A comiXologist Recommends (something new from a long time ago in galaxy far, far away)
Obi-Wan and Anakin #1
Anakin Skywalker is leaving the Jedi Order. No, wait, this
isn’t the story you know, this is the one that happened an even longer time
ago, in a galaxy we know all too well. It is several years after Obi-Wan Kenobi
pledged to teach Anakin the ways of the Force, and young Skywalker is restless.
He trains incessantly. He asks too many questions. He programs a practice
module to fight like the Sith Lord who slew his friend Qui-Gon, and the ghostly
not-quite-right interpretation of Darth Maul haunts the Jedi Masters who
observe.
Far away in the depths of space, a distress signal is heard,
and Obi-Wan and his angry charge are dispatched to aid whoever sent out the
call. The planet they arrive at is a swirl of chaos and light. There is a
fight; there is a war. There are never enough answers. All the Jedi can do is
help those they can, and it’s not enough for Anakin. (It will never be enough
for Anakin).
“He was a good friend,” Obi-Wan Kenobi said of Anakin in A
New Hope. Here, in Charles Soule’s stellar words and Marco Chechetto’s
unbelievably gorgeous art, I believe we will see what he meant.
Kara Szamborski supervises the production coordinator team
at comiXology and co-hosts the weekly podcast The comiXologist to help you find
awesome new comics to read. She is currently obsessed with Poe Dameron.
