This morning Marvel Comics released the story synopsis for its upcoming crossover event Star Wars: Dark Droids, which will once again unite the ongoing comic-book titles Star Wars, Star Wars: Darth Vader, Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, and Star Wars: Bounty Hunters in a singular narrative.
What’s happening:
- Marvel Comics and Lucasfilm Publishing have released the story synopsis for their upcoming crossover event Star Wars: Dark Droids.
- This crossover will intersect with the ongoing Darth Vader, Doctor Aphra, and Bounty Hunters series, plus Marvel’s flagship Star Wars title, all of which are currently set between the events of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
- Star Wars: Dark Droids will be written by Charles Soule and illustrated by Luke Ross, reuniting the team behind the Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters miniseries from 2021.
- In addition to the main Dark Droids miniseries, there will also be a spinoff limited series entitled Star Wars: Dark Droids – D-Squad, which will be written by Marc Guggenheim (Star Wars: Han Solo & Chewbacca) and illustrated by Salva Espin (X-Men: House of XCII).
What they’re saying:
- Marvel: “This summer, a malevolent being known as The Scourge threatens to take over everything in the galaxy. From droid to cyborg to humans, can anything stop its horrific march to ultimately control…the Force? 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. 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…”
Star Wars: Dark Droids begins Wednesday, August 2nd wherever comic books are sold.