Darth Vader (2020) 42

Darth Vader 42 is the forty-second issue of the 2020 canon comic book series Star Wars: Darth Vader. The issue was written by Greg Pak, illustrated by Adam Gorham and Federico Blee, and published by Marvel Comics on January 3, 2024.

Publisher's summary[]

THE RISE OF THE SCHISM IMPERIAL! In the wake of DARK DROIDS, DARTH VADER explores his powers and takes on the most dangerous team of rebel heroes he's ever faced! Meanwhile, the greatest threat to the EMPEROR'S rule is rising … from within THE EMPIRE itself! Will the DARK LORD OF THE SITH destroy it … or join it? Featuring the comic-book debut of ENRIC PRYDE from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker!

Plot summary[]

RISE OF THE SCHISM IMPERIAL

After facing a series of tests by Emperor
Palpatine and Grand Vizier Mas Amedda
during the scourge of the droids, Darth Vader
eventually used the corrupted droids to his
advantage, taking out the onslaughts of
troopers sent after him.

Now a new threat to the Empire is rising from
within, and they've got their eyes on Vader….

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Cover gallery[]

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

Mas Amedda
Blades (First identified as Blades)
Chamdaka (First identified as Chamdaka)
Corleque (Appears in hologram)
Eye-Oh-Ninety-Eight-Dee (First appearance)
FX-6
Sly Moore
Sistros Nevet (Statuette only)
Enric Pryde
Scourge (Indirect mention only)
Darth Sidious
Tandorvo (First identified as Tandorvo)
Ahsoka Tano (Variant cover only)
Tauntaza (Appears in hologram)
Unidentified M.A.R. Corps member
Unidentified rebel commander (First appearance)
Darth Vader
ZED-6-7

Droid models

Events

Imperial Era
- Galactic Civil War
  - Skirmish at Zee-Nine City Seven (First appearance)
- Scourge of the droids (Indirect mention only)
  - Battle for the Executor (Indirect mention only)
  - Skirmish on Mirgoshirax (Mentioned only)

Locations

Organizations and titles

Administrator
- Sub-Administrator
Alliance to Restore the Republic
- Alliance Military
  - Alliance Army
    - Rebel trooper
  - Rebel Alliance Navy
    - Rebel Alliance Starfighter Corps
- M.A.R. Corps (First identified as M.A.R. Corps)
Bodyguard
Bureaucrat
Crimson Dawn (Mentioned only)
Droid Crush Pirates of Bestoon (Mentioned only)
Four Sages of Dwartii (Statuette only)
Galactic Empire
- Emperor's Royal Guard
- Galactic Emperor
- Governor (Appears in hologram)
- Grand Vizier
- Imperial Military
  - Imperial Army
    - Stormtrooper Corps
      - Stormtrooper
  - Imperial Garrison (First appearance)
  - Imperial Navy
- Imperial Officer Corps
  - Imperial officer
- Moff (Mentioned only)
Lord
Officer
- Captain (Appears in hologram)
- Commander
- Lieutenant Commander
Palpatine family
Philosopher (Statuette only)
Pirate (Mentioned only)
Schism Imperial (First identified as Schism)
Sith
Skywalker family
Troop
Trooper

Sentient species

Vehicles and vessels

Starship
- Capital ship
  - Star Destroyer
    - Imperial-class Star Destroyer
      - Impervious (First appearance)
      - Steadfast (Mentioned only)
- Shuttle
  - Abecederian line
    - Lambda-class T-4a shuttle
- Starfighter
  - X-wing starfighter
    - T-65B X-wing starfighter

Weapons and technology

Miscellanea

Collections[]

Star Wars: Darth Vader Vol. 9 – Rise of the Schism Imperial

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: Darth Vader (2020) #42 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
↑ The events of Darth Vader (2020) 42 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: Darth Vader (2020) #42 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)

Trade paperbacks
Dark Heart of the Sith:	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5
Into the Fire:	6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11
War of the Bounty Hunters:	12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17
Crimson Reign:	18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23 · 24
The Shadow's Shadow:	25 · 26 · 27
Return of the Handmaidens:	28 · 29 · 30 · 31 · 32
Unbound Force:	33 · 34
Target Aphra:	35 · 36
Dark Droids:	37 · 38 · 39 · 40 · 41
Rise of the Schism Imperial:	42 · 43 · 44 · 45
The Razing of Exegol:	46 · 47
Phantoms:	48 · 49 · 50
1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10
Related media
Darth Vader (2015) · Darth Vader (2017) In Service to the Empire · Revelations (2022) · Revelations (2023) Free Comic Book Day 2023

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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: Darth Vader (2020) #42 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)

[Date_note-2] The events of Darth Vader (2020) 42 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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