Series: LegacyWriters: John Ostrander
Galaxy Date: 137 ABY*Legacy is one of the most daring works of the Expanded Universe because it takes the reader far into the future. Legacy focuses on a time period about 100 years after the life and death of Luke Skywalker. The galaxy is quite different from the one we once knew. It is a time when Sith rule the galaxy. The Jedi, once more, have been driven to near extinction.
The comic's main anti-hero is Cade Skywalker a drug-addicted ex-jedi bounty
hunter who has some major emotional issues. Cade flies around the galaxy in his
ship “Mynock”. His crew includes his co-pilot, Jariah Syn, and his mechanic
Delilah Blue. Cade is not a very nice being and seems beyond redemption. Cade
does, however, have a destiny and the force ghosts of his long dead ancestors
Mara Jade and Luke Skywalker keep pestering him about it.
The Galaxy that Cade lives in is a broken one. A being named Darth Krayt has taken over and established “The One Sith”. In this order there can be only one Dark Lord of the Sith, but many Sith followers that all pledge blind-obedience to their master. The mystery of who Darth Krayt is and where he comes from is resolved early in the series and connects back to earlier Star Wars comics. Other notable Sith include a female Twi’lek named Darth Talon and Darth Nihl who uses a long-handled lightsaber.
Roan Fel was also the leader of the Imperial Knights. These were force users
who rejected the dark side of the force, but did not strictly follow the light
side either. They were identifiable by their red armor and white lightsabers.
They were to protect the Emperor at all cost, but their ultimate allegiance was
to “The Force”. Therefore is the Emperor went over to the dark side, they were
to remove him from power.
Still prevalent in the galaxy, though in hiding, are the Jedi Order. Curiously,
in charge of this order is Jedi Master K’Kruhk. K’Kruhk is an old being and a
survivor. He has been a Jedi since the Old Republic and appeared in other
comics that I have reviewed including Star
Wars: Republic and Dark Times.
The fourth, important branch, in this comic is the Galactic Alliance Rembrant
(the successor to the Rebel Alliance). This galactic force is ruled by a Duros
named Admiral Gar Stazi. Stazi’s tactical genius may rival only Grand Admiral
Thrawn’s. Stazi will stop at nothing to take down the One Sith rule, even if it means teaming up with the Empire.
Legacy does a great job brining to light all the forces of the Star Wars Universe: Jedi, Sith, Alliance, Empire, Bounty Hunters, Rogues, even the Yuuzhan Vong make a few appearances. Legacy pushes the Star Wars saga generations into the future and reminds us that the story never ends. This series earns a rare score of 5 out of 5 lightsabers.
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