Marvel's Star Wars The comics are filled with Doppelgängers and darkish reverse, because the franchise promptly adopted the stumble "twin of evil", with every of the franchise's predominant heroes being nose to nose with their villain counterparts or at the very least much less morally resolved. Now Marvel continues this pattern, taking a step additional and recreating an authentic trilogy scene with a turnaround.
Within the historical past "Gambit" of Rogue, by Star Wars: A New Legacy (2025) #1-described by Kieron Gillen, with artwork from Salvador Espin-A set of "darkish" characters, together with Physician Aphra, Black Krsantan, BT-1 and 0-0-0, touring aboard Ark Angel.
Krsantan and Beetee play a Dejarik sport, recreating the beloved scene of the unique Star Wars as a substitute of Chewbacca and R2-D2. Besides this time, as a substitute of C-3Po suggesting to let Wookiee win, 0-0-0 suggests to go away the victory of the droid, whereas the beet pulls its arsenal of rocket launchers and flames, resulting in a battle that destroyed the Ark Angel.
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"Rogue Gambit", included in Star Wars: A New Legacy (2025) #1 - Written by Kieron Gillen; Salvador Espin artwork; COLOR OF ISRAEL SILVA; CLAYTON COWLES BATAS
Beetee and Triple Zero are, after all, sinister reflexes of the R2-D2 and C-3P0 basic charactersBesides that the beet and the journey had been painted black and had very totally different capabilities. The BT-1 was designed by the Tarkin initiative to deceive others to assume that it was a daily Astromech droid like R2-D2, but it surely was a Blastomech prototype loaded with a number of rifles of Blaster, Flame Launches, missile launchers and a round noticed. Beetroot finally killed all the Tarkin initiative base staff and was discovered floating in area by Physician Aphra, who couldn't reactivate him with out the assistance of 0-0-0.
The character matrix of protocol 0-0-0 was created throughout the time of the previous republic and was described by its creator as essentially the most completely psychotic character that has already been created. Horrified by his creation, the Creator ordered his Droid assistant to destroy the matrix, however the 0-0-0 character took over the droid and killed its creator, then ran by means of the galaxy in a wave of murders earlier than being separated from his droid and locked in quarantine. Through the reign of the Empire, Physician Aphra stole the matrix and inserted it right into a droid protocol, including homicide to its programming.
Physician Aphra and Black Krsantan, two Lowlifes searching for a spot to suit
The mirrored characters of Han Solo & Chewbacca, defined
Dr. Chelli Lona Aphra is an archaeologist with a particular expertise for the customization of Droid and something to do with previous expertise and artifacts. Aphra is a rascal and a con artist, prepared to do something with anybody else, so long as she is going to find yourself. Aphra shouldn't be as dangerous as his two murders droids, however he's the antagonist of the insurgent heroes and an ex -raised Darth Vader. Aphra is extra just like smuggler Han SoloThough it was conceived because the Indiana Jones Star Warfare model, which coincident was additionally portrayed by Harrison Ford.
Black Krsantan is a Wookiee like Chewbacca. He escaped from his dwelling world, Kashyk, and have become a gladiator for his brothers Xonti, who went loopy and mistreated him. The Xonti brothers employed Dr. Cylo to enhance Krsantan's skeleton, implementing metallic on his fists to offer him everlasting joints. Krsantan grew to become a reward hunter and labored for employers corresponding to Jabba, Hutt, Darth Vader, Physician Aphra and Boba Fett. The aim of Krsantan's life was to take revenge on the Xonti brothers for the way they handled him in fight wells and, with Aphra's assist, he lastly did.
Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia weren't the one twins hunted by Darth Vader
These parallels transcend the characters that appeared in "Rogue's Gambit" A brand new legacy; fOr, for instance, Morit and Aiolin Astarte had been twins, corresponding to Luke Skywalker and Princess Learn, and enhanced by Dr. Cylo to make them extra machine than man like Darth Vader. Though the twins had been absent from the power, their enhancements allowed them to carry out power. The twins had been a part of Emperor Palpatine's plan to discover a appropriate substitute for Vader after he couldn't cease the destruction of the primary star of dying. Morit and Aiolin had been two of Dr. Cylo's creations, supported by Palpatine's financing.
All these characters had been created by Kieron Gillen as a part of Marvel's 2015 Darth Vader Sequence, every of them giving a really early look. Now, for Marvel's fifteenth birthday returning to Star Wars's publication, Gillen as soon as once more brings collectively all his characters (besides Morit and Aiolin Astarte) A brand new legacy. Many of those Star Wars The characters have grow to be way more widespread since their first look, receiving motion figures on the Hasbro Black Sequence line and even showing in dwell motion, like Krsantan.
Star Wars: a brand new legacy #1 It's now accessible at Marvel Comics.