The Scourge Is Coming For Darth Vader In ‘Star Wars: Dark Droids’
by Tony Thornley
It’s shaping up to be the biggest of Marvel’s Star Wars crossovers to date, and now Marvel has given us more information on the terrifying threat of Star Wars: Dark Droids.
We’ve seen covers, and learned a few story details. In August, the miniseries will launch the terrifying tale of the droid threat to the galaxy. And its ultimate goal? Darth Vader, the Dark Lord of the Sith, and the Force itself!
Coming from the Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters creative team of Charles Soule and Luke Ross, the story will see the Scourge taking control and corrupting the droids and cyborgs across the galaxy. The protagonists of Marvel’s Star Wars line- heroes, villains, anti-heroes and bounty hunters alike- will have perhaps the greatest battle of their lives on their hands, as the story crosses over with all five titles taking place during the gap between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
Take a look at the covers for the first and second issue of the series from Leinil Yu and Jim Cheung, and check out Marvel’s press release below. Be sure to pick up Star Wars: Dark Droids when it debuts from Marvel Comics this August!
A story bolder than anyone could have imagined kicks off in the new Star Wars crossover event Star Wars: Dark Droids, but has been brewing over the course of Marvel Star Wars comics for months. With the new September covers revealed last week on StarWars.com, fans learned that the Scourge’s existence threatens both the Empire and the Rebels in its quest for power. Even Darth Vader–more machine than man—is not immune to succumbing to the Scourge’s corruption.
Star Wars: Dark Droids will unfold in a main series by writer Charles Soule and artist Luke Ross, the team behind other Star Wars comic crossover epics like War of the Bounty Hunters as well as a spinoff limited series, Star Wars: Dark Droids – D-Squad, and tie into the four ongoing series that are currently bridging the gap between the films The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi: Star Wars, Star Wars: Darth Vader Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, and Star Wars: Bounty Hunters.
The horror-fueled story promises to be unlike any told in Star Wars history as droids of all allegiances and roles become highjacked by the new entity created by the merging of two technologies introduced in both Doctor Aphra (The Spark Eternal) and Star Wars: Hidden Empire. This terrifying threat was first teased in Star Wars: Revelations which debuted Ajax Sigma, a warrior droid with free will whose attempt at a droid revolution was brutally crushed by the Jedi during the High Republic era. As seen in the recent Star Wars: Han Solo & Chewbacca limited series, Han and Chewie made a desperate attempt to prevent Ajax’s remains from falling into the hands of Jabba the Hutt… but why was Ajax so important to Jabba and why is Ajax so important to stopping the threat of the Scourge? Once the Spark Eternal makes contact with an ancient technology banned long ago by the Sith, no corner of the Star Wars galaxy will be safe…