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(More customer reviews)`Jedi Council: Acts of War' is a very mixed bag, full of elements good and bad in terms of both artwork and story. As such, it is also a comic about which I have very mixed feelings. The story takes place roughly a year before the events of `The Phantom Menace', and probably shortly before the events of the eBook `Darth Maul: Saboteur.' The art in this comic often has a very cartoonish quality, which I felt didn't mesh particularly well with the Star Wars setting, but the plot was fun if a little unbelievable and misguided.
In this story, Darth Sidious is taking steps to begin finalizing his plans to take over the galaxy. Knowing that the Yinchorri are a violent race which, like Hutts and Toydarians, aren't subject to mind control with the Force, he coerces their intelligentsia caste into having the warrior caste start attacking a few settlements. Sidious knows the Jedi will have no choice but to get involved, killing two birds with one stone - the Yinchorri will end up in no position to bother Sidious when he makes his move, and Jedi will die. When a couple of Jedi who had been sent to investigate are killed, the Jedi Council organizes a team that will head to the Yinchorr system and find their headquarters, stopping the violence. While the Jedi are thus occupied, Sidious has the Yinchorri lead an attack on the Jedi Temple itself, and things escalate from there.
The plot moves at a fair clip and the comic certainly never gets boring, but it is difficult at times to keep track of all the characters. First, there are Sidious and Maul, who we see pretty much sitting around talking and scheming, and then their lackeys. There are Mace Windu, Obi-Wan, and Qui-Gon who we all saw in the film, as well as the rest of the Jedi Council. But there are also eight or nine new Jedi who are all major characters in this series who are brand new, and once you remember who's named what, the book is practically over. The most important new character is Jedi Master Micah Giett, Ki-Adi-Mundi's predecessor on the Jedi Council. I personally found him obnoxious, unappealing, and just not a likeable character. However, this comic does flesh out the various members of the Council some, and it shows us some camaraderie and coordination between the Jedi which we've only gotten a glimpse of before in the Ongoing series.
There is also a *lot* of action in this series. Lightsaber fights, space battles, ambushes, all kinds of neat stuff. While it's always clear what's going on, as I said before I am not very fond of the cartoonish quality of the art. I also didn't care for the lightsaber art - they just didn't look right, they were too dull. Other comics have handled them much better. In addition, the Jedi and their Force abilities seemed inconsistent throughout the story. One minute four Jedi are being overwhelmed by massive numbers of aggressors, fighting for all they're worth and barely holding their own, while a few pages number an equal number of Jedi facing equal odds are having no trouble holding off the attack simply using the Force. It didn't make sense why they didn't just use the Force in the first place. Speaking of Force use, we finally get to see Yoda in action, and let's just say the little guy doesn't *need* a lightsaber.
Overall, this is a fun, fast-paced Jedi adventure story, with an okay plot, bearable if not great art, and lots of fun, fast action. Recommended.
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Even in the days before the shadow of the Phantom Menace falls upon the Republic, the rule of the Senate is no guarantee of peace. When conflicts arise, it is the duty of the Jedi Knights, under the guidance of the Jedi Council, to protect the innocent and restore order. When the warlike Yinchorri threaten the stability of the Republic, a Jedi task force led by Mace Windu and including Qui-Gin Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi is sent to the Yinchorri system to settle matters, and they soon find themselves facing overwhelming odds on three different worlds. Collecting the four-issue series.
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