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Comic Book Review – Star Wars Adventures: Beware Vader’s Castle
There’s been plenty of criticisms fired at Disney over the direction of
Star Wars in the last few years, but
Star Wars Adventures: Beware Vader’s Castle just proves the franchise is flourishing in fresh and uniquely riveting ways. This horror anthology just shows how a galaxy far, far away is filled with endless storytelling possibilities all while occasionally catching up with familiar heroes and villains. The 232-page IDW graphic novel written by Cavan Scott combines two miniseries,
Tales From Vader’s Castle and
Return to Vader’s Castle, and sees a group of Rebels escape to the fiery lava planet, Mustafar, to avoid being shot down by a TIE fighter. But after their landing, they fall peril to threats hidden in Vader’s Castle and learn about other chilling threats hiding in the outer reaches of space.
Tales from Vader’s Castle comic (which forms part of IDW’s young readers’
Star Wars Adventures series),
Shadow of Vader’s Castle takes place immediately after the events of
Return of the Jedi. The plot focuses on two young Mustafarian boys named Giggek and Tuttel, who embark on a quest to destroy the titular deceased Sith Lord’s fortress on their lava-filled homeward. But things do not go according to plan, and the two boys quickly discover that Lord Vader’s castle is filled with unimaginable horrors and things which go bump in the night. The comic also includes flashbacks to key moments throughout Darth Vader’s life, and showcases some of the appalling acts he committed in the name of the Empire. The one-shot comic was drawn by an assortment of artists, including Derek Charm, Nicoletta Baldari, Nick Brokenshire, and Francesco Francavilla, and they all clearly did a great job of capturing the more frightening aspects of the universe we all know and love.