We are getting more glimpses of Black Spire Outpost, not much about the First Order Cargo area since the story also focuses on the occuption by the First Order. There is a very nice Tommy Lee Edwards cover of Greedo, heavily armed, walking in Black Spire Outpost with a moisture vaporator, a Chevin, a massive alien that is mostly trunk, and a Quarren, Squid Head, in the back. The story is by Ethan Sacks with art by Will Sliney. The issue, "Shoot First, Questions Later" Part 2, begins with the final moments of Ki-Adi-Mundi on Mygeeto in Revenge of the Sith (2005). The stormtroopers enact Order 66 and Ki-Adi-Mundi falls with his lightsaber. So the premise of this story is that the lightsaber ends up on the black market. The clone troopers after following Order 66, don't retrieve Ki-Adi-Mundi's lightsaber?, I think all evidence of the Jedi would be returned to Palpatine.
This shifts back with a splash page of Dok-Ondar’s place with several stormtroopers. There is a commander, who may be the sergeant introduced last issue, it is not really clear. It would have been nice for the stormtrooper to identify himself, maybe he is a cameo character, and the up and coming Imperials like to throw around their names. Plus, he doesn’t have his helmet on so we see his facial tatoo like an inverted dagger and blue, bionic?, eye. It is established in Force Awakens (2015) that stormtroopers don’t remove their helmets in public areas. Minor error, but it does add up here. He takes the lightsaber, belonging to Ki-Adi-Mundi, and activates it, “Zzhhooom”, is it a car? This is an image from the comic books, everyone seems able to use a lightsaber, it is possible to activate one like Han did in Empire Strikes Back (1980), the weight is deceptive since it is energy running through the blade. A stormtrooper using one even for a threat is just not understanding Star Wars. Two strikes.
Dok-Ondar’s assistant identifies him as a sergeant, but again we don’t get a name. Behind the sergeant is a recording device and we get a closeup of its blue lens. This was set up by Remex and his fellow bounty hunters, Kendoh, and Wooro. Their ship, which is a hodge podge of parts like Podracer engines and wings like a Lego constructed ship, is also at Black Spire Outpost. Remex mentions their job on the Moon of Avedot. Kendoh shushes them to watch the holo recording of Dok-Ondar’s guests. He tells them the story of the lightsaber. It flashes back to Mygeeto with Vice Chairman Anolo of the Banking Clan. There is a blaster bolt that pierces the window. Greedo was using a long-range blaster rifle with Takvaa, a greeno-skinned horned face Nikto. Greedo mentions that he is working for Jaba the Hutt. They take a skiff and work out the next part of their plan. Dok-Ondar’s assistant, not certain her name either, threatens the sergeant. Greedo is not really a sympathetic character and there are problems with the canon here. It is not a strong issue, plus no real Galaxy’s Edge peeks or information, but there’s still more to Remex and his gang trying to find the second piece of an artifact in Dok-Ondar’s Den of Antiquities. Hopefully, the series will get back to the fun of the first issue.
Two Lightsabers out of Five!
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