would be much interesting story telling. Character of Ania Solo also proved that it is not necessary to have Force wielders to have a good Star Wars story. I hope somebody will recognize this and build on it. I wish they had time to give us more Ania's background - there were hints everywhere but main pieces are missing. This way reader feels like very important part is missing.

Art is good but, as I said above, due to the abrupt cut of the story-line, feels confusing and weird. It's like team just run out of time to complete the arc. In overall it was good.

Recommended to all fans of Star Wars and space opera in general.… (mehr)

Second book in the series brings forth the Mon Calamari and Quarrens, people most devastated by Darth Krayt's actions during the galactic war.

So when Ania ends up on the devastated Mon Calamari planetary shipyard ring she will come to terms that creatures from the dark are unfortunately not vanquished but flourishing in the gray areas of lawlessness.

Art is more sketchy this time but it did not ruin the experience for me.

What did cause some weird sensations is the mere speed of the story - it seems like everyone was rushing to complete the story as soon as possible and it shows.

But in any case this was rather good episode and I wholeheartedly recommend it to all Star Wars (and space opera in general) fans.… (mehr)

Ania's past is getting to her when she suddenly finds herself proclaimed a criminal responsible for killing of the Imperial Knight. This brings with it groups of bounty hunters and one is very determined to capture Ania ... but not for the reasons you would expect.

Again, very good story from the Legacy series. I like that authors are truly trying to flesh out the characters in this series and give the story a more serious tone.

Art is very good and something you dont see that much in Star Wars comics (in a good way).

Recommended to all fans of Star Wars and space opera in general.… (mehr)