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zechs27 (zechs27) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-11-14 01:21:00

Entry tags:

char: darth vader/anakin skywalker, creator: jim hall, creator: john ostrander, publisher: dark horse, title: star wars

Purge: Seconds To Die
Four Scans of the sequel to Purge.

A relative to Jedi Master Plo Koon, Sha Koon, come's out of hiding to challenge Darth Vader to be Palpatine's apprentice. How did she survive? Well she was in the Jedi Library and passed out when Plo bought it. She then wake's up and beats a retreat and stays on the run for a bit. She hides underneath the sewer system of the Jedi Temple. Back to her challenge of course it's accepted. After Vader dispatchs some sewer dwellers we arrive to the main event:

She lands a couple good blows on Vader.

Of course it doesn't end there. She is witness to one last vision. What is that vision? Well.. go get the book. I'm quite surprised at seeing this at my LCS. I thought what the heck. First one was awesome.

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	queen_marshed 2009-11-14 09:24 am UTC (link)
	I know they're not badly drawn or anything here (infact the art is rather nice) but for some reason the idea that in order to be an alien chick you need a pair of perky boobs (despite obviously non-mammalian)kinda wierds me out, especially here. They just don't seem to fit. :S Pretty badass comic though. :D (Reply to this) (Thread)

	furioussterling 2009-11-14 09:34 am UTC (link)
	Oh god, I so agree with the boobs thing. Especially considering how "alien" er head is in comparison to the rest of her body. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	queen_marshed 2009-11-14 10:27 am UTC (link)
	It's like "lalala cool alien lalala" BAM "BOOOBS!!" "Whut?" There's gotta be more creative ways to differantiate sexes in alien species. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dreamreaver 2009-11-14 12:16 pm UTC (link)
	To the (other) black hole of the internet! _{Please don't kill me...} (Reply to this) (Parent)

	silverzeo 2009-11-14 03:05 pm UTC (link)
	We should also take in consideration that most sentient alien species that people encounter are bipedal (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-11-14 04:39 pm UTC (link)
	Even on Earth that's an aberration. There are countless more six limbed life forms on Earth than there ever are four limbed, fewer still which walk on two and use two exclusively for manipulation. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

the_jeff
2009-11-15 06:17 am UTC (link)

Well... that's true, but using limbs for manipulation is pretty important for technological advancement. After all, it's also accurate to say that 100% of life forms on Earth that have engaged in space travel walk on two limbs and use two excessively for manipulation.

(for the record, I'm talking about the people that built and operated the craft, not hapless animals strapped in for the ride)

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	icon_uk 2009-11-14 04:47 pm UTC (link)
	Just as bad as the "Tales from Jabba's Palace" story where Yarna the heavily built female is revealed to be a sleek, slim female who was just storing a lot of water internally because Tatooine was a dry planet, and the male character on the story only became attracted to her when she was slim. How pleasant would it have been to have her BE big, and still be sexy? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	cyberghostface 2009-11-14 10:38 pm UTC (link)
	Heh. James Cameron admitted to adding boobs to the main female protagonist of Avatar despite the fact it didn't make sense for her species to have them, all because "she's got to have tits" (his exact words). (Reply to this) (Parent)

jeyl
2009-11-14 11:34 am UTC (link)

....Vader kills again. Woo frelling hoo. And everyone still buys the fact that he's so easily redeemed in ROTJ that we can just wipe his slate clean of all the decades worth of murder and genocide he's been a part of. I didn't even need to think about what was going to happen to Sha Koon when I saw this comic. A woman actually taking the center stage in a Star Wars story? Ya, that'll last. I love how even in her vision she actually admits to herself that she's useless and that it's going to be the 'son', not the siblings who brings back the Jedi.

This comic sucks. Not because the story or art is bad, but because it reflects what I've come to expect from Star Wars. Women have no place in the leading role of any Star Wars story and nobody really cares. The only thing that seems to really matter is how many people Vader gets a chance to murder.

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	silverzeo 2009-11-14 03:03 pm UTC (link)
	To be fair, Vader does take out the Emperor, a man of greater evil in order to save his son, which in the end demolishes the entire Empire. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jeyl 2009-11-14 06:53 pm UTC (link)
	Oh really? Thrawn didn't seem to think so. Nor did Palpatine's Clone. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aaron_bourque 2009-11-15 03:29 am UTC (link)
	Oh? But the Empire collapsed pretty damn quick once those two were gone, and there's some question about whether Palpatine's clone is really Palpatine's. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jeyl 2009-11-15 04:06 am UTC (link)
	Still, Anakin allowed the emperor to rule, and chose to remain on the same path for decades to which I'm sure the galaxy would never fully recover from. Frankly, I'm not entirely convinced he was a good person in general even before he fell into this so-called 'dark side'. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

aaron_bourque
2009-11-15 08:59 pm UTC (link)

Anakin allowed the emperor to rule

Darth Vader's psychology is, at least to me, actually interestingly complicated. Simplifying it: on the one hand, he's strangely loyal; on the other, he's filled with guilt and anger, and the Emperor let's him indulge in that. Also, he thinks he's on a path with no off-ramp, and then suddenly his son shows up and goes "No, there's good in you, I've felt it." Vader starts realizing he can build his own off-ramp, or at least jump off the path.

I'm not entirely convinced he was a good person in general even before he fell

You see, that's another bit that's so interesting to me. How much of Vader is Anakin, and how much is Sidious' manipulations?

so-called 'dark side'.

Oh, don't tell me you're one of those.

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	jeyl 2009-11-16 12:50 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, don't tell me you're one of those." A Bindo? You bet. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2009-11-14 05:08 pm UTC (link)
	I can't remember which book it was, but even Luke admitted that act of goodness didn't make up for a lifetime of evil. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	aaron_bourque 2009-11-14 06:17 pm UTC (link)
	The only thing that seems to really matter is how many people Vader gets a chance to murder. 'Cause when you think Star Wars, you think "Murder! Yippee!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jeyl 2009-11-14 06:54 pm UTC (link)
	I wish it didn't have to come to that, but why else would anyone want to read this? This story has been done before. (Reply to this) (Parent)