Written by Jason Aaron
Penciled by Salvador Larocca
Cover by Stuart Immonen
Published April 5, 2017
Penciled by Salvador Larocca
Cover by Stuart Immonen
Published April 5, 2017
Luke is confronted by an older Garro, who accuses him of coming back to the planet at the behest of his master. As Garro once considered himself Yoda's master as well, he tells Luke that the older Jedi ruined the planet. He sends shards of stone into Luke's back and completes the story. Yoda held the stone giant's foot in place with the force while the child army is discouraged he's not already crushed. They use the force - he pushes back. Finally the foot comes down and the children, including Garro celebrate. Suddenly a small plume of smoke appears, as well as a green lightsaber blade and the foot steps up. "Impossible" the children say until they realize the Jedi is not alone. Not so dead this world is. The giants never died... they were just sleeping. As the other group of warring children meditate, the stone gian speaks the words of the others. "IMPOSSIBLE" it says as more and more of them crawl from beneath the ground.
Walking towards the children, one of them orders them to kill the little frog man. But Yoda says there will be no killing today. Only learning - and painful will the lessons be. It's during the telling of this story that Garro realizes Luke doesn't actually know the story. He pulls his blaster is quickly relieved of it. Garro tells him that once the children met Yoda, they realized they weren't alone in the universe and slowly, they all built ships and left, leaving the world to die. Now they're all gone, and Garro plans to use Luke to finish the war. Luke doesn't see it that way and refuses to fight before Garro again stabs him with one of his flying arrows.
Back to Yoda's story, he disarms all of the children of spears and such and they all run away until only Garro is left. He tell him that since Garro once taught him to speak with the stone, now he must listen to his own teachings. Put down the spears and end this war. But in the present, Garro realizes that by killing the Jedi is the only way to end it. Luke tells him to look around.. The war is over. Back to Yoda's time, the child throws down his spear. The warring factions of children reconcile as the stone giants live in peace and Garro walks to the caves. In the present, what's left of the stone people hide behind Luke as he uses his blade to deflect Garro's arrows. Realizing that Luke is right, he turns and walks away. He grabs ahold of the mountain and says it's time for his final lesson... for Yoda. He disappears into the rock.
Back in the past, Yoda returns to his ship and leaves, keeping the secret for generations and only telling Obi Wan to pass on the lesson he's learned. Luke orders the stone children to follow him and they walk into the mountain to get it pumping again. The issue wraps on the Degobah System where Yoda stands. Find him soon Luke shall.. and with that, this issue comes to an end.
I've liked a great deal of this storyline but this one was anticlimactic. It could have built up and ended on a much higher tone but for some reason, it felt rushed and jumbled. Maybe it's just me. Either way, for the merits, Jason Aaron still knows how to tell a great story. The art is phenomenal and what the creators of this book can still do has endless possibilities. I give this one a 7/10 and look forward to the next one.
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