3.5 if that was an option.
I just finished reading
Star Wars Omnibus: Tales of the Jedi, Vol. 1
and
Star Wars Omnibus: Tales of the Jedi, Vol. 2
which were set during the Old Republic era. They provided and inspired much of the KOTOR lore. I was extremely impressed with the quality of the writing in both volumes and enjoyed the art style.
So, I decided to purchase this volume and was less pleased than with TOTJ 1 & 2 but in the end I'd still say it was worth purchasing for any SW fan.
Other than his brief appearance in the prequel trilogy, I wasn't that familiar with these Quinlan Vos. In case you aren't either, let me give a brief overview. QV is a Jedi Knight (later a master) who wakes up with no memory. He can read impressions off of objects and is often drawn to the dark side for various reasons. He has some unresolved tension between him and his Padawan Aayla. Great premise for pulp sci-fi.
Unfortunately many of these stories fail to live up to that premise and are sometimes merely a pretense for splash pages of Quinlan Vos kicking someone in the face and using force lightning. The characters, with the exception of his sometimes sidekick/sometimes betrayer Villie are woefully underdeveloped and at times there's far too much exposition (anytime Mace Windu showed up, things took a rapid turn for the boring). Still it's fun stuff at times. Except for one arc, the art is also quite good and matches the material.
The volume starts off quite strong with QV having a bout of amnesia and escaping from pursuers in "Twilight". The mystery is part of what makes it fun and the next 2 arcs deal in similar themes.
"Infinity's End" is good but not as good as the first arc and has QV dispatched to a planet with evil witches and various intrigue. It's a good pulp adventure. After that is "Darkness", which is as good as the first adventure and delves into QV's past and power to read objects when he is investigating a prison planet and meets up with Aayla once more.
In "The Stark Hyperspace War", far too much is told in flashback, when it should be shown. It's awful and none of the characters act anything like they have previously. Also, the art is much more "cartoony" than elsewhere in the book, which mostly has a grittier look to it. The "Devaronian Version" is a Villie arc, which deals with his own recounting of "Twilight" from his perspective to a group of fellow degenerates at a bar. It's extremely funny and well done and probably the best thing in the book along with "Twilight". The same cartoonish pencils that didn't work in TSHW work wonderfully here.
The last arc in the book, "Rite of Passage" is much better than TSHW, but also a bit of a letdown since "The Grey Jedi" seems to play by the rules a little too much, going against character. Also, kick to the face + force lightning is the order of the day. The art in this arc is especially good.
This omnibus is extremely uneven, but a lot of pulp sci-fi fun. Recommended, but not the best of the SW omnibus lot. Read TotJ omnibuses first.
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