Darth Vader Is Finally Answering the Prequel Trilogy's Last Question
Warning! Contains a preview for Darth Vader #23
The Darth Vader comic series is going to answer one of the Star Wars prequel trilogy's final questions: What happens when those who knew Anakin as a boy discover he's now Darth Vader? Going beyond those who've known the truth eversince Anakin Skywalker was seduced by the dark side of the Force in Revenge of the Sith, a new preview for Marvel's Darth Vader #23 is teasing that figures from Vader's past are on the path to discovering who he once was. As such, there's no telling how the Dark Lord of the Sith will react when the truth finally comes out.
In previous issues of Marvel's ongoing Darth Vader series from Greg Pak and Raffaele Ienco, the Dark Lord of the Sith has been punished for his failures in Empire Strikes Back. He's been shown his master's true power and plans on the hidden Sith world of Exegol, and is now hunting down Crimson Dawn following the War of the Bounty Hunters crossover event. However, the rejection Vader received from his son Luke has also motivated an investigation into the particulars of his wife's death and son's birth, leading to his return to Tatooine as well as Naboo. In doing so, the Sith lord has crossed paths with a vengeful Sabé, his late wife's handmaiden known as the Queen's Shadow. Seeing as how Sabé tried to kill Vader with an assembled group of Naboo warriors looking to avenge the murders of Padmé and Anakin, it became clear that none of them knew the real truth that Anakin lived to become Vader.
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While it was believed that Vader had killed Naboo fighters who called themselves the Amidalans, more recent issues have revealed Sabé's survival and that she is now
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