“Star Wars – The Path of Fate” – TrekZone Network

Path of fate

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criticism

“Path of Fate” continues the story of the rebels after Episode V. In terms of drawing technology, you are again at a very high level. The characters look like their acting counterparts, don’t miss any level of detail and you can’t complain about the backgrounds either. In the few fighting sequences you can always see all the details.

But the plot is also impressive. First of all, it continues right after Episode V when Luke and Leia flee. When rescuing rebels, Commander Zahra is not only introduced as a new imperial opponent who finally has a thing for it and is not as bumbling as her colleagues; Let’s see if we will at least see more of Zahra, after all, she will play a prominent role until the end of the story. But in other places too, the focus is initially on the character line.

Because Lando first has to prove himself and just like that he is not trusted. After the events of Episode V it was quite consistent and also a nice further development. First we go to Jabba’s palace to find out if Han is already there. It may be a bit inconsistent with Lando’s later appointment as a guard, but it is also nicely implemented. Above all, connoisseurs are wondering whether “Shadow of the Empire” might not become canonical again after all – because Boba Fett is still on the move.

Afterwards it goes back to the cloud city and yes, there were already some stories in the Legends about how the rebels return and free them. There is no exemption here, but characters like Lobot reappear and as a special fan service Leia ends up in carbonite (which is almost too much of a good thing). In the meantime, Luke can also fight with himself and Vader’s revelations – you can see that there is a lot of focus on character development, which even works wonderfully. Even the stormtroopers aren’t all as stupid as you know them to be. However, that Luke’s lightsaber doesn’t find its way to him should have been known since episode VII – because that’s really a story for another time.

But there are a few swipes at the new era of the High Republic, which is often called by name. The connection is pretty obvious and a bit clumsy at this point for the initiated, but consequently pleasing, especially since Luke even has to deal with an inquisitor. Because the question of why Luke had nothing to do with this organization is entirely justified at this point. Sure, there are a few things that can be criticized here, such as how Verla knows all this and, above all, knows Vader’s great secret. Or that the leader of the inquisitors is actually dead at this time (whereby he appears as a kind of ghost, so his exact fate is not clarified in this way).

But the end with a cool yellow lightsaber makes up for it (you know my avatar and know that I’m also a fan of yellow lightsabers …). The final picture is accordingly a well-known topic with a new look (who still remembers the movie posters for Episode IV …). Again, of course, a fan allusion.

Conclusion

Beautiful and strong character scenes, links to other events or films and also the story can be seen – the band is really a celebration.

(4 / 5)
Information: A copy of this edition was given to the author by the publisher free of charge for the purpose of review.

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