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- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- ReferenceStarts where Episode III stops
The story picks up exactly where Revenge of the Sith ends. Vader doesn't have a red lightsaber yet and goes out to get one of his own.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA 25-issue run
Charles Soule wrote Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith for 25 issues, from June 2017 to December 2018. Giuseppe Camuncoli drew the first arc.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe early years in the suit
The series covers Vader's first years in the armor, all the way to building his Mustafar fortress, the one seen in Rogue One.
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- Behind the scenesWritten by a Rebels producer
It's written by Greg Weisman, Gargoyles co-creator and an executive producer on Star Wars Rebels. Pepe Larraz handles the art.
source ↗ - ReferenceBefore he was Kanan
The comic shows the Rebels hero back when he was still Caleb Dume, padawan to Master Depa Billaba during the Clone Wars.
source ↗ - SetupTwo timelines
The issues cut between Kanan's present and flashbacks set 19 and 18 years before the Battle of Yavin, right after Order 66.
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- Behind the scenesThe license comes home
This was the first Star Wars book after the license left Dark Horse and returned to Marvel in 2015. It was announced alongside Darth Vader and Princess Leia.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesBuilt to feel like the movies
Jason Aaron said the goal was for the series to feel like the movies. John Cassaday drew issues #1–6.
source ↗ - ReferenceVader right away
The arc opens a few months after the Death Star's destruction, with the rebels raiding an Imperial weapons factory on Cymoon 1. That's where they run into Darth Vader.
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- Behind the scenesAphra's debut
Doctor Aphra first appeared in issue #3 of this series. Kieron Gillen said the idea came from an Indiana Jones display at Lucasfilm: a gender- and ethically-switched Indiana Jones.
source ↗ - ReferenceKrrsantan before Boba Fett
Wookiee bounty hunter Black Krrsantan debuted in issue #1. Years later he made it to live action in The Book of Boba Fett, played by Carey Jones.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe "Newbacca"
Gillen has said Black Krrsantan's working name was "Newbacca".
source ↗ - ReferenceBack to Geonosis
Looking for an army of his own, Vader returns to Geonosis, the droid-factory world from Attack of the Clones. Jabba and Boba Fett show up too.
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- Behind the scenesWaid's favorite
Editor Jordan D. White approached Mark Waid, whose favorite character is Leia. Terry Dodson drew it, with inks by Rachel Dodson.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA sales hit
Issue #1 was the best-selling comic of March 2015 and one of the ten best-selling issues of the year, per Diamond.
source ↗ - ReferenceNaboo and Nien Nunb
The mission goes through Naboo and Sullust, where Leia gets help from Nien Nunb, Lando's co-pilot in Return of the Jedi.
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- ReferenceBen Kenobi watches Luke
One issue is a flashback: Ben Kenobi, hiding on Tatooine, keeping an eye on young Luke from a distance.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesArtist handoff
Simone Bianchi guest-drew issue #7. From #8 on, Stuart Immonen took over the art.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesObi-Wan's journals
That Kenobi story got company later: in 2020 Marvel gathered all his journal entries into their own collection, From the Journals of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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- ReferenceTeaming up with Aphra
In this arc Vader teams up with Doctor Aphra and hires bounty hunters for a heist inside the Empire itself, while an Imperial inspector investigates.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesAphra wasn't meant to survive
Gillen said the original plan was for Vader to kill Aphra. He later found a way for her to escape while keeping both characters true to form.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe killer droids
Aphra travels with two murderous droids, Triple-Zero and BeeTee-One, a dark take on C-3PO and R2-D2. Hasbro released figures of the trio in 2018.
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- Behind the scenesThe first crossover
Vader Down was the first crossover between the monthly Star Wars and Darth Vader books of Marvel's new era.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesTwo writers
Darth Vader #14 and #15 were co-written by Kieron Gillen and Jason Aaron.
source ↗ - ReferenceVader vs. an army
The setup is simple: Vader's fighter goes down on a remote planet and he takes on the rebel troops coming for him by himself.
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- ReferenceFighting beside Vader
The arc's point is that fighting beside Vader is safer than fighting against him, a lesson Shu-Torun's ore barons learn the hard way.
source ↗ - SetupShu-Torun returns
The planet comes back years later in the flagship book, in The Scourging of Shu-Torun, Star Wars #62–67, from 2019.
source ↗ - SetupPart of a bigger plan
Gillen wrote all 25 issues as one story, with Salvador Larroca on art. This arc sets the table for the ending.
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- ReferenceThe Executor is coming
While Vader faces Cylo, the Super Star Destroyer Executor, his flagship in The Empire Strikes Back, is close to launch.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesMore machine than man?
One fight is internal: lost in Force visions, Vader asks whether he's more machine than man, the line Obi-Wan uses about him in Return of the Jedi.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe end
Issue #25 closes Gillen and Larroca's series, and the volume also has backup stories by Mike Norton and Max Fiumara.
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- Behind the scenesGLAAD award
The Doctor Aphra series won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book in 2020.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesFrom page to audio
Aphra got an original audiobook in 2020, written by Sarah Kuhn and voiced by Emily Woo Zeller.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA risky book
IGN's Jesse Schedeen called it Marvel's riskiest Star Wars project to date.
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- ReferenceLuke and Aphra, of all people
The crossover pairs Luke Skywalker with Doctor Aphra in an unlikely partnership after she offers him a deal.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesFive parts
It runs five issues: The Screaming Citadel #1 one-shot, Star Wars #31–32 and Doctor Aphra #7–8.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesGillen and Aaron together
Kieron Gillen and Jason Aaron share writing duties; Salvador Larroca and Andrea Broccardo share the art.
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- ReferenceThe Bespin line
The arc grows out of "Join me, and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son": after Luke refuses him at Cloud City, Vader goes after the people who hid the boy.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesVader put to the test
The 2020 series is set between Episodes V and VI. Its first issues are Vader's revenge; a later arc has the Emperor testing his apprentice.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesPak and Ienco
Greg Pak writes it and Raffaele Ienco draws it.
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- Behind the scenes50 issues between V and VI
Charles Soule took over the flagship book in 2020 and stayed for 50 issues, January 2020 to September 2024, all set between Episodes V and VI.
source ↗ - ReferenceRight after Hoth
The Rebel fleet is scattered after Hoth, Han is frozen and in Boba Fett's hands, and Luke is still processing that Vader is his father. Lando rides along with Leia and Chewbacca.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA new villain
The arc introduces Commander Zahra, captain of the Tarkin's Will, who sets a new trap for the rebels. Jesus Saiz draws it.
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- ReferenceThe road to Jabba
Return of the Jedi opens with Han hanging on Jabba's wall. This event covers what happened on Boba Fett's trip from Bespin to Tatooine.
source ↗ - ReferenceQi'ra is back
Solo's Qi'ra resurfaces here running Crimson Dawn, which everyone thought was finished after Maul died.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA huge event
The collection has the Alpha and the 5 miniseries issues, but the full event ran across several books, from Bounty Hunters to Doctor Aphra, plus Jabba, IG-88 and Boushh one-shots.
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- ReferenceOchi of Bestoon
One of the assassins Qi'ra sends out is Ochi of Bestoon, a name fans know from The Rise of Skywalker.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe Crimson Trilogy
Crimson Reign is the middle chapter of the so-called Crimson Trilogy that starts with War of the Bounty Hunters.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesAll the way to the palace
The story runs from the galaxy's underworld to the Imperial Palace on Coruscant. Steven Cummings draws it.
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- ReferenceThe Knights of Ren
Qi'ra's allies include the Knights of Ren, the group Kylo Ren leads in the sequel trilogy.
source ↗ - SetupA dark side weapon
Qi'ra's plan hinges on the Fermata Cage, an ancient dark side weapon she means to turn on the Sith.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesTrilogy finale
Hidden Empire wraps the trilogy that began with War of the Bounty Hunters and ran through Crimson Reign, with Soule writing and Steven Cummings drawing.
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- SetupFirst, the metal
The event's tagline was "First, it comes for the metal...": the infection starts with droids, but may not stop there.
source ↗ - ReferenceEnemies on the same side
The Scourge sparks droid uprisings against both the Rebellion and the Empire, forcing enemies to work together.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesAlso a Vol. 7
The 5-issue miniseries by Soule and Luke Ross is the core of the event; Soule's flagship series also had its own Vol. 7 named Dark Droids.
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- ReferencePoe's parents
The leads are A-wing pilot Shara Bey and her husband, Kes Dameron: the parents of The Force Awakens' Poe Dameron.
source ↗ - ReferenceOperation Cinder
The comic created Operation Cinder, the Emperor's plan to strike the Empire's own worlds if he died. It later came back in Battlefront II and The Mandalorian S2.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesWith the Story Group
Greg Rucka wrote it with Lucasfilm's Story Group, including Pablo Hidalgo and Leland Chee. It was part of the Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens push.
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- ReferenceBefore Jakku
Leia sends Poe after explorer Lor San Tekka. The search ends on Jakku, right where The Force Awakens begins.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesTranslating BB-8
Soule wrote BB-8's dialogue in English and assistant editor Heather Antos translated it into droid beeps.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesAgent Terex
The series created Agent Terex, a First Order officer who becomes Poe's nemesis. Phil Noto draws this arc.
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