Man this issue has it all!. So much packed into 22 pages. Where to start? How about at the beginning where we pick up where issue #8 left off. Jocasta just couldn’t leave well enough alone that she came to the Jedi Temple for one thing only, the whereabouts of young Jedi throughout the galaxy, which she successfully obtained. As she left she watches the Grand Inquisitor tossing her precious books around as if they were trash. So instead of getting out of the temple she springs into action and confront the him. Words are said between them as the Grand Inquisitor reveals who he is (or once was) to Jocasta and just as the Grand Inquisitor gains the upper hand and is about to deal a crushing blow to her Vader steps in and stops him. Perplexed, the Grand Inquisitor wonders what side Vader is on because of this act. While they bicker like children, Jocasta makes her getaway and this is where the issue really starts to pick up.

There might not be much in the way of full blown action for the rest of the issue, but the dialog and actions of the characters are some of the most exhilarating sequences I’ve read in a book this year. As Jocasta hides within the temple and Vader makes his way around looking for her while he listens to her speaking to him through the Force, Jocasta find out who the true identity is of the Sith Lord in search of her. The writers are doing an amazing job reminding us that these sequences of events are not long after the moment Anakin has become Vader. Sometimes, as fans, we lose sight and lose track of that simple fact because we have known this of Anakin’s acceptance of the Dark Side for so long and take it for granted. But reading these events and being there as some of the Jedi who remain post Order 66 and witnessing their reactions when they find out exactly who Vader is or what he has become takes you right back to the events of Revenge of the Sith. It’s enough to give you goosebumps. more