Endgame (Star Wars: Clone Wars, Vol. 9) [Paperback]

John Ostrander (Author), Welles Hartley (Author), Jan Duursema (Author), Doug Wheatley (Author), Others (Author)

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Series: Star Wars: Clone Wars, Vol. 9

Witness the untold stories of the Jedi who took a last stand againstEmperor Palpatine in the moments during, and immediately after, the events inRevenge of the Sith! Watch Darth Vader undertake a Jedi "purge" ofhis own in the hunt for Obi-Wan Kenobi!In the jungles of the Wookieehomeworld Kashyyyk, Quinlan Vos wages a battle of impossible odds against hisown troops to protect his loved ones. On the icy Outer Rim world of Toola, JediMaster Kai Huddora takes a terrified Padawan into his charge after her ownmaster falls to Order 66. Amidst the forests of New Plymto, Das Jennir findshimself in league with a band of rebels he'd led attacks against only daysbefore. Not all Jedi are scattered across the galaxy however, and soon, a bravefew will plot to topple Sith rule by setting a trap for the newlyunveiled Darth Vader!

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Dark Horse (July 27, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593075537
• ISBN-13: 978-1593075538
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #358,160 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The end . . . and new beginnings, July 25, 2006

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Daiho - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Endgame (Star Wars: Clone Wars, Vol. 9) (Paperback)

Endgame is a denouement, a figurative and literal cleaning up and sorting out, the final chapter in Dark Horse's Clone Wars series. That doesn't mean there's nothing but talking heads and exposition. On the contrary, there's plenty of action in three stories about choice and consequence.

Chronologically, the volume begins with the 3-part "The Hidden Enemy," in which former Jedi double agent Quinlan Vos is on assignment to Kashyyk, fighting alongside Yoda and the Wookies against Trandoshan Slavers and the Separatist Droid Army. With the issuance of Order 66, Vos finds himself an enemy of the state, hunted, alone in a Kashyyk forest crawling with clones. The closing pages of the story have created some contention among regular readers of the Vos comics, but even so you'd be hard pressed to find more than a handful that don't believe John Ostrander and Jan Duursema are the best writer/artist team ever to work on a Star Wars comic. This is yet another excellent example of their witty writing, keen plotting, and creative composition - and for me at least the closing pages were a very pleasant surprise.

Endgame continues with the two-part " Into the Unknown," the tale of two Jedi on the run days after Order 66, the tale of two choices, of two Jedi trying to make sense of a world turned upside down.. For Master Kai Hudorra, the priority is survival, to live to fight another day, even if this means forsaking not only the Jedi but - for her own good - a young Padawan as well. For Jedi Dass Jennir, the motivation is duty and obligation to right what the Order helped create, to aid those now fearing reprisal from the Empire. Author Welles Hartley is to be commended. There is no recrimination here, from the characters nor from the author, only the sympathetic portrayal of events, which in the end point to the reader and ask - how would you choose? The message is only enhanced by the art, beautifully detailed work from Doug Wheatley, whose only fault here is in making Dass Jennir look far too much like Orlando Bloom's Legolas.

The final choice in this volume is left to the newly minted Darth Vader, who must obey his new master and forget his old one, or indulge his desire for revenge. Between Vader and his anger are a half-dozen Jedi spreading the word that Kenobi is among them, bait to lure Vader into their Sith trap. Impressively, writer John Ostrander presents in a just a few pages of his one-issue "Purge" a more interesting portrait of Anakin in the days following his reanimation than James Luceno did in 336 pages in his wreck of a novel, Dark Lord. Credit goes here, as well, to artist Doug Wheatley for bringing the action scenes to life. The only cringe-inducing moment was Vader yet again having his hand cut off.

This final chapter in Dark Horse's long running prequel era series (beginning back in 1998 as simply Star Wars) will be remembered most as the home of John Ostrandrer and Jan Duursema's stories about Jedi Quinlan Vos and his Padawan Ayala Secura. While those two will be missed, there is much to look forward to as Ostrander and Duursema launch the new post-Luke-Skywalker series, Legacy, and in the new post-Revenge-of-the-Sith series, Dark Times, featuring the continuing tales of Jedi Dass Jennir.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally!, January 25, 2007

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J. McCracken "unhappy customer" (SW Washington) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Endgame (Star Wars: Clone Wars, Vol. 9) (Paperback)

I loved the artwork, of course, and Quinlan's story was quite interesting. Bcuz the story takes place during, and immediately after, Order 66, it was touching to see old characters revisited, like Mace Windu and Dooku/Tyranus.

"Into The Unknown" is a story of several surviving Jedi, and their separate destinies. It was a VERY moving story (I almost cried). But even better than the story is the artwork!

"Purge" was interesting, but I didn't see enuf of Vader. The story focused more on the trap-laying Jedi, not Vader. I'd like to get into his head, like "Rise of Darth Vader" did, but visually. See how he's coping w/ his new "body" and his feelings about the life he lost, and his true feelings about Palpatine, knowing that Anakin was lured into a lifetime of servitude to the true monster, the one that trapped him in the suit.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have for Star Wars fan, April 10, 2007

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This review is from: Endgame (Star Wars: Clone Wars, Vol. 9) (Paperback)

The book is a good collection of stories on how the fall of the Old Republic and the fall of the jedi order after Episode 3 of the movies. I will admit that most of the stories are a bit short for my taste and a bit open-ended to boot, but overall not to bad. Great artwork and compelling stories.