Star Wars: A Vader Family Sithmas
Celebrate Sithmas in style and good cheer with this sweetly funny holiday gift book from the New York Times bestselling author of Darth Vader and Son.
Sithmas time is here, and the Vader family—little Luke, Leia, and the Dark Lord of the Sith—are busy trimming the tree, hanging their stockings, building stormtrooper snowmen, and listening for Santa’s tauntons on the roof. This sweetly funny seasonal celebration sees Vader doing his best to raise his rebellious kids while running the galactic Empire and navigating holiday cheer (including the Imperial gift exchange). Featuring Force-wielding snowball fights, gingerbread Death Stars, sledding with Han Solo, and much more, this charming family album of festivity in Jeffrey Brown’s now-classic New York Times bestselling Vader series is the stocking stuffer of the season for fans across the galaxy far, far away.
If consistency could be measured in lightsabers, then Jeffrey Brown would have more than General Grievous, which is another way of saying that Star Wars: A Vader Family Sithmas is a little Christmas cracker. As we count down the days of Sithmas, Luke and Leia are trying to restore the spirit of Christmas in their Dad, Darth Vader and with that away we go into the latest charming tome as Brown crafts vignettes of the Force twins as they travel the galaxy with Dad looking for Christmas cheer.
A huge part of the charm is the knowing nods to memorable moments from the saga. While playing ice hockey, Luke and Leia are in their Hoth outfits from The Empire Strikes Back, while Ugnaughts make toy Stormtroopers like the one seen in Rogue One, Skyhoppers like Luke had on Tatooine and Tauntaun rocking horses just like the one found at Rancho Obi-Wan.
The focus is firmly on the original trilogy and the snowy world of Hoth – hey, it is Christmas after all – and while there are a couple of nods to the other trilogies this is a lovingly drawn ode to the OT. Inside are a couple of gorgeous double-page spreads, one of Jabba’s festive court and another of our heroes opening their presents. We wrap up with Threepio, Lando, Leia, Luke, Han, Chewie, Artoo and Vader sitting down for Christmas dinner, which couldn’t be a better ending as we iris out to the last page of credits and Chronicle and Jeffrey Brown watch as Star Wars: A Vader Family Sithmas flies off the shelves and into the hands of Star Wars loving moms, dads, aunts, uncles, sisters, brothers and friends across the galaxy.
