Legacy of Vader 7 is the seventh issue of the 2025 canon comic book series Star Wars: Legacy of Vader. The issue was written by Charles Soule, illustrated by Luke Ross and Nolan Woodard, and published by Marvel Comics on August 6, 2025.

Publisher's summary

KYLO REN TAKES ON A SURVIVOR OF ORDER 66! On a distant, snow-covered planet, KYLO REN has met his match against former JEDI GRANDEA! Witness flashbacks to the CLONE WARS ERA and GRANDEA’s daring use of the FORCE in the face of ultimate betrayal! Will the survivor of the worst tragedy to befall the Jedi be able to change Kylo’s evil ways?

Opening crawl

REIGN OF KYLO REN
PART 7
Even after killing Snoke and taking the mantle of Supreme Leader, Kylo Ren
still struggles with forging his own path in the shadow of his family's legacy.

Kylo's quest to kill the past led him to Darth Vader's former home,
where the young tyrant met the erstwhile aide of the Dark Lord, a man
by the name of Vaneé.

After harrowing excursions on Tatooine and Naboo, as well as the conquest of
Corellia, Vaneé advised Kylo to seek out a worthy opponent: a survivor of Order 66.
Upon searching a distant, snow-covered planet, the young tyrant has now come
face-to-face with the formidable former Jedi….

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Development

Soule first mentioned issue seven on his Bluesky page on January 30, 2025, where he mentioned he had just broken into its story.[3]

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Characters

  • Alivar (First appearance) (In flashback(s))
  • Padmé Amidala (Variant cover only)
  • Arnod (First identified as Arnod)
  • Grandea
  • Obi-Wan Kenobi (Indirect mention only)
  • Ninth Sister (In flashback(s))
  • Kylo Ren
  • Luke Skywalker (Mentioned only)
  • Snoke (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
  • Svan (First identified as Svan)
  • Thirteenth Sister (In flashback(s))
  • Unidentified clone trooper (First appearance) (In flashback(s))
  • Unidentified human (First appearance) (In flashback(s))
  • Unidentified Imperial officer (First appearance) (In flashback(s))
  • Unidentified Mon Calamari bartender (First appearance) (In flashback(s))
  • Unidentified Toydarian (First appearance) (In flashback(s))
  • Unidentified Talz
  • Darth Vader (In flashback(s))
  • Vaneé (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl)

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Events

Locations

Organizations and titles

Sentient species

Vehicles and vessels

Weapons and technology

Miscellanea

Sources

Notes and references

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Marvel-TemplateLogo Star Wars: Legacy of Vader (2025) #7 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
  2. The events of Legacy of Vader 7 take place in 34 ABY per the reasoning here.
  3. BlueskyLogo Charles Soule (@charlessoule.bsky.social) on Bluesky (post on January 30, 2025): "Just broke Kylo 7. What a gift that character is. Everything he does is driven by self-hatred and self-love in equal measure. A rich stew." (backup link)

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