 May the 4th be with you today. We're taking a look at Star Wars tales of the Jedi numbers one through five So stay tuned Hey guys, welcome back to Comic-Ed and TV. We're all geek culture collides if you're new to the channel Don't forget to hit that subscribe button so you don't miss out on future videos All right guys as I said today is May the 4th or May the 4th be with you And today we're taking a look at Star Wars tales of the Jedi numbers one through five My original plan was to dedicate one video to each individual issue However, I realized I Have not read these in quite a while So my my memory is a little foggy on them I did go back and kind of read the summary of the first one on The on a wookiepedia, which is the Star Wars wiki So we're just gonna go over flip through the books and Go from there So first we have Star Wars tales of the Jedi number one of five and This is the Ulrich Culdroma and the Beast Wars of Otter on under on part one As you can see here got a nice little image All the Star Wars books Are pretty much the same style of artwork. I I don't know if I really care for the artwork or not When we get inside you'll see what I mean With that being said also something I don't really care for with the Star Wars comics is the paragraphs of dialogue It's really hard to keep up with the story and everything when there's just so much dialogue You know, I do like a fair amount of dialogue, but there comes a time when It's almost too much like the old-school X-Men books just constantly Describing something so Let's go here and as you can see this was from Dark Horse comics 250 the US 315 and Canada back in the day This came out in October on October 1st 1993 Tom Vate did the script Chris goes at pencils Mike Barriero Inks Willie scoobert Letters Pamela Rambo colors Dave Dorman cover illustration Dan Thorsen edits Scott Tice logo and book design Excuse me guys part of my voice. I think I might be coming down with cold or something Been having kind of a scratchy throat here lately the other day is kind of sore and I have been coughing a lot too So bear with me guys It completely skipped my mind that today was May the 4th, obviously Because I'm kind of pulling putting this together at the last minute I've been so busy with work working on the other videos and everything Didn't really cross my mind that May the 4th was coming up So anyway, oolah quodroma and the Beast Wars of order under on Millennia ago the discovery of hyperspace travel brought the galaxy together Giving birth to a democratic union of star systems known as the galactic Republic From the time of its inception the Republic grew over thousands of years to encompass vast numbers of Inhabited worlds the survival of the Republic depended on two factors the wise governing of the selfless Administrators and lawmakers and the preservation of harmony and justice by a heroic warrior fraternity the Jedi Knights in those Glorious ancient days a great mini force sensitive individuals willingly entered arduous training under accomplished Jedi masters Taking up the weapons and knowledge of and the powers of the Jedi way Join us now as we explore the secret histories recorded in the Jedi holocron Tales of an age when the Jedi Knights were numerous and strong This of course is part of the legends line as it came out before Disney acquired Star Wars But here's the artwork it very simplistic Especially with the facial features I don't really care for it all that much I Mean it it looks okay very futuristic looking, but it's also very dark some scenes look a little bit better than others especially Biomechanical stuff here. They really do a great job with detail there and With monsters and aliens and stuff like that But overall I'm not really a fan of the muted tones and the more or less simplistic design of the humanoids it just doesn't feel Star Wars-y to me and then you have the Large amount of dialogue Not only the dialogue between the characters, but also these descriptive Bowls as well. It kind of has it's Somewhat difficult to follow when there's so much dialogue going on between characters it if I wanted to read the book I would read the book, you know But I don't I want to read the comic It seems like they're trying to take everything from the book and put it into the comic and Comics and books don't really work that way You know, I'm not saying Simplified or dumb it down for people But you don't really have to describe everything that's going on When obviously there's images to go along with it I don't know. I got these in a lot of comics that I bought from a former co-worker of mine That he sold me his entire collection for dirt sheet and And these were included in it ordinarily if I would have seen these, you know, just sitting on the shelf or whatever I don't know. I probably wouldn't have bought them But since they were included in the lot I went ahead and got it. I Figured why not, you know So here's the second one and This one Before I go into that, let's do the first one the first one it tells the story of a Jet Jedi master Arka Arka Jeff Who tells the story of the history of Andron? He has three three apprentices Droma his brother Kay and taught Donita Ulick is Too many he's very full of himself Very overconfident so Arka tells him the story to kind of humble him more or less and In issue two Again same people 4,000 years before the time of Luke Skywalker the Jedi Knights were the most powerful and respected force in the galaxy In those days a Jedi master named Arka of a Kate Arkania Sent three of his apprentices on a mission of peace and justice the three young Jedi are Ulick Quadroma his brother Kay Queldroma and the Twileck taught Donita Abored their ship the Nebula Ranger they crossed the vastness of hyperspace to an untamed world called Andron As the three Jedi Knights meet the Queen Ammonia meet with Queen Ammonia Ruler of Isis the Beast Lord stage in an unexpected attack on the Royal Citadel and The Queen's daughter Goliath is kidnapped Overriding the misgivings of his companions Ulick Queldroma decides to pursue the abductors as The Nebula Ranger takes to the skies over Andron Wild for over Andron's wild forests a seeker torpedo fired from the ground finds its target and again we continue with very muted tones very simplistic Designs for the human oids it very much the muted tones reminds me of being in Jabba's Palace It's just I don't know Not really a fan. I Do like the designs they did for the armor but and stuff like that As well as the biomechanical stuff But when it comes to human oids and the very simplistic designs and again the muted tones I just I don't care for at all It really kind of takes me out of Takes me out of the story Here they find the remains of Freedon Nad Freedon Nad was seduced by the dark side four centuries ago He apprenticed himself to a dark lord of the Sith in the tradition of the Sith There can be only one dark lord at a time Unable to become a Sith Lord as long as his master lived Nad came to Andron to make himself a king After his death his tomb became a focus of dark side energy and so his power passed from generation to generation For more on Star Wars and stuff you guys if you haven't already Check out Star Wars theory Very good channel, I enjoy it it teaches me a lot that I didn't know about Star Wars That was the conclusion or that was the entire Ula Kwodroma and the Beast Wars of Andron Story arc then we get into the saga of No Me Sunrider part one And I believe this is actually a three-part Story and they're all interweave. They're all interconnected Which will later find out I believe during the Sith Wars storyline the saga of And it looks like pretty much the same people Worked on this book as well the saga of No Me Sunrider The time of Ula Kwodroma is remembered as an important turning point in the history of the Old Republic It was a time when the dark side of the force rose up with unexpected fury against the galaxy and Nearly drove the Jedi Knights to extinction The names of the Jedi Knights who stood fast in those days still ring down through the ages Their histories and legends are recorded in luminous detail in the crystalline recesses of the Jedi holocron Another Jedi warrior whose skill in the art of Jedi battle meditation will never be forgotten is No Me Sunrider Journey with us now as the Jedi holocron reveals the unusual path No Me Sunrider followed to mastery of the Jedi way and Like I said the reason why I'm not Telling you in depth of how the story goes and everything because it's been so long since I've read these and I really didn't feel Like rereading them again as you can see there is a lot a lot of reading you've got to do and when I read a comic I Want to be able to sit back relax and enjoy it Not have every single thing described to me because Obviously I can see what's going on and again the very simplistic Colors muted or simplistic design muted colors very I don't know. I just I Don't care for it guys If you guys want to know What the stories are about? Go to Wookiepedia bring up tales of the Jedi and You'll go down to these these five stories or five comics take place the first thing you'll come to is the tales of the Jedi the golden age of the Sith that is a Technically a six-issue story war arc. It starts out with issue zero and ends with six issue five Then the fall of the Sith Empire, which is another five-issue story arc But it starts with one and ends with five and then after that You'll get to the tales of the Jedi Ulaquodrama and the Beast Wars of Andron, which is a two-part story Which are these two right here and then you'll get to the three-part story of the saga of milmy Sunrider These came out Part three of five came out December 1st 93 Four or five came out January 1st 94 and five of five came out February 1st of 94 And you can just go through get the summaries there Eventually eventually I Do plan on telling the stories on come again Probably during the winter or something when I've got more time, but for right now. We're just gonna go over the artwork and Stuff like that. So bear with me guy and I'm not sure at this time During the early 90s, I'm not sure if it's changed at all since then but dark horse really had a thing with Muting the colors muting the tones of the artwork and simplifying the designs on humanoid while really Popping out when it comes to biomech and technology stuff like that. So there's the opening crawl Let you guys read that and Again the same style of artwork. I just I mean I can admire the artists They do a good job. I just I'm more or less like the Dan Jurgen's Jim Lee style of artwork also, you know Todd McFarlane stuff like that really strong detail Bright vibrant colors. They can get gritty as well Again keeping with Centon and I believe Every issue of tails of the Jedi is the same style Same muted colors The same simplistic design with the biomech and Stuff like that really popping but humanoids being very E So there you guys have it The first five issues tails of the Jedi it It This was just tails of titled tails of the Jedi Okay So if you're looking for You know subtitled whatever the covers don't have that on these five however on the others they do Again this was these were just Titled on the cover as tails of the Jedi now when you get into stories such as the Freed on Ned uprising It's actually subtitled As well as Dark lords of the Sith and The Sith war But if you're looking for these just look under the title tails of the Jedi Chances are you will find it under that But like I said the first two This one and this one are the Oolah queldroma and the Beast Wars of Andron saga and Then the last three one two three Are the saga of no me Sunrider? So if you're into the Dark Horse Star Wars comics By all means go out pick these up if you haven't already They are kind of cool Once you get into the story But like I said, I can't really remember what happened in them. It's been so long since I've read them a few years now And because there was so much dialogue I didn't really absorb it all so like I can tell you what happened with Green Lantern comics and Superman stuff like that, but stuff that just overwhelms you with dialogue. I Can't remember what happens So Anyway, I'm Shannon for come again TV. We're all geek culture collides if you're new to channel Don't forget hit that subscribe button so you don't miss out on future videos. Take care my friends and may the fourth Be with you