Like Marvel Star Wars comics conclude their original trilogy era and move on to explore the post-Return of the Jedi Part of the franchise timeline, the publisher’s final issue Darth Vader Ongoing series features a stunning moment In which the Dark Lord of the Sith receives an upgrade to his armor, one worthy of his immeasurable Force powers.
Star Wars: Darth Vader #50 – written by Grek Pak, with art by Raffaele Ienco and more – features a final attempt by Darth Vader to overthrow Emperor Palpatine, before both Sith Lords meet their fate at the Battle of Endor.
Since it began, Marvel’s Darth Vader Comic series emphasized Palpatine as his greatest antagonist, and although he ultimately fails, it is fitting that the final issue features Vader nearly as close to taking down his master as he has in any preceding issue.
Marvel’s Vader Finale features the Sith Lord’s most powerful armor upgrade in franchise history
Darth Vader #50 – Written by Greek Pak; Art by Paul Fry, Adam Gorham, Raffaele Ienco, & Luke Ross; Color by Frederico Blee & Alex Sinclair; Lettering by Joe Caramagna
Readers will be satisfied with how Darth Vader #50 brings together many threads from the previous fifty issue run, providing a satisfying climax to the Schism Imperial plot, and in the process, delivering one of Vader’s most exciting armor upgrades in franchise history. In this issue, Vader creates and wears his own “Death Star Armor” into battle, using incredibly dangerous technology capable of capturing and harnessing the life force of entire planets. The armor is fierce, and what Vader does with it is incredible – but his appearance is only short.
With the capsules of Exegol’s life force attached to his armor, Vader fights his way through a battalion of Imperial troopers sent by Palpatine. For a time, Darth Vader’s hatred increases his power, but it backfires on him, and his new armor is destroyed; As memorable as the armor is, Vader’s time with such ferocious strength is necessarily limited by the constraints of the story, which fans know has to end with a normal powered Vader’s redemption in Endor. Still, the concept is memorable, and it’s an exciting path for Marvel Darth Vader To tie up loose narrative ends.
Vader’s powerful new armor is a fitting end note to Marvel’s ambitious take on the character
An elevated reinterpretation of the original trilogy villain
Vader’s armor upgrade in Darth Vader #50 was, in many ways, representative of Marvel’s Darth Vader himself; The concept of the new armor, like the series, was an ambitious reimagining of the most classic elements of the Star Wars Franchise. For readers who have followed the series as it puts Darth Vader’s time during the original trilogy into an entirely new context, it should serve as a fitting ending. for all Star Wars Fans, Marvel’s Darth Vader Is a dramatic final note to strike, before the franchise moves away from the character, in its next era.
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Darth Vader #50 is available now from Marvel Comics.