Star Wars is a pretty big franchise and with (Spoiler Alert!) the new film coming out, it will be time for new fans to join the franchise. If you’re a first time reader, then this could be a good jumping on point for you. Death Sentence is a pretty good Star Wars comic and you don’t need to have a great understanding of the franchise to get what’s going on.

The comic starts off with Darth Maul and Savage as they are attacked by a group of mercenaries. They easily defeat them, but realize that someone has put a price on their heads. They’ll never be left alone when every bounty hunter will want a shot at them, so they decide to go the man who put the bounty on them and take him down. The only problem is that the Jedi will not make this easy on them. Darth Maul and Savage have a fight with the Jedi and they may have to use trickery as well as brute strength to win!

Meanwhile, the Jedi send out some diplomats to hopefully end things peacefully. They will also find out how the guy who submitted the bounty knew that Darth Maul was still alive. He was presumed to be dead after Obe Wan Kenobi took him down. Obe actually defeated half of Darth Maul, but now the villain had grown even stronger! The Jedi are tough, but without Kenobi himself…can they possibly defeat this guy? It’s times like this where they probably wish that Luke or Anakin could come to save the day. Of course, the heroes would be too powerful if all of their heroes were in one era.

The comic is very fast paced and there aren’t any scenes that drag on. We get to see Darth Maul corrupt many who may have been heroes, but his influence was too great. They believed in the myths far too much and didn’t even interpret them correctly, which didn’t turn out so well. Darth Maul was pretty impressive as always and he seemed to be virtually unstoppable. I don’t think that any of the heroes in the comic could have defeated him unless Kenobi joined the fray. Aside from Darth Vader, Darth Maul is probably the coolest Star Wars villain out there. (Granted that I haven’t seen all of them at the moment)

Savage is not even close to Darth Maul in terms of coolness and skill level. He seems to be more of a novice at fighting and he lets his emotions run wild during his fights. Since The Force is picky about such things, he can’t defeat the big shots. I can’t say that I cared for anyone in the Jedi army apart from Kenobi’s cameo. They just didn’t look very impressive and I never got around to liking any of the characters. I didn’t dislike them, but they never did anything that made me gain respect for them and rise above the standard characters of the world. (Ex: Random cop or shop owner)

Overall, this is definitely a solid way to start your Star Wars career and you can also see one of the stronger Star Wars characters take on a bunch of good guys. The Lightsaber has always been a pretty great weapon and it will continue to be in the future. It can reflect laser blasts and with The Force at their disposal, the Sith and Jedi remain vastly superior to ordinary mortals. The comic has a nice amount of action and I can’t really say that there were any negatives to it. It’s very short and makes for a nice read so I definitely recommend it.

Overall 7/10