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Panels that could be colossal splash panels feel glossed over and lackluster. The set pieces, however, really suffer in this chapter. And the flashbacks into Vader’s past had an interesting panel arrangement, and the positioning of Vader against the memories spoke to when Anakin embraced the dark side. There are some panels in which he truly shines, like any time Vader is central to the panel, Bachs really nails how imposing of a figure Vader is. Vader’s back in chargeīachs’ art is fairly mediocre as well. Hopefully, Pak runs with this newly politically dominant Vader in future chapters. The story does end with Vader possibly taking control of himself at least reasserting his dominance over the Ahr, but it is worrisome that this is in the last panel. Still, it feels like most readers have seen this utilization of Vader previously and more effectively. Pak writes Vader as more of a tool to be used by the governor and the emperor than a character, which is fair because that is probably how these characters view him. But anyone who has read a Star Wars comic or even watched a Star Wars movie can already figure that out for themselves. The only insight into Vader’s character in Pak’s script is that he hates kneeling to superiority, especially Palpatine.

The reason Soule and Gillen’s scripts were so successful and impactful in the mythos of Vader was that they dealt with the tumult and emotions of an outwards emotionless, stagnant character. The main problem with this chapter is how little revolves around Vader’s thoughts. Because why not? There is no way this relentless killing machine with the textbook definition of an evil leader will ever rebel against you right? Pak’s story revolves around Vader following the orders of Governor Ahr “to the letter.” Once Ahr realizes he has a killing machine at his disposal, he sends Vader on a variety of quests to destroy, and in some instances humiliate. And the resulting book is an overall “meh” as an outcome. The question that arose was, is this necessary? How many more “Character-Defining” stories can one mostly silent menacing figure have? Unfortunately, the answer given in Greg Pak and Ramón Bachs’ Star Wars: Age Of Rebellion- Darth Vader #1 is not that inspiring.

After the resounding successes of Charles Soule and Giuseppe Camuncoli’s Star Wars: Darth Vader – Dark Lord of The Sith, as well as Kieron Gillen’s Star Wars: Darth Vader series, it only seems logical that Marvel would continue to pump out Vader stories.