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Samurai Jack – Episode XXIII

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  • Title: Samurai Jack – Episode XXII: Jack vs. Demongo, The Soul Collector
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Samurai Jack - Episode XXIII television review

Throwback Tuesday takes us back to the adventures of the time-displaced samurai and his quest to make his way home. Aku (Mako) calls on Demongo (Kevin Michael Richardson) who he hopes may succeed where his other minions have failed and deal with Samurai Jack (Phil LaMarr). Demongo turns out to be an interesting change of pace for the show, not only because he isn’t a robotic warrior of some kind but because rather than fight Jack himself, the soul collector sends out the essence of previously defeated heroes to battle the samurai. This provides a heavy amount of action for the episode. It doesn’t matter how many times Jack beats them back, Demongo simply releases the warriors again and again (until Jack discovers the way to defeat them is to free the trapped warriors from the soul collector’s control). Demongo is one of the familiar faces who will return for a cameo in the show’s final season.

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Darth Vader #10

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Darth Vader #10 comic reviewDarth Vader #10 continues the “Into the Fire” storyline of Darth Vader continuing to fight for his life. The end of the previous issue foreshadowed Vader’s journey to Exegol, the Dark Lord of the Sith won’t make it to the planet until the final panels as he faces a couple more challenges in a Summa-verminoth and a trio of Imperial Star Destroyers all intent on preventing Vader from reaching the planet.

Very much a middle issue of the arc, pushing any interesting reveals about Exegol to the next issue (at the earliest), Darth Vader #10 is an issue which you could skip over and not miss much. The issue isn’t bad, it features Vader’s impressive piloting skills (something Star Wars usually only showcases with Anakin prior to his fall to the Dark Side) and is notable some vivid hallucinations involving Vader and his son.

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Star Wars Adventures: Smuggler’s Run #2

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Star Wars Adventures: Smuggler's Run #2 comic reviewSet after the events of the Battle of Yavin, Han Solo and Chewbacca have been talked into a mission by Princess Leia by travelling to the Outer Rim world of Cyrkon in search of a Rebel on the run who has information that may spell the end of the Rebellion if it falls into Imperial hands. After duping Imperials to attack the bounty hunters after them in the last issue, Han and Chewie continue their search for Lieutenant Caluan Ematt.

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Star Trek: Discovery – Su’Kal

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  • Title: Star Trek: Discovery – Su’Kal
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Star Trek: Discovery - Su'Kal television review

The final arc of Star Trek: Discovery‘s Third Season begins with an episode named after the character the ship finds on planet at the epicenter of the Burn. For more than a hundred years, Su’Kal (Bill Irwin) has lived inside a radioactive nebula surrounding an entire world of Dilithium. The sheltered character reacts poorly the arrival of strangers Michael (Sonequa Martin-Green), Saru (Doug Jones), and Dr. Culber (Wilson Cruz) who he takes for programs of the deteriorating holodeck which has been his entire world. Unable to understand the concept of “outside,” his extraction becomes complicated. Circumstances aren’t helped with the arrival of Osyraa (Janet Kidder) and the Emerald Chain.

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