Star Wars Legends: Tales of the Jedi Omnibus

This omnibus collects a LOT and is a really high-quality collection. The comics are in a great order, and most of them are brilliant.

Dawn of the Jedi is an underrated and fascinating read, even if sadly cut short by the Disney sale, with nice art and a solid story and characters.

Tales of the Jedi as a whole is something I have a more controversial opinion on. It is a milestone comic and one of the most important and influential in the entire franchise, but I didn't care much for it, sadly. The art is really nice, and the characters are solid, and even the story is good, I just have a real strong distaste towards Tom Veitch's writing style, and even struggled with most of Kevin J. Anderson's writing.

However, there is one that fucking blew me away.

Tales of the Jedi: Redemption is a sort of epilogue set a decade after the finale of the other Tales of the Jedi comics. The art is gorgeous, the characters are much more mature and interesting than they ever were in the other comics, and the writing is beautiful and profound. It is a rather introspective comic dealing with the events of the other comics on an emotional level, with tiny scales that only really matter to the individual people involved rather than the galaxy as a whole. This makes it far more impactful, as we follow Vima Sunrider, the daughter of Nomi Sunrider, and Ulic Qel-Droma. It's a true deep dive into Ulic, dealing with suicide and grief, and it's such a hard-hitting comic that it genuinely made me emotional after finding the other comics such a slog. It's honestly worth it just for this arc, which is worth this omnibus alone!

I'd strongly recommend this omnibus to any omnibus collectors who are Star Wars fans looking for something a little different to read.