It’s hard to assess this as one package because it’s actually a collection of loosely collected novellas, but I think John Jackson Miller is on point here. It’s curious – as a writer for the Star Wars universe, Miller sometimes got it horribly wrong – the unmemorable Knight Errant, for example – but when he got it right it was pure gold – the Knights of the Old Republic graphic novels, in which Miller had this amazing knack to create complex, grey characters and gripping, unexpected plots, weaving them all together with a truly deft skill. With The Lost Tribe of the Sith, Miller’s definitely leaning more towards the good stuff. It’s not as good as KOTOR, but it’s a damn sight better than Knight Errant. The characters aren’t quite as compelling, and the plots aren’t quite as complex, and I suspect that’s down to the novella nature of the collection, and the fact that it keeps skipping around in time, only providing us with key glimpses from an overall history. Given more page space, I think the likes of Yaru Korsin and the crew of the Omen, and the other characters, could have been much more compelling and developed over a running series such as Miller had with KOTOR. I can’t find too much more to say about this. It’s an intriguing book, but because nothing gets too much time, and because it’s clearly just setting up a history, it’s not outstanding and there’s not much to talk about.

6 out of 10