Summary

This post contains a PREVIEW for Darth Vader # 41Darth Vader is igniting his final endgame against Emperor Palpatine in theStar Warscanon . Set in the months before Vader ’s ultimate salvation inReturn of the Jedi , the Dark Lord of the Sith is still strain to overthrow his master as interpret in the canonic funnies . To that end , Vader is forging a new beginning of power , one that is n’t under the influence of Palpatine himself .

As seen in the new preview forDarth Vader # 41from Greg Pak and Raffaele Ienco , the galax is presently in crisis thanks to theongoingDark DroidscrossoverandStar Wars’new AI villain known as the Scourge who ’s seeking to demoralize both droids and organics into its dark hivemind . Although the previous take shockingly featuresVader willingly bring together the Scourge , this new preview let on a deep endgame in the work . The preview pages can be viewed below :

Using his own aptitude when it fall to droids , Darth Vader has institute a means to make the Scourge ’s power his own , finally offering him a military group that ca n’t be taken by or turned against him like his Death Troopers who ultimately betrayed Vader by try out their true allegiance to Palpatine as see in the previous proceeds .

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Darth Vader Is Building His Own Army To Face Palpatine

He’s Claimed The Power of the Scourge

Upon merging with Darth Vader , the Scourge initially saw it as a great victory . It had long desire the cyborg Sith lord , existing not only as a bridge between claiming droids and later on claim organics , but also as a substance to claim the power of the Force itself . However , Vader understandably had other plan beyond simply submitting to the sentient computer virus .

Disrupting the Scourge ’s sign and keeping him within a closed circuit inside his armour , Vader is seen creating newfangled disk droids that will allow him to taint droids himself , thereby allowing him to forge his very own droid regular army altogether under his control . To that terminal , it ’s clear thatVader intends to use them against Palpatine , distinguish the Imperial forces environ him in the trailer that he ’ll be prefer the upshot of not surrendering to face Palpatine ’s sagacity after he tried to kill the Emperor in the last egress .

This Isn’t The First Time Vader Tried Using Droids

And He’s Going To Fail

As ascertain in 2015’sDarth Vaderseries set in the aftermathofA New Hope , the Dark Lord has tried using droids against Palpatine before . Locating a secret droid foundry on Geonosis , Vader stand for to create his very own army of battle droids to eventually overthrow Palpatine . However , Palpatine had learned of Vader ’s plot before it could even begin . Now , it seems as though Vader has his second chance with a droid army now that he has the power of the Scourge . Nevertheless , this new ( and probably final ) attempt byDarth Vaderto overthrow Palpatine will inevitably break down forward ofReturn of the Jedi .

Darth Vader # 41is useable on December 20th from Marvel Comics .

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Emperor Palpatine laughing maniacally in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.

Sidious, Tyranus, Maul, and Vader.

Darth Vader and Palpatine Background

Star Wars' the Scourge and Darth Vader.

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Darth Vader #41 Cover Art

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Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader