#jul tambor

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What if Jul Tambor was active during the Clone Wars instead of Wat Tambor?

Generous, opulent, and shameless, you'd think being the Anti-Wat would make him a genuinely good person, but Jul Tambor is just as viscerally unsettling and difficult to be around for the exact opposite reasons. The Techno Union remains nominally neutral, controlled by Humans via Kuat Drive Yards, its largest subsidiary. Jul Tambor is a lowlevel functionary with enough free time to insinuate himself into critically important situations that do not benefit from his presence at all, begrudgingly allowed among most major factions because he is not respected in any of them.

How does this era affect Jul Tambor?

In canon, while he most likely was incredibly privileged for an indeterminate amount of time as a child, Jul Tambor lived another indeterminate amount of time under Imperial occupation, and then spent at least six years of early adulthood in an offworld refugee camp. This upbringing combined with immense pressure to measure up to Wat Tambor and acute awareness of how others perceive him has made Jul Tambor go to horrifying lengths for approval from literally everyone he meets, including people who are actively trying to kill him.

If he was instead born in a comparatively peaceful time with no example to live up to, Jul Tambor would definitely become a right hand arm man everything confidante best friend silly rabbit.

Baktoid Commercial Fabrication mass produces unfathomable quantities of small simple components. Everything made by the Techno Union and almost everything made by any society connected to the greater galactic community contains BCF components, yet BCF is not particularly lucrative or prestigious because rivets and dust filter casings are boring as hell and nearly impossible to upsell. BCF actually runs at a loss, which most of the Techno Union deems a necessary expense to ensure the galaxy is reliant on their products.

As President of BCF, all Jul Tambor needs to do is ensure components are produced as needed, and since these things are cheap and easy to make and store, and constantly in high demand, he is not affected by market forces the same way as, for example, a protocol droid manufacturer losing billions of credits because fewer people are travelling to remote Separatist-occupied regions.

One may assume Jul can't get promoted out of his dead-end figurehead job because he is incompetent, but it's mostly due to office politics. By the modest and practical standards of his own species, Jul Tambor's behavior is mortifying. Religious authorities officially declared him Skako's most reviled bastard. Most Skakoans outside the mystery cult agree this response is overblown, but can't be bothered to make exceptions for him. This is a source of confusion and amusement to non-Skakoans since the religious authorities never specify what he does to earn this title.

Since his own business can essentially run on autopilot, Jul Tambor spends most of his time getting involved in others' business. Foreman Kendra of Kuat relies on Jul Tambor to instigate and report on drama within the Techno Union, and deter outside agents attempting to take advantage of the Techno Union.

How does Jul Tambor affect this era?

The galaxy is more affected by the lack of Wat Tambor than the presence of Jul Tambor. Jul is DEFINITELY NOT capable of taking control of the Techno Union, or even just Baktoid. Skako remains impoverished and obscure. Skakoans are viewed by the galaxy as easily exploited near-droids that smell like shit and death, on the same social level as Jawas but with less charm. Offworld Skakoans rarely find non-horrible jobs outside of the Techno Union, who makes no effort to ingratiate Skakoans with the rest of the galaxy to keep this labor pool for themselves. Human-controlled subsidiaries Kuat Drive Yards and BlasTech hold enough sway to prevent the Techno Union from joining the Confederacy, albeit not enough sway to fully support the Republic.

With the Techno Union not providing any battle droids or arms to the CIS and only providing arms to the Republic in dribs and drabs, instead of catastrophically huge and destructive epic battles, the scale of warfare seen in The Phantom Menace continues, with most conflicts resolved via deranged political manoeuvring and extortionate economic leverage. This is much safer but infinitely more embarrassing.

Summary of Jul's arc in the Darth Vader 2020 comics:

Anakin sends Sabé to kill Jul

Sabé and Jul spend several days recursively kidnapping each-other

Sabé decides to defeat Jul without killing him

Anakin goes on a wholly unwarranted jealousy spiral

Sabé and Anakin both relied on Padmé's savvy and lacked experience and inclination to develop their own, so they achieve most of Jul's goals for him and freed him from crushing responsibility

Jul is disgraced but this doesn't matter because disgrace is his default state

Here's how I think these same events will play out in this setting:

Padmé attempts to convince Kuat Drive Yards to rescind their terms of neutrality in order to manufacture more Star Destroyers during the war, so Kendra of Kuat sends Jul to play interference with his irredeemable clickbait tabloid hell reputation.

Anakin hates to see his wife so discouraged, so he recruits Sabé into an incredibly ill-conceived revenge plot, which instantly backfires when the contingent of paparazzi camera snipers following Jul around at all times catches what looks like Padmé forcing Jul into an airspeeder at gunpoint.

During the resulting fallout, Sabé deflects blame from Padmé by claiming to be under no one's orders and solely responsible, and winds up in prison. By this point, Kendra is willing to concede, loosens Techno Union neutrality restrictions, and also fires Jul from being her assistant.

Victory?

The Republic winds up locked into a ludicrously expensive arms deal that delivers a fraction of what was initially proposed. Kendra pulls an absolutely insane hustler move and instates Jul Tambor as Techno Union representative in the Separatist Senate.

Jul continues doing what he always does: somehow gaining official access to places where he definitely shouldn't be, and dragging trade negotiations on for so long that everyone else gives up and either drops the deal or overpays by at least an order of magnitude. Still, any amount of arms to Separatists is worse than no arms to Separatists. Padmé's career is as good as dead and her friends and allies can't be seen in public with her anymore. Jul has always been an embarrassing tabloid trophy, so he comes out of this situation with a surprising amount of public sympathy.

Anakin's one track mind is pretty happy about all this, since Padmé being persona-non-grata gives her more time to spend with him, the shiny new Star Destroyers and escalating Separatist threat give him plenty of awesome battles to fight, and now that Jul is technically a crucial Separatist leader, Anakin has full approval to go kill him.

Padmé's putting on a sweet face while stewing in resentment. This wasn't the first time Anakin did something terrible in a loved one's name, but this time there was no poetry or grace or dignity or passion. Her life's work has been taken away in the most crushingly banal way possible.

Meanwhile, Jul left his figurehead role in the Senate, blackmailed his way onto the Separatist Council, and managed to ingratiate himself with General Grievous of all people, largely due to Grievous being physically unapproachable and Jul being socially unapproachable, so they keep each other around to ensure they will be left alone.

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Queer Star Wars Characters (Round 2): General Bracket Match 22

Chase Wilsorr | Identity: mlm | Media: ESB/”A Good Kiss”

Chase Wilsorr was the rebel soldier who walked between an arguing Han and Leia, and he was not having a good time when that happened. Overeager and clumsy, after failing Alliance basic training multiple times and being rejected from every other branch of the Alliance, he was a kitchen worker and runner on Echo Base. He didn’t appreciate how essential such support staff was, and he yearned to be a rebel hero. He believed in the self help novel Be Your Best Self, which was basically about self confidence and manifestation. He was an extremely skilled runner, and was familiar with all parts of Echo Base, including tunnels that were created during the construction process but were no longer used. 

He had a crush on the tauntaun handler Jordan Smythe and arranged his schedule to ensure that he would be the one delivering him caf. Despite Jordan flirting with him, he was too anxious to show reciprocation. During the evacuation of Echo Base, Chase used his knowledge of the base’s layout to save medical staff from a cave in. Then, he found Jordan who refused to leave his favorite tauntaun, Sunshine, behind. Together, they rode through the tunnels of Echo Base to reach the last evacuation transport. Upon boarding the transport, Jordan kissed Chase.

Bonus, he also had a crush on Han Solo which only stoked his anger about all the cool hero stuff Han got to do and how annoying his will-they-won’t-they thing with Leia was.

Saché | Identity: wlw | Media: Queen’s Trilogy/Darth Vader comics

Saché, born Sashah Adova, was the youngest of Queen Amidala’s handmaidens, recruited at only 12 years old. Her official role was that of page, where she could observe the happenings of the palace. Saché was often overlooked, and even as she became an adult she was often quiet and bottled up her feelings. When Padmé and her handmaidens escaped Naboo, Saché and Yané were left behind. They were put into internment camps with the rest of Naboo’s government. This forced confinement caused Saché and Yané to realize that their awkward feelings were mutual attraction. Caught transporting messages amongst the Naboo Royal Guard, she was tortured by the Trade Federation, giving her scars she would carry for the rest of her life.

After Pamdé’s term as queen, she joined Naboo’s legislative assembly. She also married Yané, and they lived in a large house with the children Yané would foster. When Sio Bibble retired as governor at the end of the Clone Wars, Saché was expected to succeed her. However, the new Emperor Palpatine appointed Quash Penaka as Moff, replacing most of the existing Naboo government. Unlike her wife, Saché joined the Amidalans, a group of Naboo led by Sabé who sought to avenge Padmé’s death. With the rest of the handmaidens, she held her own for a time in combat against Darth Vader. Despite the decimation of the group, Saché managed to survive, and when Sabé became an operative for Vader (long story), she joined her handmaidens once more to save Sabé. When Sabé was captured by Jul Tambor, the handmaidens allied themselves with Vader. When Vader and Sly Moore tried to turn them to the side of the Empire, they were unmoved. They managed to free Sabé, but she refused to leave with them and returned to Vader’s side. Crushed, Saché returned to her wife and tried to continue to live.

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Jul Tambor

As grandson of Techno Union foreman Wat Tambor, Jul Tambor believed that leading Skako Minor was his birthright.

Recipe:

3D print of a character designed in MakeHuman and articulated to 18 POA in Tinkercad

modelling clay

3mm foam

material

Citadel "Burnished Gold", "Waaagh Flesh", "Mephiston Red", "Chaos Black" paints

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Darth Vader (2020) #34 UNBOUND FORCE PART II After Darth Vader convinced Sabé to fully commit to the battle against the insurgent Jul Tambor, Sabé's fellow handmaidens tried to free her from the Dark Lord's control. But she returned to Vader, whom only she knows was once Anakin Skywalker. Having joined the Imperials fully, Sabé tricked Jul Tambor into revealing his plan to take over Skako Minor, causing his followers to revolt. But as Vader contends with a Force Wave that has caused him to lose control of his powers, Sabé must look deep inside herself to see whether she'll return to the light or fall further toward the darkness…. Writer: Greg Pak Artist: Adam Gorham Letterer: Joe Caramagna Colorist: Federico Blee Cover artist: Leinil Francis Yu Editor: Mark Paniccia Release Date: May 10, 2023 As issue 33 ended we were left with Sabé about to make a dark choice, and as issue 34 opens we return to the moment, Darth Vader giving us the flip side of an oft-repeated Jedi phrase. "Hate leads to suffering....or power." That certainly wasn't part of the teachings of Master Yoda, and as Sabé refuses the choice, blaming it all on Vader's loss of control, he pulls her close as her visions rage, and we see Naboo, her fellow Handmaidens congregating around a statue of Queen Amidala as they remember her, and acknowledge the one who 'made' them agree - Sabé. We see her in an open-faced Stormtrooper helmet and watch as she made the most of her power, subjugating the people of the galaxy in the name of the Empire. Sabé rails against the visions, calling for Anakin as Padmé appears and vanishes, followed by Luke. Sabé realises he is Vaders son - he must be, here's right there in Anakin's mind - and then a memorable moment. Padmé reappears, and while she recognises her son, he has no memory of his mother. 'There is still good in him' she says, as Vader suddenly appears, slashing at the ghost memories with his lightsaber, angrily telling her it's her visions, not his. We're back in the now, the real world as Vader tells her to forget the past, but his powers swell once again and she is hurled into the air, crashing on the ground meters away. She stands as Vader once again tells her to make a choice, that his powers are out of control and if she choses not to join him, he may well kill her. Her reply is potent - 'How can I choose if I refuse to hate?' [gallery link="file" size="large" ids="144358,144360,144359"] Sabé turns to walk away, but Vader is as good as his word and his powers erupt, hurling her into the air once more as a tidal wave swells, Sabé falling under the waves. His powers are so raw, his metal arms almost shredding with the strain, and using the Force through those arms he lifts the crashed Imperial Shuttle from the waters, dropping it onto the sand. Screaming in comes another ship, with five soldiers aboard eager to end Vader and as they approach Vader once again uses the Force to lift the salvaged shuttle to take the brunt of their blasts, his arms shredding even more as they circle for another attack. Using an energy shield on his wrist he deflects their blasts and as they swing back in he unleashes a fierce blast that cleaves their ship in half, crashing down as their bewildered leader, certain Vader was at his most vulnerable, lies in the wreckage. 'No matter what, I am Vader and all I need is hate'. An ineteresting issue that seems to bring the current Handmaidens arc to a close, for now at least, and while it cements the determination of Vader to fuel his service to the Empire and his master, it does feel like it's missing....something. Of course, we need to get everything in the right place for the events of Return of the Jedi, and the Padmé / Luke exchange which we assume Vader sees could well play into that, although it feels like Luke needs to see this as much as his father. If Sabé is dead, then it's a grim ending for a character who has been nothing but fascinating to follow for the

past few issues (although let's hope she survives; Natalie Portman has to come back to play someone) and as the return of Doctor Aphra is teased in issue 35, we have to wonder just how far from Jedi we are. An interesting issue, but a dip on the sky-high levels of the past handful of issues, as transitional issues between arcs like this often are. [amazon box="B0C11JKP83"]

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Star Wars: Darth Vader #33 Review

Star Wars: Darth Vader #33 Review #MARVEL #marvelcomics #comics #comicbooks #news #mcu #NCBD #comicbooknews #amazon #previews #reviews #starwars #darthvader #vader #starwarscomics

Writer: Greg Pak Artist: Adam Gorham Colorist: Federico Blee Cover Artists: Leinil Francis Yu & Sunny Gho Publisher: Marvel Comics Reviewer: StoryBabbler Darth Vader has a new servant in Sabe, former handmaiden to Padme Amidala, the dead wife of Anakin Skywalker. After assisting Vader in quelling the rebellion of Jul Tambor, it appeared that things would be calm for a while. But now a new danger…

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From Star Wars: Darth Vader #032, “Handmaiden No More?”

Art by Ibraim Roberson and Federico Blee

Written by Greg Pak

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Preview: Star Wars: Darth Vader #29

Star Wars: Darth Vader #29 preview. Who is the pirate JUL TAMBOR, what is he planning on Skako Minor, and what will the Handmaiden, who now stands at Vader's side, do when it's her job to choose if Jul lives or dies? #comics #comicbooks #starwars

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Assim que cheguei em casa coloquei nosso moletom na cama com o cuidado da parte do capuz (a que conhece o cheiro do seu pescoço melhor do que eu) estar para dentro da dobra porque assim o cheiro não sai tão fácil. Prometi a mim mesma, de um jeito organizado e cético, "um cheiro por dia é o suficiente". Penso que assim as moléculas com seu perfume estão por perto até você voltar. Estava arrumando quarto e o moletom estava no canto. Lembro quando comprei ele, estava nos Estados Unidos, ele era o único moletom camuflado bem no cantinho, em volta vários outros moletons comuns, ele é 3 tamanhos maiores do que costumo usar e eu decidi trazer mesmo assim sem entender o motivo de querer. Mas é ver você usando ele que entendo o impulso da compra que provam que os verdes combinam com seu tom de pele alaranjado e olho de mel nada maçônico, percebo que as mangas largas caem tão bem em seus braços desengonçados com dedos compridos e unhas curtas.

Bem, o vale do dia acabou de acabar e o que posso dizer é que sentir seu cheiro de perto é mais fácil. Sentir ele hoje me lembrou de um passado distante do qual você não fez parte; da época criança que fazia inglês naquele calçadão que te apresentei esses dias numa madrugada em Três Rios. Não tem uma história por trás do cheiro, nem uma lembrança mirabolante. Só lembrei que ia de manhã com uma pastinha estudar, saia de lá e entrar em uma loja de brinquedos que a vitrine me encantava por longos minutos também no calçadão era parada obrigatória. Uma lembrança simples que traz consigo um gosto de nostalgia com um sorriso no canto da boca e estômago gelado por perceber que passa tão rápido. Meu amor por você é assim… simples, manso, sereno. Mas ao mesmo tempo vem o nervosismo e a vontade de te amar da sua maneira infinita que não entendo muito bem que cai perfeitamente bem na minha vontade de te devorar rápido. Sei que você prefere o uso de muitas vírgulas igual sua escrita mas quando o assunto é nosso amor a vontade de tragar não deixa tempo para respiros. E mais uma vez você vem com sua mansura, olhar brilhante calmo e ouvidos atentos que vai diminuindo meu ritmo até ele ser confundido com o seu quando nossos olhos se fixam, os corações se encontram para um tambor, a boca se abre com o dedo na língua e o olho se fecha d e v a g a r. E aqui estou eu com seu cheiro grudado no nosso moletom. Isso era para ser apenas uma mensagem banal para contar dos efeitos nostálgicos, mas olha eu aqui reescrevendo o óbvio de te amar mais uma vez.

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Star Wars Just Changed Darth Vader Canon in One Brilliant Way Has Darth Vader finally met his match? A new Star Wars comic reveals a loose thread that's come back to haunt the Sith warrior. https://www.inverse.com/culture/star-wars-vader-comic-jul-tambor

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möre science guys hehe

[piermanwalter]

The same way Wat Tambor knew Darth Plagueis and Darth Sidious were the same people as Hego Damask and Sheev Palpatine, but didn't see this as important or bother to tell anyone because it doesn't affect his personal goals, I think it would be really funny if Jul Tambor knew Darth Vader was the same person as Anakin Skywalker, but also didn't see this as important or bother to tell anyone because it doesn't affect his personal goals.

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Queer Star Wars Characters (Round 4): Handmaiden battle

Saché | Identity: wlw | Media: Queen’s Trilogy/Darth Vader comics

Saché, born Sashah Adova, was the youngest of Queen Amidala’s handmaidens, recruited at only 12 years old. Her official role was that of page, where she could observe the happenings of the palace. Saché was often overlooked, and even as she became an adult she was often quiet and bottled up her feelings. When Padmé and her handmaidens escaped Naboo, Saché and Yané were left behind. They were put into internment camps with the rest of Naboo’s government. This forced confinement caused Saché and Yané to realize that their awkward feelings were mutual attraction. Caught transporting messages amongst the Naboo Royal Guard, she was tortured by the Trade Federation, giving her scars she would carry for the rest of her life.

After Pamdé’s term as queen, she joined Naboo’s legislative assembly. She also married Yané, and they lived in a large house with the children Yané would foster. When Sio Bibble retired as governor at the end of the Clone Wars, Saché was expected to succeed her. However, the new Emperor Palpatine appointed Quash Penaka as Moff, replacing most of the existing Naboo government. Unlike her wife, Saché joined the Amidalans, a group of Naboo led by Sabé who sought to avenge Padmé’s death. With the rest of the handmaidens, she held her own for a time in combat against Darth Vader. Despite the decimation of the group, Saché managed to survive, and when Sabé became an operative for Vader (long story), she joined her handmaidens once more to save Sabé. When Sabé was captured by Jul Tambor, the handmaidens allied themselves with Vader. When Vader and Sly Moore tried to turn them to the side of the Empire, they were unmoved. They managed to free Sabé, but she refused to leave with them and returned to Vader’s side. Crushed, Saché returned to her wife and tried to continue to live.

Sabé | Identity: bisexual | Media: Queen’s Trilogy/Darth Vader comics

Sabé, born Tsabin, was a member of a family of musicians who set their daughter on the same path. However, she was only skilled enough to ever have a supporting role and instead volunteered to be one of Queen Amidala’s handmaidens. She became Padmé’s most trusted operative, pretending to be the Queen during the Invasion of Naboo. After Padmé’s term as queen ended, she remained her operative and worked with Tonra, a member of Naboo’s security force, to attempt to free slaves on Tatooine. They eventually made contact with the White Suns, a Tatioone slave liberation movement. When the Clone Wars began, Sabé once again acted as Padmé’s decoy when Padmé was away from Coruscant conducting an investigation. There she learned Anakin and Padmé were married. However, to make sure Padmé didn’t have her closest confidant, Palpatine blasted Sabé’s brain with the Dark Side until she didn’t want to work closely with Padmé anymore. Sabé spent the rest of the war helping the White Suns.

After Padmé died, Sabé founded an organization known as the Amidalans- a rebel cell consisting of Naboo (including some of the other handmaidens), who sought to avenge Padmé. They attempted to assassinate Vader (who they deemed responsible) on multiple occasions. Sabé focused on deception, pretending to work with Vader to find Padmé’s killer and infiltrating Crimson Dawn. Until she figured out that Vader was Anakin. Remembering how Padmé’s last words (which had been recorded) was “There’s still good in [Anakin]”, she decided to actually become Vader’s operative. Her given reason was that the Empire and Vader did bring order to the galaxy, but it is just as likely she is following her queen’s last order to attempt to bring the man she loved back to the light. She remained by Vader’s side even when her fellow handmaidens came to “rescue” her. Her last appearance in the comics was Vader abandoning her on a beach until she could decide to fully commit to the Dark Side (emotionally speaking).

Sabé had crushes on a handful of people and even a romantic relationship with Tonra, but her most important was her romantic love for Padmé. These feelings were requited, with Queen’s Hope creating a love triangle where Sabé represented ideology and duty and Anakin was selfish love. As we know, Padmé chose Anakin, but a deciding factor was Sabé’s self esteem being temporarily shattered by Palpatine. Her wider moral view seems to have degraded after spending over two decades focusing on avenging Padmé instead of joining the wider Rebellion. However, even working for the Empire, she hasn’t gone completely evil yet- doing things like pretending to kill a bunch of refugees to gain their loyalty instead of actually killing them.

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Darth Vader (2020) #33 UNBOUND FORCE PART I After Darth Vader convinced Sabé to fully commit to the battle against the insurgent Jul Tambor, Sabé's fellow handmaidens tried to free her from the Dark Lord's control. But she returned to Vader, whom only she knows was once Anakin Skywalker. Having joined the Imperials fully, Sabé tricked Jul Tambor into revealing his plan to take over Skako Minor, causing his followers to revolt. Now Vader must contend with another threat to the Empire…. Writer: Greg Pak Artist: Adam Gorham Letterer: Joe Caramagna Colorist: Federico Blee Cover artist: Leinil Francis Yu Editor: Mark Paniccia Release Date: May 3, 2023 We ended the last issue as Vaders rage overtook him and he began to tear apart the Executor, and we discover why in the opening pages of issue 33, not by returning to Vader immediately but instead to Coruscant where Sly Moore and Mas Ameeda continue their long-standing bickering (and again, there's something deeply satisfying to discover that both survived right through the 19 year span between trilogys and right to the end of the OT - just because we didn't see them 40 years ago doesn't mean they weren't there). Moore suddenly yells in pain, blood pouring from her nose as we look up to see the root of the disturbance; the Emperors tower, emanating waves of power as the Emperor laughs maniacally. The Force has been ebbing and flowing for a number of issues, across a variety of titles, and here we see the results of that as Palpatines power takes down his own guards and he pauses, sensing fear as we return to Vader aboard the Executor and Sabé as she clears the hallway, Vaders powers out of control. He's literally tearing that section apart, and as Sabé calls to him to hold on, the fear leads to anger and he reaches out to Forcechoke her just as the bulkhead gives out and he is forcibly ejected into deep space. Sabé leaps into a shuttle to retrieve him, but as her two droids pull him in his powers kick in again and he begins to tear up the shuttle from the inside. Sabé jumps to hyperspace, exiting in high atmosphere as the shuttle disintegrates and she grabs a backpack that contains what appear to be plastic wings and swoops down through the debris to grab the tumbling Vader. They hit the water, bulleting down, down and then darkness. [gallery link="file" size="large" ids="144070,144067,144071"] Sabé opens her eyes, lying on a beach, footsteps leading away which she follows until she finds Vader. He tells her of the disturbance in the Force, how he has no control and Sabé explains that's why she brought him to this deserted beachfront where there is no life for 1000 klicks in either direction. His powers explode again and she runs, and we see Vaderkin flashing back to a previous life; leaving his mother on Tatooine, meeting the Jedi Council for the first time, the massacre on Mustafar, and Sabés face - Padmés face - and we see Sabé and Padmé together until Vader reveals that this isn't a test for him, but instead for her. He lifts her with the Force, and suddenly her eyes begin to glow and she has a choice to make as we end the issue, and what an issue. So many elements here fold in to the wider story, most specifically the ebb and flow of the Force (which goes a long way to explaining why Palpatine was so powerful at the climax of The Rise of Skywalker and how Vader had the strength to dispatch his Emperor at the end of Return of the Jedi), and how quickly that tide can turn. Sabé and her involvement in the story, especially at this point between Empire and Jedi (and Jedi is practically upon us) has been truly fascinating, layering on and on the reasons why the Vader of Episode VI is almost sorrowful, but receptive to Luke's offer of leaving with him. He does see a way out of being a slave his entire life, and while ultimately (and logically) that hope was only going to end one way, seeing inside his mind and the turmoil that rages within (remember,

we're watching Anakin Skywalker take steps on his final journey, one that will see him die a free man) continues to be essential reading. [amazon box="B0BWSP56NQ"]

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Star Wars: Darth Vader #31 Review

Star Wars: Darth Vader #31 Review #MARVEL #marvelcomics #comics #comicbooks #news #mcu #NCBD #comicbooknews #amazon #previews #reviews #starwars #darthvader #vader #starwarscomics

Writer: Greg Pak Artist: Ibraim Roberson Colorist: Federico Blee Letterer: VC’s Joe Caramagna Publisher: Marvel Price: 3.99 Release Date: February 8. 2023 Reviewer: David Dunham Dormé, Rabé, Saché, and Eirtaé once served Queen Padme on Naboo. Now they help Darth Vader rescue Sabé from rebel leader Jul Tambor. Can these former royal handmaidens free their friend without falling under Vader’s…