- "Lord Vader… I know I presume too much… but you have programmed me to serve you above all else. If you truly wish to do this thing… you must remember the words of the Jedi. You must remember… how to use the Force… without force."
- ―Arex advises Darth Vader
Arex was a Jedi training droid who spent many years with Jedi on Al'doleem, a moon in the galaxy's Mid Rim.
Biography[]
- "I have spent time with many Jedi here, over the years, and I would like to believe I have absorbed some small piece of their wisdom."
- ―Arex, to Kirak Infil'a
Arex was a Jedi training droid who served the Jedi Order on the moon of Al'doleem in the Mid Rim for many years. During the early stages of the Great Jedi Purge, Arex was present on the moon with Jedi Master Kirak Infil'a and was tasked by Infil'a with preparing the mountains defenses when something dark was approaching. When Infil'a confirmed it was a Sith, the droid ran to intercept him, but before it could, Vader tooks its weapon and threw the droid off the mountain.[5] After Vader was thrown off the mountain by Infil'a, he landed near the droid, who had survived. Arex then told Vader that he was defeated, but Vader responded by crushing the droid, and using its parts to repair himself.[9]
Arex ultimately survived,[7] and between 3 ABY and 4 ABY,[10] was among a number of droids assembled by the Droid Crush Pirates of Bestoon to take out Vader. When they confronted Vader on Ringo Vinda, Arex believed that because Vader had many of their parts installed on them, they could be able to communicate with them if they got close enough to the Sith. They attempted to carry it out, but then began to attack the droids attacking Vader, with ZED-6-7 revealing that it had been a setup all along. The destroyed droids were then rebuilt and began to follow the Sith.[7]
Behind the scenes[]
Arex first appeared in Darth Vader (2017) 3, a 2017 canon comic written by Charles Soule and penciled by Giuseppe Camuncoli.[5]
Appearances[]
- Darth Vader (2017) 3 (First appearance)
- Darth Vader (2017) 4
- "Darth Vader and the Weapon of a Sith" — Galactic Adventures Storybook Collection
- Darth Vader (2020) 36
- Darth Vader (2020) 37
- Darth Vader (2020) 38
- Darth Vader (2020) 39
- Darth Vader (2020) 40 (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
- Darth Vader (2020) 41
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ The events of Darth Vader (2020) 37, including the destruction of Arex aboard the Executor, 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Darth Vader (2020) 38
- ↑ The events of Darth Vader (2020) 38, including the destruction of Arex aboard the Executor, 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.
- ↑ The events of Darth Vader (2020) 39, including the destruction of Arex on Mustafar, 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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 Darth Vader (2017) 3
- ↑ Darth Vader (2020) 39
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Darth Vader (2020) 36
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Darth Vader (2020) 37
- ↑ Darth Vader (2017) 4
- ↑ The events of Darth Vader (2020) 36 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.