Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Dark Lords of the Sith

by Kevin J. Anderson and Tom Veitch

Book Overview

Ulic Qel-Droma and Nomi Sunrider and young Jedi Knights drawn into a battle for the survival of the Old Republic. But as the power of the evil Sith spreads across the galaxy, it threatens the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569710953
• ISBN13: 9781569710951
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Dark Horse Books
• Length: 117 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

A great book!

This interesting book is the second book in the Knights of the Old Republic series. The series is a collection of graphic novels that takes the reader to the Old Republic, thousands of years before the events of The Phantom Menace. In this graphic novel we are introduced to Exar Kun, a Jedi whose fascination with the ancient Sith teachings is leading him towards the dark-side. Also, with the ascension of a pair of Sith magicians to the throne of The Empress Teta system, the Republic is moving towards war. Ulic Qel-Droma thinks that he can destroy the menace single-handed, and avoid a bloody showdown between the Sith and the Republic, but what will be the cost? My twelve-year-old son is a big Star Wars fan, and he picked up this series so that he could keep on learning about the Star Wars universe. Overall, we found this to be a great book. The illustration work is very good, and the story is gripping. We enjoyed the action and the many different creatures and races that are the hallmark of Star Wars. Yep, we both enjoyed this book, and highly recommend it to you. We highly recommend the entire Tales of the Jedi series!

Greatest Star Wars comic ever...

Except issue 6. I think Kevin Anderson wrote this one, with the corny lines "HE HAS A SITH AMULET! THEY'RE DEADLY!" and "I wonder who that man is? I feel like I will learn much from him!" and "Dace is dead! I told him." The Jedi in the final issue seem to be Supermen, unfallable. The story shows a young Jedi turn to the Dark Side because of the death of his master and another Jedi, Exar Kun turn to the Dark Side because he was just plain dumb. No really, he was. His Jedi Master told him not to go looking into The Sith because he is too young. Maybe he should have listened to the crab Master, I mean he IS A MASTER right? The art is good, except for issue 6. I don't know what happened, but issue 6 can not be part of the series. It is just awful, awful writing and art. The lightsabers are blue sticks. Seriously, they put NO effect into them at all. The coloring is poor on everything too. When it shows lasers or effects, its just 2 colors and not a variety of colors.

The best in the Tales of the Jedi series

If you're like me, you love it when the overwhelming power of the Dark Side is seething at every corner in the storywriting. If that's the case, then this book will make you go, "yyyyeeeeaaaahhhh!" It is an incredible setup for The Sith War, the next book in the series. If you watched The Empire Strikes Back (and who didn't) and you want to know more about why Yoda and Obi-Wan worried about Luke being turned to the Dark Side when trying to confront it, this contains a perfect example of a similar young Jedi who suffered that very fate. If you read this, I doubt you'll be able to resist picking up The Sith War. It leaves you on the edge of your seat saying, "Ooh! What happens next?" A definite must-read.

THE RISE AND FALL OF A DARK LORD

Once again the nonstop thrilling actions and adventures of the jedi knights continues in its stunning glory. Here we have the oppertunity to understand how a jedi knight is seduced to the dark side of the force. Exar Kun, a young jedi knight in training has defied his jedi master by reading his holocran which contains forbidden knowledge of the dark power, particularly battle events and their outcome. Kun motivated by his curiousity of the dark side power, is taken advantage of by the spirit of the ancient fallen jedi Freedon Nad, who incidently brought the power of the Sith to Onderon, will quickly begin Kun's descent down the path of the dark side, by showing Kun the secrets of the Sith on Korriban and then on Yavin 4. Amist the main battle yet to come there is a pinch of romance here too. The sound effects and voice dictions are superbly well done. I highly recommend the audio version for a good long drive. The ending is totaly climatic leaving you with a cliff hanger.

Awsome way to enjoy comics.

Well, no one else has reviewed this yet, and I figured it was about time. IMHO, Full Cast Audio Dramas such as this one, are the only way to do comics! I really enjoy all the characters, Nomi in particular. There's something about her voice that just brings the character to life. I highly recomend this Audio Drama to all STAR WARS fans out there, especially those who don't normally like reading comics.