Name: Star Wars Hyperspace Stories: Qui-Gon
Published by: Dark Horse Comics
Writer: George Mann
Artists: Andrea Mutti, Gigi Baldassini
Colorist: Vladimir Popov
Letterer: Comicraft's Tyler Smith and Jimmy Betancourt
The new line of character centric 'Hyperspace Stories' initiative truly seems like a promising initiative. It is a great scope to tell fun stories featuring these beloved characters occurring throughout the vast timespan of the franchise. And the first entry is quite enjoyable in a simplistic yet poignant way.
The story is placed sometime before 'The Phantom Menace', while also incorporating a glimpse into Qui-Gon Jinn's time as a Padawan. The characterization was spot on and the cameo by Dooku was a nice delight.
It was nice to have the story focus on the greyer side of the force rather than a straightforward concept of light vs dark. I really liked the interesting yet less known cult that was a part of the story. The interesting story did make up for the relative scarcity of action.
The art was okay, but nothing extraordinary barring a few detailed backgrounds. I would have liked if the art was a bit more eye-catching.
This gets 4 out of 5 stars from me mostly based on the interesting story.
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