If you’re one of theStar Warsfans who’ve recently decided that the prequels are worth caring about, you’ll probably be happy to know that there’s a new prequelStar Warscomic telling, among other things, the fate of Watto.
Legacy Of Vaderis an upcomingStar Warscanon comic where Supreme Leader Kylo Ren goes on a journey to backtrack Vader’s steps. It takes place during the time period betweenThe Last JediandThe Rise Of Skywalker— a highly unpopular period in theStar Warscontinuity — butLegacy Of Vaderhas an ace up its sleeve. When Kylo goes back to Tatooine, he finds out what happened, or, more correctly, what Vader had done to Watto, his and his mother’s former slaver.
And, spoiler alert, it’s exactly what you’d expect.
RIP Watto, he never made sense in the first place.
I find it hard to care about supposedStar Warscanon that Disney cares so little about that it doesn’t even show in movie format, but this will probably appeal to all types of people who have ever come acrossStar Wars.Watto was always a despicable character so it’s hard to understand how he never found any serious comeuppance for his actions.
And, the more you look into the character, the less it makes sense. Watto is first introduced as an interesting opponent due to his imperviousness to force mind tricks, but that still doesn’t explain his position as a successful slaver. Watto is a weak little critter with no hired goons to be seen. Qui Gon can’t trick him into releasing his slaves, sure, but he could have “aggressively negotiated” Watto into releasing Anakin and his mother (and prevent all future bad events in that universe from taking place). Even when ignoring that, it’s hard to understand how Anakin, filled with rage after the death of his mother, doesn’t look for Watto after slaughtering even the innocent children from the sand people tribe who’d taken her. It’s a bit strange that he’d only remember to take that detour so long after his first bout of rage, but better late than never.
The first issue ofLegacy Of Vader, written by Charles Soule and illustrated by Luke Ross, will come out on February 5.
