Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Watto’s Story?

The Star Wars community was rocked last month with the news of the seemingly inevitable death of Watto, the Toydarian junk dealer and former slave owner of Anakin Skywalker. But now the moment is upon us, and as with all good stories, things are a little more interesting than they first seemed. The second issue of Legacy of Vader, out this week from writer Charles Soule, artists Luke Ross and Nolan Woodard, and letterist Joe Caramagna, takes a young Kylo Ren to Tatooine on the first stop of his new “let the past die” tour, a hot collabo with Darth Vader’s former attendant Vaneé as the two explore Vader’s titular legacy. The theme here, as it was throughout the first issue of the series, is less about Anakin’s life and his legacy: it’s about an awareness of narrative, a thing different from truth, and the power that can be held in projecting and presenting that narrative. This is where Ren and Vaneé differ. Kylo, still in the throes of tumult he went through during the events of The L ... Read full article.