STAR WARS: DARTH VADER BY GREG PAK VOL. 3 - WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS

Usually the Darth Vader stories are highly intriguing to me, but I was somewhat disappointed in this one. After reading the other three War of the Bounty Hunters installments in publication order, I had some interesting expectations of what might happen, especially with Crimson Dawn. Perhaps the writers didn't want to get too repetitive?It was still a great Vader story. He works with a bounty hunter to not only retrieve Han in carbonite, but to sway the bids and outcomes related to Crimson Dawn operations. This arc felt a little bit all over the place at times, perhaps not fully in chronological order, and any time shifts were rather unclear. Vader still seeks Luke, but seemingly wants to kill him at this point, which felt out of character to me.As per usual with the Vader comics, the art is phenomenal. Sometimes I find myself just admiring the details, especially on Vader himself, for a good solid few minutes before moving on. There is quite a bit of promise with where Vader's story might go, as he has his ties with Luke, and now finds a new adversary in the return of Crimson Dawn.

Vader didn't give Solo up just like that. He had other plans for him. It is great how all the different books tie together.

Really enjoyed this volume. Couldn't put it down

Paid for a new graphic novel and get one with creased pages and creased spine with flared pages. Clearly been used before.

The third volume of Greg Pak’s “Darth Vader” series is an arc that finds itself tasked with two distinct narrative duties: a.) building upon (and in some cases, wrapping up rather decidedly) the storylines laid out over the course of the previous two arcs in the series, and b.) tying its story into the ongoing “War of the Bounty Hunter” event in a way that feels meaningful and, ideally, not overly corporate-mandated. For the most part, writer Greg Pak does a decent job with accomplishing both tasks: issues 12-16 do a commendable job of contributing to the narrative needs of the broader franchise-wide event while never wholly forsaking the series’ own forward momentum. It’s an impressive balancing act, the kind that makes you wish that all ongoing comics series were quite as adept at integrating events events into their ongoing story progressions.

A fantastic continuation of the series that has me excited for what's next! Minor spoiler ahead be warned! "SPOILER" I thought from the prologue and from what was happening in the story that this took place after ESB? If so, then why does Luke have a lightsaber? And an odd one too. Its Anakins hilt, which he lost, but the blade is yellow? He didn't make a new one until he went to save Han in ROTJ so how does he have one in this book? I wish they had explained it or better didn't have it. Again, a minor thing from an overall fantastic story.

A great book. Since surviving his masters trial Darth Vader is even more galvanised to what he wants. More powerful then ever, he is in for the long game, but he has not forgotten about Luke.This book takes place during the War of Bounty Hunters. There are a lot of games and strings being pulled. Yes Vader is a kick the front door open and kill everyone but he knows about strategy. Though he is there to make people fear him. A few people might need a reminder.I really enjoyed the study used in Star Wars Volume one. There Luke keeps looking back at his fight with Vader. This time it us Vader reminiscing about his past and making promises.Thus book has a lot of intrigued and lots of action. A great reminder that Vader is the man. I can't wait for volume three. I look forward to seeing who else need a personal reminder from him.

Si eres fan de Star Wars amarás el universo expandido en cómics de la saga 2020. Hasta ahora he leído los de vader y war of the bounty hunters y seguro los leeré un par de veces más, me han encantado.Ahora vamos a por Star Wars 2020 y Crimson Reign.Imperdibles para acérrimos fans de la saga.

While an improvement over the previous volume, and quite good, still suffers from being in the shadow of the previous brilliant run. Still well worth a read for the multiple scenes of Vader being badass and the story moving along in the tangled web of events throughout the rest of the Star Wars comics 'verse.