Doctor Aphra (2020) 23

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Doctor Aphra 23 is the twenty-third issue of the 2020 canon comic book series Star Wars: Doctor Aphra. The issue was written by Alyssa Wong, illustrated by Minkyu Jung and Rachelle Rosenberg, and published by Marvel Comics on August 24, 2022.

Publisher's summary

Sana Starros and her team are determined to rescue Doctor Aphra at any cost! But everyone's keeping secrets… and the spark eternal has plans of its own!

Opening crawl

MACHINATIONS

Kho Phon Farrus, Doctor Aphra and Sana Starros raced to Bar'leth University to get their hands on the fabled Ascendant tech known
as the Spark Eternal: an ancient piece of technology that grants Sith-like powers.

After a struggle, Aphra was possessed by the Spark and announced her intentions to track down the rest of the Ascendant tech.

Meanwhile, Sana escaped with Kho and was tasked by Domina Tagge to find and follow Aphra.

But Sana's going to need help from some old "friends"….

Plot summary

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By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

0-0-0
Chelli Lona Aphra
Korin Aphra
The Archivist
BT-1
Kho Phon Farrus
Kiehart
Just Lucky
Darth Maul (Variant cover only)
Eustacia Okka
Darth Sidious (Mentioned only)
Song
Sana Starros
Domina Tagge (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
Ronen Tagge (Mentioned only)
Magna Tolvan
Tucker
Darth Vader (Mentioned only)
Venters
Detta Yao
Ariole Yu

Organisms

Avian (Mentioned only)
- Unidentified avian species (First mentioned)

Droid models

Events

Imperial Era
- Hunt for the Spark Eternal

Locations

The galaxy
- Bar'leth (Mentioned only)
  - University of Bar'leth (Mentioned only)
- Outer Rim Territories
  - Birukay (First appearance) (First identified as Birukay)
- Rebel Rendezvous
- Vaale (Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic
- Alliance Military
  - Rebel Alliance Navy
    - Rebel pilot
Aphra family
Archaeologist
Archivist
Ascendant (Mentioned only)
Assassin
Bounty hunter
Captain (Mentioned only)
Crimson Dawn
Doctor
Galactic Empire (Mentioned only)
- Galactic Emperor (Mentioned only)
House of Tagge
- Tagge Corporation (Picture only)
- Tagge's mercenaries
Lady (Picture only)
Mercenary
Pilot
Professor
Sana Starros' crew
Sava (Mentioned only)
Sith (Mentioned only)
Sixth Kin
- Lieutenant
Slicer
Smuggler
Starros Clan

Sentient species

Vehicles and vessels

Starship
- Conque (First appearance)
- Fleeting
- Freighter
  - Light freighter
    - YT-series
      - YT-1010 light freighter
        Volt Cobra
- Starfighter
  - X-wing starfighter
    - T-65B X-wing starfighter
- Vermillion
  - The Archivist's office

Weapons and technology

Blaster
- Blaster pistol
  - DH-17 blaster pistol
Cybernetics
Droid
Holocron
- The Archivist's Holocron
- Sith holocron (Mentioned only)
Hologram
Holovid (Mentioned only)
Melee weapon
Rectenna
Spark Eternal
Tracking device

Miscellanea

Archaeology (Mentioned only)
Beach
Blood
Book
Clothing
- Flak vest
- Flight suit
- Glove
  - Calling glove
- Goggles
- Hat
Cult (Mentioned only)
Cyborg
Death
Entry ramp
Eye
Flagship
The Force (Mentioned only)
- Force power (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
Fortress
Galaxy
"Hell" (Mentioned only) (as expletive)
Language
- Galactic Basic Standard
Meter
Near-human
Ocean
Parent
Plant
Planet
Ring (Mentioned only)
- Rings of Vaale (Mentioned only)
  - Ring of Fortune (Indirect mention only)
  - Ring of Immortality (Indirect mention only)
Species
Star
- Binary star system
Tase Somer's black market network (Indirect mention only)
Tattoo
- Electro-tattoo
Time
- Standard century
- Standard day
- Standard month
University (Mentioned only)
Water

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Notes and references

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2020) #23 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
↑ The events of Doctor Aphra 23 take place after the Escape from Cloud City and before the Rescue of Han Solo, which are dated to 3 ABY and 4 ABY, respectively, by Star Wars: Galactic Atlas.

External links

Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2020) #23 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)

Trade paperbacks
Fortune and Fate:	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5
The Engine Job:	6 · 7 · 8 · 9
War of the Bounty Hunters:	10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15
Crimson Reign:	16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21
Hidden Empire:	22 · 23 · 24 · 25 · 26 · 27 · 28 29 · 30 · 31 · 32 · 33 · 34
Dark Droids:	35 · 36 · 37 · 38 · 39
~	40
1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7
Other
Omnibus · Friends & Enemies Omnibus
Related media
Doctor Aphra (2016) · Doctor Aphra – Chaos Agent Audiobook Original (script) Revelations (2022) · Tall Tales

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In other languages

[Marvel-1] 1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2020) #23 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)

[Date-2] The events of Doctor Aphra 23 take place after the Escape from Cloud City and before the Rescue of Han Solo, which are dated to 3 ABY and 4 ABY, respectively, by Star Wars: Galactic Atlas.

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