Star Wars: Darth Vader #16

By Reggie's Take on February 29, 2016

It is a time of rebuilding for the Empire. After the Death Star’s destruction, Darth Vader, the Emperor’s chief enforcer, struggled to keep his place after he was seemingly put in a rivalry with the cybernetically-enhanced operatives of a cyborg specialist named Cylo.

Star Wars Darth Vader #16 / Marvel Comics / 2016

Vader was sent to the ore-rich planet of Shu-torun to bring its leadership in line. After assassinating the ruling family and installing its youngest daughter as Queen, Vader promised worse for their planet should it not fall in line.

Soon after, one of Cylo’s agents, a cyborg Mon Calamari named General Karbin, laid a trap for Vader, setting the Dark Lord against a Rebel Fleet with no backup. Vader survived and made Karbin pay for his deception, but in doing so, his secret ally Doctor Aphra was captured by the rebels.

Publication Date: February 10, 2016
Writer: Kieron Gillen
Penciller: Salvador Larroca
Cover Artist: Kaare Andrews

(My apologies for the lateness of this post, life got in the way and I’m trying to catch back up. – Reggie’s Take-Two)