Star Wars: Invasion - Revelations #1 cover image

Star Wars: Invasion is set in the Star Wars Expanded Universe time period known as the New Jedi Order.  This era takes place 25 years after the Battle of Yavin (or 25 BBY), which was the climatic battle in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope in which Luke Skywalker destroyed the Death Star.  Star Wars: Invasion depicts the events of the Yuuzhan Vong War, in which an alien race from another galaxy, the Yuuzhan Vong, invades the Star Wars galaxy and wages war against the New Republic.

As Star Wars: Invasion – Revelations #1 begins, Luke Skywalker and a handful of Jedi battle the Yuuzhan Vong on Dantooine.  Princess Kaye Galfridian and her mother, Nina, find themselves racing to the Empire’s territory, with refugees in tow.  Meanwhile, Finn Galfridian, under the guidance of the mysterious Jedi Master Dray, infiltrates Coruscant to stop a plot against New Republic Chief of State Borsk Fey’Lya, but he discovers startling revelations about the leaders of the New Republic.

THE LOWDOWN:  This first issue of Star Wars: Invasion – Revelations (which is the 12th in the Star Wars: Invasion series) directly depicts three storylines and indirectly a fourth.  That’s quite a bit of material to follow, and I wasn’t really enjoying the issue… that is until I focused on one storyline.

Finn Galfridian’s story is interesting and gripping because it deals with so many engaging elements:  his internal conflicts, his somewhat contentious relationship with Master Dray, and the Yuuzhan Vong plot against Borsk Fey’Lya, who isn’t that great a guy.  Finn’s story has melodrama, soul-searching, intrigue, tension, and conflict – much of it played on the razor’s edge.  This is the reason to buy into this storyline.

POSSIBLE AUDIENCE:  Fans of Star Wars comic books will want Star Wars: Invasion – Revelations.

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