The First of the Cross-Over Comics
Right at the beginning of this graphic novel there is a discussion about crossover comics and how they are used to generate more income for the various comic book houses and this is one of the reasons that they created this story. It appears that this story crosses four series, beginning with Knights of the Old Republic and ending with Legacy. I can understand how they use crossovers to generate more income and it is generally not from the crossover comic itself but rather by getting readers of one line of comics interested in other lines. In a way by tying the four series together you are bound to get a number of readers going to the other series to see what they are like. You do not make money from the crossover story itself, but from getting readers of one series to begin buying other series.
This is basically a zombie story, though the term they use is Rakghoul. Everything about the Rakghoul screams zombie. They are hideous, mindless, and only interested in food, and if they bite you then you will turn into a Rakghoul. However, an ancient Sith artifact is found on Taris that turns out to not only create, but control, the Rakghoul, and Zane and Gryph get caught up in the hunt for this artifact, as well as introducing the main character in the Vector series, Celeste. She is a Jedi that works for Zane's enemies, but as with many of his enemies, she suddenly realises that he is incapable of being able to commit the crimes that he has been accused of, namely because he is so incompetent.
Anyway, Knights of the Old Republic is set 4000 years in the past, and this series is supposed to be a crossover from the Old Republic era to the Legacy era, which is about 150 years after the events in Return of the Jedi. I have not read the second volume so I don't know how she survives the next 150 years, but we learn here that she survives 4000 years by going into stasis so that the Rakghouls will not break out of the planet and destroy the galaxy. However the catch is that the Talisman has taken control of her and an ancient Sith is trying to control her mind, but she is a strong woman who is able to resist its advances.
Fast forward to post Revenge of the Sith and we discover that her stasis chamber has been discovered but nobody is able to open it. However a group of rebels are attempting to sell it only to discover that the deal was a set up by Darth Vader to get his hands on the box. It seems that in this second series, Dark Times, Vader is looking for a way to sideline Darth Sidius so that he might take control of the empire rather than being forced to serve Sidius. He believes that what is in this box is the key to his plan. However, as typically happens with bad guys, he is wrong, but because he plays a central role in all of the movies he cannot die. Instead he escapes, trapping Celeste and the resurrected Rakghouls on the plant. What happens to Celeste after this? I really don't know, though I may find out one day.
