Star Wars: Legacy: War 3
What is it ? : At the Jedi Hidden Temple, we see Rawk speaking to his wife, Droo, by hologram, he has rejoined the Jedi Order to help fight the Sith because of the current chaos, and she tells him that the Guardians have asked her to return to duty as well. She asks after Cade, but he still doesn't trust his nephew, and they tell each other they love one another before Rawk opens a box to retrieve his lightsaber.
On the Wheel, Cade and his group have arrived, summoned by Morrigan Corde, and just after they arrive at her safe house she enters, staggering as the poison given her by Veed is still in her system. She hasn't changed her appearance, so at first they think she's Nyna Calixte and want revenge for her actions, but she tells them the truth of her dual identity, and reveals that when Veed poisoned her and she jumped out of the window, the pack she grabbed contained a jet pack. She tells Cade that she doesn't expect to be healed, but wanted to tell him that for all her mistakes, she loved his father and she loves Cade, and she gives him the hologram she has of the three of them when Cade was an infant.
He tells her that he can't heal her, that he can only access the healing of the Light Side with someone he loves like Deliah, and he can't forgive Morrigan for her betrayal, so would need to access the Dark Side, something he isn't willing to do anymore.
Kol Skywalkers force ghost appears, and asks Cade to heal Morrigan, telling Cade that as Cade loves him, he loves Morrigan and forgives her. Cade attempts to heal her, but can't get over his anger at her abandonment of him as a child, but Kol manages to convince Cade to give up his anger at Morrigan forgiving her, which allows him to access the light side and heal her.
As they head back to the Mynock, they are confronted by Darth Talon who tells them she has left a gift aboard their vessel, Cade tries to kill her but she escapes. Aboard the Mynock they discover Antares Draco frozen in carbonite.
Unfreezing him, he tells them of the rescue attempt and his torture, and that he revealed the location of the Jedi Hidden Temple, which they head immediately to so they can warn the Jedi.
On Coruscant, Krayt reveals the location of the Hidden Temple to the Moffs, and orders an attack.
Arriving at the Hidden Temple, Marisiah takes Draco to speak to, while Cade goes before the Jedi Council to warn them. The council wants to evacuate, but Cade warns them that the Sith will be waiting for them to leave the safety of the Temple, whose location was chosen because it cannot be scanned or targetted, making it still the most secure place they know. They should hide the younglings in the deep caves, and lure the Sith in. Once the Sith are committed, the Jedi should call upon the Fel Empire and Galactic Alliance Fleets to combine in an attack on the Sith while they are at a disadvantage around the Temple. The Jedi agree, as does Roan Fel and Gar Stazi.
The Sith fleet arrives and finds they cannot target the Temple, and are destroying their own fighters, so dispatch ground forces to attack, including Joker Squad. In the airspace around the Temple, the Mynock with Morrigan, Deliah and Jariah aboard it, joins with fighters to defend the temple, but when Morrigan freezes, Jariah questions her, for her to reveal the starfighters attacking include her daughter, but he tells her to kill anyone she isn't related to.
As the combines Jedi and Imperial Knights on the surface fight the Sith forces, Cade summons their allies, and Moff Yage in charge of the Sith Fleet realises that their ships are trapped within the gravity well against superior enemy forces above, and tells Krayt they are trapped which he appears unsurprised by. . . . .
High Points : This issue starts well, and gets better. The scenes with Cade and his mother tie up so many plot threads and really make this feel as if we're finally completing some of Cades story. And then we're thrown into the battle around the Hidden Temple, Cade has come forward as a leader, and the Jedi follow his plan. Using their foreknowledge of the Sith attack, to create a trap, with the Sith fleet stuck within the gravity field of the planet, the combined Fel and Alliance forces can take advantage of this to finally destroy the Sith fleet. But we see that Krayt has kept his Sith Troopers and new ships hidden from even his own Moffs, and is likely prepared to use them to strike at his enemies while they are away from the planetary defences which have kept them safe in the past.
Low Points : But once again, if Krayt had all these forces, he could have won this war long ago. Why keep them hidden away?
While I can make Cades healing powers work, that he has problems healing Morrigan because his negative feeling of abandonment overwhelm the positive feelings he must access to use the Light Side to heal. But he really explains it badly, when he says he could only heal Deliah because he loved her. Makes the power extremely limited, but I suppose even he doesn't really understand how it all works.
So what do you really think ? : A really good issue, we're getting Cades storylines finally wrapped up, making this feel as if we're getting towards the end of his story, but we're getting action as everyone gets together for one climactic battle between the Light Side forces and the Sith. Fel, Stazi and the Jedi are all in on this fight, as Krayt brings his forces to bear on his enemies.
Final Words : Although we seem to be in the final battle of this series, we've still got three whole issues to go, so I guess there will be some twists and turns before the end, the Sith Troopers will turn the battle in favour of the Sith, but Gunn Yage, Skull Squadron and her father, and Joker Squad on the surface aren't too happy with who they fight for, so may turn on the Sith, turning the battle back towards the allies. Lots to happen, and I'm really looking forwards to reading it after this fantastic issue.
Score : 9.5/10
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