Comic story
Hard Shutdown
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"Hard Shutdown" is a four-part story featuring Darth Vader written by Jason Aaron and illustrated by Leonard Kirk, Mark Morales, and Romulo Fajardo Jr.. The story was published in the four comic issues of the anthology miniseries Star Wars: Darth Vader – Black, White & Red. The first part of the story was published in the first issue of the series, that was published by Marvel Comics on April 26, 2023.
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Facts
- Title
- "Hard Shutdown"
- Writers
- Jason Aaron
- Penciller
- Leonard Kirk
- Inker
- Mark Morales
- Colorist
- Romulo Fajardo Jr.
- Editor
- Mark Paniccia
- Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Released
- April 26, 2023 (Part 1)
- May 24, 2023 (Part 2)
- June 28, 2023 (Part 3)
- July 26, 2023 (Part 4)
- Published in
- Darth Vader – Black, White & Red 1
- Darth Vader – Black, White & Red 2
- Darth Vader – Black, White & Red 3
- Darth Vader – Black, White & Red 4
- Timeline
- Between 2 BBY and 4 ABY
Who turns up here
Characters: 7
- Padmé Amidala Naberrie (mentioned only)
- Cyn (first appearance)
- Daws (first appearance)
- Vig Sendvall (first mentioned)
- Darth Vader
- Skywalker family
- The Force
Planets: 1
- HS-197 (first appearance)
Starships: 2
Organizations: 9
- Alliance to Restore the Republic (mentioned only)
- Galactic Empire
- Imperial Military
- Imperial Army
- Stormtrooper Corps
- Stormtrooper
- Imperial Navy
- Hutt Clan (mentioned only)
- Sith
Technology: 14
Lore: 14
Everything else: 34
- Pilot
- Starship
- Shuttle
- Armor
- Helmet
- Blaster
- Melee weapon
- Knife
- Blood
- Bone (mentioned only)
- Brain (mentioned only)
- Burial (mentioned only)
- Goggles
- Cyborg
- Death
- Dismemberment
- Fire
- Dark side of the Force
- Force power
- Galaxy
- Language
- Sithspit
- Writing
- Laser
- Lightsaber combat
- Magic (mentioned only)
- Mining (mentioned only)
- Money (mentioned only)
- Moon
- Ore (mentioned only)
- Parent
- Steel
- Tattoo
- Youngling (mentioned only)
Not in the archive: 8
- Unidentified crew member (first appearance)
- Ambush on HS-197 (first appearance)
- Unidentified chop shop (first appearance)
- Unidentified graveyard (first mentioned)
- Cyn's crew (first appearance)
- Delta Team (first appearance)
- Incinerator
- Neural receptor (mentioned only)
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