Marvel Reveals Star Wars: Dark Droids #1 First Look (Exclusive)

June 16, 2023, 4:51pm

The next big Star Wars comic event that’s centered on droids kicks off in August, and there’s a new look at pages featuring some fan-favorite characters. Marvel officially announced Star Wars: Dark Droids in April during Star Wars Celebration, as the publisher’s line of comics continues to fill in the gaps between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. The story will be told in the various Star Wars ongoing series, with a miniseries written by the veteran Star Wars writer Charles Soule and artist Luke Ross.

ComicBook.com has the exclusive first look at Star Wars: Dark Droids #1. The pages are illustrated by artist Luke Ross and colorist Alex Sinclair. In the pages, we see one droid being put back together with a red hexagon heart being implanted in its chest; R2-D2 watching Luke Skywalker reading from a book; a two-page spread featuring droids from the prequel trilogy, Doctor Aphra, Lando Calrissian, Jabba the Hut, and more; and droids turning on the Empire masters as they jettison them from a ship out in space.

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What Is Star Wars: Dark Droids About?

In Star Wars: Dark Droids, a mysterious new threat called the Scourge corrupts droids, cyborgs, and everything in-between, spreading chaos throughout the galaxy. Ajax Sigma, who first appeared in last year’s Star Wars: Revelations #1, will play a role in the saga — though his true intentions remain unknown.

The Star Wars: Dark Droids story will then be told in Marvel’s current ongoing Star Wars comics — Star Wars, Star Wars: Darth Vader, Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, and Star Wars: Bounty Hunters — and additional one-shot releases and miniseries like Star Wars: Dark Droids: D-Squad, which reassembles R2-D2’s all-star team of droids from Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

The exclusive first look at Star Wars: Dark Droids #1 can be found below. The issue goes on sale August 2nd.

STAR WARS: DARK DROIDS #1

CHARLES SOULE (W) • LUKE ROSS (A) • Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
SCOURGED VARIANT COVER BY RACHAEL STOTT
SCOURGED VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY RACHAEL STOTT • VARIANT COVER BY JIM CHEUNG
FOIL VARIANT COVER BY GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
Who or what is THE SCOURGE, and why is no droid safe?
As a corruption spreads from one droid to the next THE REBELLION and THE EMPIRE face chaos!
What role does AJAX SIGMA play in all of this? And whose side is he on?
Find out when horror comes to a galaxy far, far away!
Charles Soule continues his legendary run on STAR WARS with the most ambitious event in STAR WARS comics history! Joined by his WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS collaborator Luke Ross, the superstar team carves a new path for the future!
79 PGS./Rated T …$5.99