Second story arc of Dawn of the Jedi starts with Xesh getting sent out to Bogan in order to meditate on the balance of the Force. While he slowly starts to understand the point of Force balance he gets involved in years long conflict between the Daegen Lok, mystic and general exiled to Bogan because of his inner pitch black darkness and Masters of Tython.

Unwillingly Xesh becomes an ace in the hole for Lok - this starts the series of events that threaten with newly ignited system war. Driven crazy by the visions in which he saw Xesh-like warriors destroying the Tython system Lok aims to raise his own army and rule the Tython system in order to fortify it and defeat the incoming threat.

And in all of this chase around Rakatan's finally managed o infiltrate Tython system. Gaining access to Tython Jedi, Rakatan spy manages to home in their armada.

Art as always is great, everything I said for volume 1 is true for this issue too. Story itself is still highly action oriented with battles in truly fantastic environments. Finally we start to know more about the Despot War and how it affected the Tython Jedi's and the way they look at use of the Force in the conflict. I have to admit I truly like their pragmatic approach to use of martial arts and art of war. So like SWKOTOR era and so unlike their descendants that became extremely tied up in red tape they could not save themselves.

Good story arc, highly recommended to fans of action adventure and SWKOTOR-like stories. ( )

I posted my review of this over on my blog, The Itinerant Librarian. Actually, I would have given it 3 and 1/2 stars, but as we know, 1/2 stars is not an option on GoodReads.

Link: http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2013/07/booknote-star-wars-dawn-of-jedi-v... ( )

In this, the second volume of the Dawn of the Jedi saga, we see (and learn) more about the force sabers that become the familiar lightsaber, see strained relationships crack and galvanize - each according to their own situation, and learn more about the Sith.

Read the full review here:
https://ermareads.wordpress.com/graphically-graphic/star-wars-dawn-of-the-jedi-v... ( )

Great follow up to the first trade. A lot more character development. One who has gone dark and came back, one who went dark and stayed, and two who were born in the dark and are exposed to the light. The three Je'daii Journeyers, Shae, Tasha, and Sek'nos while dealing with their own struggles seem to have a better grasp on what is coming than their masters. If you are interested in the ancient civilizations of the Star Wars galaxy there is an origin story for the Rakata told via a Kwa holocron. ( )

3,5 ( )