Androids attack in STAR WARS: DARK DROIDS event

In as we speak’s world it’s turning into ever extra clear that synthetic intelligence is coming for us all and there’s little or no we are able to do to cease it. Now the heroes and villains of a very long time in the past in a galaxy far, distant are about to expertise the identical impending doom. Earlier as we speak at Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023, Marvel Comics introduced Star Wars: Dark Droids, a brand new crossover event that can see the ever-present droids of the Star Wars universe activate their associates and makers. The event will launch in August with a primary miniseries written by Charles Soule and illustrated by Luke Ross, with covers by Leinil Yu and Jim Cheung, and can function tie-ins from the 4 primary Star Wars titles set throughout the period of the Galactic Empire.

Here’s how Marvel describes Star Wars: Dark Droids:

Who or what’s the Scourge — and why isn’t any droid protected? As a corruption spreads from one droid to the following, the Rebel Alliance and the Empire each face chaos! What position does Ajax Sigma from final 12 months’s Star Wars: Revelations one-shot play in all of this? And whose aspect is he on?

And right here’s information on the 4 August-shipping Star Wars titles crossing over with the storyline:

STAR WARS #37
Written by CHARLES SOULE
Penciled by MADIBEK MUSABEKOV
Cover by STEPHEN SEGOVIA
LOBOT LOST!
Something has gone horribly incorrect with Lobot, placing the Rebellion at horrible threat! Lando Calrissian will do something to avoid wasting his buddy, even when it means betraying the Rebels. Will the SCOURGE OF THE DROIDS destroy any probability to treatment Lobot, or will he be misplaced ceaselessly?

Star Wars: Darth Vader #37
Written by GREG PAK
Art by RAFFAELE IENCO
Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
CURSE OF THE JEDI!
Killer Droids have taken over Darth Vader’s flagship Super Star Destroyer, the Executor! But even with the highly effective Kyberite defend, the Dark Lord of the Sith can not totally management the Force! Will the teachings of Jedi Masters Qui-Gon and Obi-Warn save him from the SCOURGE — or make him a software for its galactic conquest?

Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #35
Written by ALYSSA WONG
Art by MINKYU JUNG
Cover by JUNGGEUN YOON
The Milestone seventy fifth Issue of Doctor Aphra!
Something is rotten in the House of Tagge! Sent by Domina Tagge to analyze a collection of unusual droid malfunctions, Doctor Aphra faces a lethal enemy from the previous—a horde of Clone War-Era Prototype Battle Droids designed by Domina herself! Is this sabotage? Betrayal? Or one thing far, far worse?

Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #37
Written by ETHAN SACKS
Art by DAVIDE TINTO
Cover by MARCO CHECCHETTO
The Haunting Secret Mission of Jango Fett!
The Bounty Hunters should deal with the looming shadow of the sins of Boba Fett’s father! What is the key that lurks on the mysterious droid outpost, The Haven? Who is Tarr Kligson and what’s his connection to Jango Fett?

Dark Droids is the newest crossover for the present run of Marvel’s Star Wars titles, after storylines like War of the Bounty Hunters, Crimson Reign, and Hidden Empire, all of which have been additionally written by Soule, who can be the author on the principle Star Wars title.

Check out Cheung’s variant cowl for Star Wars: Dark Droids #1, in addition to a couple of unlettered inside pages from the difficulty that includes art work by Luke Ross, under. Look for the event to kick off in August.