Star Wars: Darth Vader Volume 1 - Vader

Stupendo in tutti i disegni. Art book molto curato . Edizione molto bella da collezione. Oltre a leggerlo mi aiuta per crearmi i costumi da cosplay . Consigliato a tutti gli amanti dei fumetti art book di Star Wars.

Ya que Disney no da una en las películas y series al menos los comícs nos recuerdan que hay cosas buenísimas de Star Wars.

It’s strange how one can be a Star Wars fan and never explore this huge fandom but that’s what I was. If you asked me to name my favourite films of all times, Star Wars would always be amongst them (and yes, that includes the much hated prequels because I’ve just rewatched them after wasting years of hating them and guess what… they’re not really all that bad after all) and yet, I’ve always been content with just the films and my own vivid imagination. But then The Force Awakens happened and all of a sudden I got sucked into the fandom with my fangirling flame burning brighter than ever and YESSS I’ve started reading, nay: devouring one book after the other but only those telling stories of the Dark Side because… Sith. Cool. Evil. Scary. VADER. (“Lords of the Sith” by Paul S. Kemp, anyone? Love it!!!!) Then I found out there’s a whole comic book series about the Dark Lord himself and I found myself in a dilemma. A comic book? Little pictures? Speech bubbles? ZOOM and WHACK and CRASH? Wouldn’t that be awfully ridiculous and so not Vader at all? See, I’ve never been a fan of comic books – I’ve always found “real”books more interesting. If I want to see pictures, I watch a film. And yet. And yet. How could I resist, incurable Vader fangirl that I am? And so it came to pass that at an age of, well, old enough to have seen the original trilogy at the cinema, I bought my first comic book and lo and behold, I’ve fallen utterly in love. This is just… amazing! It has nothing whatsoever to do with the cartoonesque comic books I remember from childhood. This is real art! No skimming through the pages on account of there being so little text – it’s all in the pictures. There’s just so many intricate details, so much is told in just one frame. To skim those would be a mortal sin indeed. I was stunned to find myself losing myself in the comic as I would in a “real” book. Amazing! There’s a real story, too, and one that makes perfect sense for me. One must not forget that for all of his evilness, Darth Sidious aka the Emperor aka Chancellor Palpatine has always been and still is a cunning politician and cunning politicians know their business. That includes – apart from manipulating and lying – knowing the hard facts, i.e. being aware of the budget at hand. So, if your right-hand man is (partly) responsible for blowing up one of your biggest assets, well, there will have to be consequences and Palpatine wouldn’t be Palpatine if he didn’t know how to crack the whip and snap the reins. And as there is neither love nor sympathy lost between a Sith lord and his apprentice, Vader grudgingly tolerates his demotion but starts brewing his own plans, and that includes striking up a bargain with Jabba the Hutt (although he’s not “used to haggling”) and teaming up with a female version of Indiana Jones and James Moriarty rolled into one who just so happens to have the evil twins of C3PO and R2 D2 at her hand. Now, this could very easily have become a laughing matter but it somehow works really well. In fact, I’ve become rather fond of Dr Aphra and Triple Zero and BT –there’s really nothing about killer droids that should evoke feelings of fondness but please, Triple Zero is so very polite about everything and you find yourself smiling although he’s about to do something really horrible but he says it so very nicely. And Aphra may be the most unlikely of sidekicks but that somehow makes her perfect for that role. I also very much like how subtly Vader’s memories are woven into the whole story. There’s never an embarrassing waste of words or an unseemly display of emotions – it’s shown in one single frame (Anakin and Padme kissing on Geonosis) or in a very short sequence (Padme telling Anakin she’s pregnant) and that makes it even more heartbreaking because you realise that although Vader has chosen to live on hatred and anger, he has not deleted all of his memories, not even the happy ones. I understand from other reviewers that they feel somewhat betrayed by this insight because Vader is EVIL incarnate, right? There can be no happy memories in this sinister brain of his! I respectfully disagree because I think this adds to Vader’s appeal. He wasn’t born the iconic villain we’ve all come to love and fear; he got there step by step, layer by layer, and his past has made him what he is now. I think these brief flashbacks were brilliantly put into the story and made it all the more believable. Ah, I’m rambling. I’m sorry. It’s just that I’m so very overwhelmed. I honestly did not expect to be so superbly entertained by a book that has colourful images and speech bubbles instead of “proper text”, and I can’t wait to sink my teeth into volumes 2 + 3 (yes, they’re on their way into my greedy little hands). So: if you want to find out more about Vader and his personality, read this and you will not regret it. If you’d rather stick to the villainous aspects he so wonderfully displays in the original trilogy, you might want to stay away. As for me, I’m glad I’ve ventured into the world of comic books and I’m thankful to Marvel that they’ve given Darth Vader the platform he deserves. Featuring one of the bad guys (although he is THE bad guy) as the hero of an entire series is rather risky, so thank you, Marvel, thank you so much.

Fantastic comic, first Darth Vader comic but I love it

Una gran historia para los fans de Darth Vader. Se trata del primer cómic canónico de la Era Disney, que sigue las andanzas del Sith después de Star Wars: Una Nueva Esperanza. La edición es buena, con una impresión de calidad que permite apreciar el arte de Salvador Larroca.