He dismisses Matty’s answer for an object in his visions as an unnecessary compliment of his skills and later he’s barely willing to listen to anyone else’s explanation of who Tey really is, even from Tey, his mind already made up. Both in this moment and later, Vildar’s over-confidence is a glaring, yet intriguing trait for a Jedi Master, as we want to consider him the hero but he’s too full of himself at times it’s hard to side with him… but also hard to look away as you can almost see the mistakes he’s going to make before he does, leaving me clinging to the hope he’ll find a way to overcome these shortcomings before it’s too late. Instead of bumbling around the streets, he grabs the bolt Tey shot at Matty to pin her down and opens himself up to the Force, gaining a vision to find out where Tey went. Vildar survives Tey’s ‘ancient methods’ just as Matty’s trying to call for help, but rather than slow down and heal, Vildar jolts up and doesn’t put his second (well, now his third, technically) chance at life to waste, ready to set off and bring Tey to justice. While issue #2 doesn’t surpass those narrative surprises, and I wouldn’t expect it too, it instead turns towards building out the characters of Vildar, Padawan Matthea Cathley aka Matty, and even Tey Sirrek, the Sephi man who “killed” the Jedi Master, while pushing forward the story of events happening on Jedha, becoming an excellent new part of the story in its own way. Like readers charging in with expectations to a story, Jedi Master Vildar Mac found himself out of his element by assuming he’d have control over the situation on Jedha, but his rude awakening is only the beginning in The High Republic #2 – Phase II, another excellent issue which explores more of the characters without sacrificing its pace.Įnding on what appeared to be Vildar Mac’s death and a neat narrator twist to boot, The High Republic comic for Phase II, written by Cavan Scott, opened in a truly unforgettable way.
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