The final chapter of Tales From Vader's Castle highlighted the pros and ignored the cons of this series, which made for an excellent conclusion. More misses than hits throughout these five issues made the grand finale of finally seeing Darth Vader do his thing an arduous journey that was almost not worth the trip. Read Full Review

Given that the storyline focused on Rebels breaking into Vader's castle on Mustafar, it's hard to believe they'd live to tell the tale, but this is an all-ages series, after all, so we can cut them some slack in the issue's lack of decapitations. Read Full Review

Too often the series has been underdeveloped and under-planned, and I don’t know if the success of this issue could have saved Tales from Vader’s Castle as a whole. Before the stories lost their way, the first issue offered a glimmer of hope that this could be the kind of series where you might reach for a well-worn paperback copy, year after year, as part of a Star Wars Halloween-time family tradition. This final issue cements the fact that it won’t be. Read Full Review