Star Wars: Darth Vader (2020-2024) #38

Star Wars: Darth Vader (2020) (Single Issues)

by Greg Pak

THE SCOURGE COMES FOR THE EXECUTOR! - A DARK DROIDS TIE-IN! As DARTH VADER'S Super Star Destroyer flagship faces its deadliest threat ever, the DARK LORD fights the war on two fronts - against a horde of SCOURGED DROIDS...and against the forces of THE EMPIRE itself! Featuring a rare glimpse into the true character of ADMIRAL PIETT!

Genres: Star Wars, Comics, Graphic Novels Comics

23 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 13, 2023

About the author

Greg Pak is an award-winning Korean American comic book writer and filmmaker currently writing "Lawful" for BOOM and "Sam Wilson: Captain America" (with Evan Narcisse) for Marvel. Pak wrote the "Princess Who Saved Herself" children's book and the “Code Monkey Save World” graphic novel based on the songs of Jonathan Coulton and co-wrote (with Fred Van Lente) the acclaimed “Make Comics Like the Pros” how-to book. Pak's other work includes "Planet Hulk," "Darth Vader," "Mech Cadet Yu," "Ronin Island," "Action Comics," and "Magneto Testament."

Reviews

[Eden · Rating 3 out of 5]

This seems a little more focused than the last issue, where too much page real estate was given to flashbacks that didn't really amount to much more than possible nostalgia bait and were immediately glossed over, but I still feel that this is unremarkable.

I do like the Dark Droids event's core book and it's tie-ins to the main Star Wars book as well as and the Doctor Aphra tie-in. I also like some of the past Darth Vader comics, yet when they mesh it doesn't feel the same.

I think part of my issue with the Darth Vader tie-ins is that the stakes feel lower from this angle so it isn't as engaging as the other Dark Droids books, and for the appeal of Darth Vader it doesn't have the room for the same internal struggle I like to see within the scale of a droid hive-mind attack.

Ultimately I just wish these event tie-ins were handled differently to appeal to the strengths of the Darth Vader comics, but so far they haven't.

[liz · Rating 2 out of 5]

yeah i couldn't care less about the droids

[Steven Shinder · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just couldn’t resist calling back to the tragedy of Darth Plagueis, huh?

[David Dalton · Rating 4 out of 5]

The best of the Dark Droid saga so far. Vader is the star.

[Jason · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25

[Andy Hickman · Rating 3 out of 5]

#38- EXECUTOR EXTIRPATUS
".. you may fire when ready." - Admiral Piett