Star Wars: Inquisitors #4
Chad Burdette
Recap
Weapons of the EMPEROR, sent out into the galaxy to track down and kill any Jedi who survived ORDER 66, the ruthless INQUISITORS are among the most skilled and deadly threats to those who served the light side of the Force as the story of Jedi Tensu Run
Comic Watch Reviews:
- Star Wars: Inquisitors #1 – Jedi Hunt
- Star Wars: Inquisitors #2: The Fifth Brother
- Star Wars: Inquisitors #3: Double Trouble
Seething at his Inquisitors failure to eliminate Jedi Tensu Run, Darth Vader turns up the heat – and the bodies pile up.
While eluding his hunters, Tensu remains dedicated to rebuilding the Jedi Order. But as those close to him face greater risk, he has no choice but to face his fate head-on!
Jaded by his pursuers’ disastrous rampage, what path will Tensu take?
And what will it mean for the future of the Jedi?
Review
Star Wars: Inquisitors #4 is the final installment of this Star Wars story that tood the story if the forgotten Jedi Tensu Run and his encounters with four of Vader’s Inquisitors.
Overall it was a good story and well written, but was a very compressed four-issue story that, at best skimmed the surface of these fallen Jedi, focusing more on Tensu Run and his attempt to make good on his “fame” and restore the Jedi Order and fight the Empire.
From the end of Issue 3 to the beginning of Issue 4 there seems to be a big chunk of story missing as at the end of issue 3 Tensu has bested the Seventh and Ninth Sisters and saying it’s time to meet Vader. Issue 4 opens with Stormtroopers easily killing Jedi while Tensu and his close friends wait until the Inquisitors attack all together in a last effort to appease Vader’s wishes, which they don’t, and at least are not, on panel punished for their failures, which is very un-Darth Vader like.
Tensu’s end is one that is expected with Vader making easy work of the Jedi in an anticlimactic scene. These final panels are the only instances where there is any theoretical debate between Tensu, The Grand Inquisitor and Vader.
The art and color work in the issue and series was a good fit and brought the story to life
Final Thoughts
Star Wars: Inquisitors #4
Star Wars: Inquisitors #4: Tensu Run’s Story Comes To An End
- Writing - 9/109/10
- Storyline - 7/107/10
- Art - 9/109/10
- Color - 10/1010/10
- Cover Art - 10/1010/10
Inquisitors: Overal... Disappointing.
[SPOILERS, I guess…]
I thought this final issue was very underwhelming.
I was really hoping for a more fleshed out character arch for Tensu Run.
The guy had a really interesting introduction as this highly skilfull Jedi on the run, as well as a very tormented one.
Inquisitors are once again a little more than stylish punching bags (which I really don’t mind). But Tensu Run…
I really thought the writer wanted to go somewhere with him (other than giving him the easiest and most predictable death ever). I guess I should have seen coming this guy had to go down as soon as Vader joined the lobby (why are Inquisitors even in this story???). But man, this is just not it for a Star Wars comic story. This told us absolutely nothing, other that, again: Inquisitors are useless and Vader is still the no. 1 Jedi slicer.
This was already disappointing enough for a story, but on top of that, having a new interesting character, who could have honestly been so much more, had he been more developed across multiple issues, be killed in such a rushed and unimaginative way… is by far the worst de-service of it all. It feels like Tensu Run’s final realization. Like it was all for nothing.