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Darth Vader (2015) 3
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Darth Vader 3 is the third issue of the Marvel comic book series Star Wars: Darth Vader and the third of six issues in the series' first story arc, Vader. The comic, written by Kieron Gillen with art by Salvador Larroca, was released on March 25, 2015. It was later reprinted as Darth Vader: Doctor Aphra 1, a promotional one-shot comic book published for Halloween ComicFest 2016.
The issue sees Darth Vader continuing his mission to learn more about Luke Skywalker and the Emperor's mysterious agent. With his ability to command the Imperial Military taken away in the wake of the Battle of Yavin and the Rebel assault on Cymoon 1, Vader enlists the help of droid specialist Aphra in order to create a private army of battle droids.
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Facts
- Title
- Darth Vader 3
- Writers
- Kieron Gillen
- Penciller
- Salvador Larroca
- Inker
- Salvador Larroca
- Letterer
- Joe Caramagna
- Colorist
- Edgar Delgado
- Cover artist
- Adi Granov
- Editor
- Jordan D. White (editor)
- Heather Antos (assistant editor)
- Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Released
- March 25, 2015
- Timeline
- 0 ABY
- Series
- Star Wars: Darth Vader (2015)
- Issue
- 3
Who turns up here
Characters: 15
- 0-0-0 (first appearance)
- Chelli Lona Aphra (first appearance)
- BT-1 (first appearance)
- Cylo
- Karina (first mentioned)
- Oon-ai
- Darth Sidious
- Luke Skywalker
- Cassio Tagge
- Wilhuff Tarkin (mentioned only)
- Darth Vader
- Utani Xane (first appearance)
- Aphra family (first appearance)
- Skywalker family
- The Force
Species: 4
- Human
- Kallidahin
- Rodian (in a flashback)
- Toydarian (in a flashback)
Planets: 2
- Geonosis (mentioned only)
- Quarantine World III (first appearance)
Places: 4
- Geonosian droid factories (indirect mention)
- Karina's lair (first mentioned)
- Kallidahin Space (first appearance)
- Tarkin Initiative base (first appearance, in a flashback)
Starships: 10
Organizations: 11
- Alliance to Restore the Republic (mentioned only)
- Rebel pilot
- Chelli Lona Aphra's crew (first appearance)
- Darth Vader's secret forces (first appearance)
- Droid Gotra (mentioned only)
- Galactic Empire
- Imperial Military (indirect mention)
- Imperial Army (indirect mention)
- 501st Legion (indirect mention)
- Tarkin Initiative (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Sith
Events: 5
- Galactic Civil War
- Attack on an unidentified pirate base (indirect mention)
- Battle of Yavin (indirect mention)
- Secret mission to Geonosis (first mentioned)
- Theft of the Triple-Zero protocol personality matrix (first appearance)
Technology: 27
- BT-1 assassin droid (first appearance)
- IG-series (in a flashback)
- R2-series astromech droid
- B2-series super battle droid
- Droideka
- 3PO-series protocol droid
- Stealth microdroid dust (first appearance)
- Darth Vader's armor
- Blaster pistol
- Blaster rifle
- Sniper rifle
- Wrist blaster
- Cybernetics
- Diatium power cell
- Engine
- Asteroid thruster
- Flamethrower
- Lightsaber
- Sith lightsaber
- Dual-phase lightsaber
- Darth Vader's lightsaber
- Triple-Zero protocol personality matrix (first appearance)
- Recharge coupling
- Reader socket
- Clothing
- Cape
- Portable droid factory (first mentioned)
Lore: 19
- Imperial Era
- Archaeologist (first appearance)
- Bartender (in a flashback)
- Doctor
- Galactic Emperor
- Grand General
- Jedi Apprentice
- Queen (mentioned only)
- Dark Lord of the Sith
- Darth
- Sith apprentice
- Sith Lord
- Sith Master
- Alcohol (in a flashback)
- Force push
- Telekinesis
- Force-sensitive
- Galactic Basic Standard
- R&D language (first appearance)
Everything else: 64
- Assassin droid
- Astromech droid
- R-series
- Battle droid
- Protocol droid
- Microdroid (first appearance)
- Security droid
- Curator (first appearance)
- Lord
- Pirate
- Pilot
- Spy
- Cyborg
- Starship
- Freighter
- Light freighter
- Heavy duty lifter (first appearance)
- Starfighter
- Walker
- All-terrain vehicle
- Armor
- Behavioral inhibitor (first mentioned)
- Blaster
- Chaingun
- Computer
- Datascreen
- Deflector shield
- Droid
- Hologram (in a flashback)
- HoloNet
- Holoprojector (in a flashback)
- Laser cannon
- Personality matrix (first appearance)
- Pistol
- Archaeology (mentioned only)
- Armory (mentioned only)
- Army (mentioned only)
- Asteroid
- Blood (mentioned only)
- City (in a flashback)
- Death (mentioned only)
- Factory (mentioned only)
- Fire
- Dark side of the Force
- Force power
- Gotra (mentioned only)
- Language
- Laser
- Lightsaber combat
- Museum (mentioned only)
- Phalanx (mentioned only)
- Planet (in a flashback)
- Plasma
- Prison (mentioned only)
- Self-destruct mechanism
- Tattoo
- Electro-tattoo (first appearance)
- Time
- Second (mentioned only)
- Standard century (first mentioned)
- Standard day (mentioned only)
- Standard hour (mentioned only)
- Torture (mentioned only)
- Treason
Not in the archive: 3
- Triple-Zero protocol personality matrix rampage (first mentioned)
- Quarantine worlds (first appearance)
- Kallidahin curators (first appearance)
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