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April 30, 2008
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 Normally I have very few bones to pick with Legacy, a series that is far and away the class of the current crop of Dark Horse's Star Wars line. However, the absence of Cade Skywalker and the rest of the main cast are starting to try my patience, and issue #22 does little other than serve as filler between story arcs.
I don't know whether this one shot and the preceding duology were necessitated by Dark Horse's habitual inability to ship books on time or if these breaks from the main story line were actually planned in advance, but whatever the reason, one can only hope for a quick return to the meaningful plotting that marked the stellar Claws of the Dragon arc. While the previous two issues had the good grace to feature a compelling character in the form of the renegade Admiral Stazi, issue #22 serves up a pissed off Darth Krayt, lots of expendable peripheral characters, and little else.
John Ostrander's script is much ado about nothing, as all of the drama centers around Krayt's genocidal rampage against the Mon Calamari as he seeks an outlet for his wrath at losing first Skywalker, and then the Star Destroyer Imperious. Yes, I suppose exterminating an entire species to prove a point is a bit over the top, but its also par for the course if you're a Sith Lord, and doesn't make for particularly compelling drama when compared to Ostrander's previous scripts.
 Similarly, the art hits and misses. Alan Robinson's pencils get the job done when it comes to expansive vistas and long shots, but his character detail leaves quite a bit to be desired, and doesn't hold up particularly well when viewed against the earlier series work of Jan Duursema.
Overall, the issue serves its purpose of filling in a gap between story arcs, but unless you're a completist, there's no reason to rush out and buy this one (aside from the cover art, which is admittedly striking). There's simply not a whole lot there, and what is there has been done before.
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