Legacy

John Ostrander, the writer who brought us the best work ever done on the Spectre, is currently offering an ongoing series in the Star Wars universe, set over a hundred years after the film and thus taking place long after all other stories. What an intriguing concept. Upon reading, one must struggle mightily to keep down the disappointment, as the plot is mostly rehashes of previous stories.

A Sith Lord takes over the Galaxy and is hunthing down the Jedi! Wow, what an original plot twist. An alliance of Rebel fighters, striking from secret bases, fights against the new Imperial power. Hmmm....that seems familiar, too. There are strong points, a frontlines view of an Imperial civil war, the story of the new Sith Lord and the fate of the Yuuzhan Vong among others...but overall it seems like such a waste. This could have been an oppurtinity to create something entirely original and so far Ostrander doesn't seem to have even tried.