It’s the first issue, so it’s difficult to gauge from this point. You’re shown images of families, tyrants and others tied together by these fighting monks, but it’s just passed over as though, in the grand scheme of things, all that is irrelevant. Then in another five pages, the reader is handed another two thousand years of civilization creating, heartache, war and loss with Je’Daii holding it all together while becoming more sophisticated in their use of the Force.

The first six of those eleven pages are dedicated just to the gathering of the very first Je’Daii, which consists more of visuals than reading. From there, the reader is introduced to a few characters, both hero and villain, residing in places familiar to Star Wars fans. Roughly two thousand years of origin history (and potentially dozens of issues worth of story making material) are explained, in a nutshell, in about eleven pages. Or so you’re lead to believe when you read the teaser description on Dark Horse’s website. This strange force seemingly called upon them to gather on the planet Tython, in the center of the galaxy to learn how to harness its power as well as the balance between light and dark. We follow through their trials and sacrifices as they come to reach an understanding of a new mysterious energy. In this origin story, we’re introduced to the ancient warrior monks known as the Je’Daii (go figure, huh?). John Ostrander and Jan Duursema of Star Wars: Legacy fame return together again to tell the tale of the Jedi’s beginnings. Dark Horse Comics is releasing the prequel of all prequels within the Star Wars universe.

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