Gillen has embraced the Dark Side, and it dominates the tone of the book, both for better and for worse.

  According to Zeno’s Dichotomy Paradox, in a footrace between the much quicker Achilles and a much slower tortoise, wherein the later starts with a lead, Achilles could never hope to catch the tortoise.  Indeed, no matter how long he runs, he could never even reach the starting point from which the tortoise began the…

Yoda lied.  In the murky swamps of Dagobah, Luke inquired of the wizened Jedi, “Is the Dark Side stronger?”  Yoda assured the fledgling knight that it was easier, more seductive, but not stronger. Yoda and his former student Obi-Wan have been known to tell the truth “from a certain point of view.”  But for viewers…

It’s the scene from Attack of the Clones in the arena on Geonosis where the small cadre of surviving Jedi are encircled by the Seperatist droids, their slaughter imminent, when a laser blast suddenly streams from above, Yoda having arrived with an army of clones in tow to rescue our heroes.  It’s the scene in…

The character of Han Solo is no stranger to retroactive continuity. The most famous alteration in the history of film existed solely for the purpose of softening his character. Even given such, the revelation at the end of issue #6 that Han was (possibly) once been married was far more radical a change than having…