Summary: Jocasta Nu and Darth Vader have their final show down.
Plot: While I feel that overall this story arc was solid I found Soule's conclusion here to be a little bit of a let down. While the death of Nu was was no surprise as we know that there was no resurgence of the Jedi until Luke redeem's his father and takes down the Emperor in Return of the Jedi I was expecting a scene that mirrored the confrontation between Vader and Luke in Empire...but although there was a similar revelation, albeit in reverse, it lacked the emotional punch of the former. That said, the conclusion wasn't with out its merits as there were two scene in particular that gave me pause for thought.
   The first instance relates to something I've thought about ever since I first saw Empire Strikes Back as a little kid: how many people knew who Darth Vader was? Obviously Obi-Wan, Yoda and the Emperor knew and from comments made in a New Hope by high ranking Imperial officials like Tarkin and Tagge about Vader being a Jedi I always felt they knew as well, but how far down the Imperial ranks did that go? For it to be a surprise to Luke and everyone else it seemed like it would have had to have been pretty guarded information, and that was my opinion growing up but with Anakin being so close to the Emperor in the Prequels however it seemed like it shouldn't have been too hard to put one and two together in assuming that the prominent young Jedi who often guarded the Chancelor and the dark armored body guard who became his right hand after the rise of the Empire might be one and the same. However, the way this issue had Vader kill all the Storm Troopers who over heard Jocasta Nu's revelation that he was Anakin Skywalker brings back the possibility of his identity being a secret as those that could have known enough to make the connection could have either been eliminated by Vader, or perhaps so afraid of his wrath that they kept the secret.
   The second instance regards an interesting revelation about Vader's inner being; at the end of the day although he killed Jocasta and his Storm Troopers he did not turn in the list of Force sensitive youths to the Emperor. And while Jocasta introduced a self serving interest for Vader to keep the list from the Emperor; that if he handed it over the Emperor could train a new apprentice to over throw Vader, it also gives us a hint at the remaining shadow of goodness in him that Luke sensed in Return of the Jedi and that duality was great to read. So while it wasn't as powerful as I would have liked it was still satisfying. 

Art: Camuncoli's has a steady hand on the art front with a great ability to inject ample amounts of intensity and energy into the page. And as much as it's easy to complain about Camuncoli's character designs not really capturing the look and feel of the movies, it's far, far preferable  in my mind to the photo-realistic approach taken in the main Star Wars book by Marvel which has really become a turn off for me.
Grade:7/10