Dark Droids 4

Dark Droids 4 is the fourth issue of the 2023 comic limited series Star Wars: Dark Droids. The issue was written by Charles Soule, illustrated by Luke Ross and Alex Sinclair, and published by Marvel Comics on November 15, 2023.

Publisher's summary

THE SCOURGE IS ON THE VERGE OF HIS ULTIMATE TRIUMPH! The EMPIRE decrees: BEWARE THE DROIDS! Horrible laboratories across the galaxy are focused on transporting his many minds from DROIDS…into ORGANICS! But unbeknown to the Scourge, a FINAL CHALLENGE to its total victory is building, from an enemy it believed it had defeated once and for all!

Opening crawl

PART 4
"SCOURGE OF THE DROIDS"

In an effort to stop the Galactic
Empire, Lady Qi'ra gambled on an
ancient Sith device to disrupt their
connection to the Force. She failed,
and out of the ruins of her plans
emerged an evil entity.

The entity is a scourge to droids in
both the Rebellion and Empire and
continued to spread its consciousness
to any artificial mind that it could,
including the trusted protocol droid
C-3PO.

As the droid revolutionary, Ajax
Sigma, continues to lead a charge
against the corruption of free droids,
the scourge continues to spread
elsewhere….

Plot summary

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Collected in

Star Wars: Dark Droids trade paperback

Appearances

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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
4-LOM
Mas Amedda
BT-1
C-3PO (Indirect mention only)
IG-88
Lobot
Qi'ra (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
QT-KT
R2-D2
Scourge
Darth Sidious (Mentioned only)
Ajax Sigma
Luke Skywalker (Indirect mention only)
Magna Tolvan
Unidentified droid (Mentioned only)
Darth Vader (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
Beilert Valance

Droid models

Events

Imperial Era
- Scourge of the droids
  - Attack on Scourge 01 (Mentioned only)
- War against the Sith (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
  - Battle at Amaxine Station (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl)

Locations

The galaxy
- Coruscant
  - Imperial City
- Inner Rim Territories
  - Mechis system
    - Mechis III
      - Colony of the Second Revelation
- Outer Rim Territories
  - Ojoster sector
    - Epikonia system
      - Epikonia
        Unidentified city

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic
- Alliance officer
Bounty hunter
D-Squad
Galactic Empire
- Grand Vizier
- Imperial Military
  - Imperial Army
    - Stormtrooper Corps
      - Desert stormtrooper
      - Stormtrooper
- Imperial Officer Corps
  - Imperial officer
- Imperial Security Bureau (Mentioned only)
  - Agent (Mentioned only)
Jedi (Mentioned only)
Lady (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
Officer
- Admiral
- Captain
Priest
Scholar
Second Revelation
Sith (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
Valance family
Warrior

Sentient species

Vehicles and vessels

Space station (Mentioned only)
- Amaxine Station (Mentioned only)
Starship
- Scourge One (First identified as Scourge One, simultaneous with Doctor Aphra (2020) 38)
- Shuttle
  - Abecederian line
    - Lambda-class T-4a shuttle
- Transport
  - TR-286

Weapons and technology

Armor
Blaster
Cybernetics
- AJ^6 cyborg construct
DAS-430 Neural Inhibitor
Droid
Fermata Cage (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
Officer's disk
Spark Eternal (Mentioned only)

Miscellanea

Bespinite
Capital
City
- Ecumenopolis
Clothing
- Bandolier
- Imperial military uniforms
  - Imperial kepi
  - Rank insignia plaque
Cyborg
- Hybroid
Death
Fire
Flagship
The Force (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
Galaxy
Imperial crest
Laboratory
Language
- Binary
- Galactic Basic Standard
Laser
Lethorn
Planet
Prisoner
Sector
Sentience
Synthflesh
Time
- Millennium

Sources

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: Dark Droids (2023) #4 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
↑ The flashbacks of Star Wars (2020) 50 take place approximately twenty-two years after Sheev Palpatine's ascension to Emperor, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 19 BBY, meaning they must occur around 3 ABY. The flashbacks also take place after the events of Star Wars (2020) 43, which occur after the Star Wars: Dark Droids crossover event, an event Charles Soule Unleashes Dark Droids on StarWars.com (backup link) places after Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters, which is dated to 3 ABY by Timelines. As Dark Droids 4 is part of the Dark Droids event, its events must take place around 3 ABY.

External links

Star Wars: Dark Droids (2023) #4 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)

Dark Droids: D-Squad
1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5
1 · 2 · 3 · 4
Crossover
Star Wars: 37 · 38 · 39 · 40 · 41
Bounty Hunters: 37 · 38 · 39 · 40 · 41
Darth Vader: 37 · 38 · 39 · 40 · 41
Doctor Aphra: 35 · 36 · 37 · 38 · 39
Collections
Dark Droids · D-Squad
Crossover: Star Wars Vol. 7 · Bounty Hunters Vol. 7 Darth Vader Vol. 8 · Doctor Aphra Vol. 7
Related media
The Book of Ajax
Han Solo & Chewbacca (9 · 10) Revelations (2022)

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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: Dark Droids (2023) #4 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)

[Date-2] The flashbacks of Star Wars (2020) 50 take place approximately twenty-two years after Sheev Palpatine's ascension to Emperor, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 19 BBY, meaning they must occur around 3 ABY. The flashbacks also take place after the events of Star Wars (2020) 43, which occur after the Star Wars: Dark Droids crossover event, an event Charles Soule Unleashes Dark Droids on StarWars.com (backup link) places after Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters, which is dated to 3 ABY by Timelines. As Dark Droids 4 is part of the Dark Droids event, its events must take place around 3 ABY.

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