Darth Vader (2020) 47

Darth Vader 47 is the forty-seventh issue of the 2020 canon comic book series Star Wars: Darth Vader. The issue was written by Greg Pak, illustrated by Raffaele Ienco and Federico Blee, and published by Marvel Comics on June 12, 2024.

Publisher's summary[]

THE RAZING OF EXEGOL CONTINUES! DARTH VADER and the SCHISM IMPERIAL launch their boldest challenge to the power of PALPATINE with an assault on EXEGOL, the home of the EMPEROR'S greatest secrets and treasures! But if sheer brute force can't overcome the defenses of the SITH CITADEL, what terrifying new resources will the DARK LORD draw upon? Also: CAPTAIN ENRIC PRYDE faces his greatest test!

Plot summary[]

THE RAZING OF EXEGOL
PART 2

Sly Moore's Schism Imperial, a covert group
of Imperials determined to overthrow the
Emperor, has continued to grow. Darth Vader
has now led the group on missions from the
Outer Rim to Tython, all building toward a
final assault on the Emperor's regime.

After a daring mission through the Red
Honeycomb Zone, facing off against the Sith
Eternal, the team has now encountered the
giant Summa-Verminoth monsters….

Development[]

Raffaele Ienco shared line art for the issue the day before release.^[3]

Media[]

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

Chelli Lona Aphra (Variant cover only)
Blades
Warba Calip
Chamdaka
Corleque (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
Eye-Oh-Ninety-Eight-Dee (Indirect mention only)
Fabarian
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Variant cover only)
Darth Maul (Variant cover only)
Sly Moore
Leia Organa
Enric Pryde
R2-D2
Sabé
Sabé's droid
Darth Sidious
Luke Skywalker
Tandorvo
Tauntaza
Unidentified M.A.R. Corps member
Darth Vader
Watto (Variant cover only)
ZED-6-7

Organisms

Droid models

Analysis droid
- SP-4 ISC
Astromech droid
- R-series
  - R2 series astromech droid
Battle droid
- B-series battle droid (Parts only)
  - B1-series battle droid (Parts only)
- Slandarv's battle droid model
Forensics droid
Monster droid
- Unidentified monster droid model
Security droid (Modified head only)
- KX-series security droid (Modified head only)

Events

Imperial Era
- Assault on Exegol
- Duel on Cloud City (Indirect mention only)
- Mission to Exegol (Indirect mention only)
- Mission to Sergia (Indirect mention only)
- Mission to Slandravia M-9 (Indirect mention only)

Locations

The galaxy
- Outer Rim Territories
  - Caranthanax B (First appearance)
    - Southern Pole (First appearance)
  - Unidentified planet (Mentioned only)
- Sergia (Mentioned only)
- Slandarvia M-9 (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
  - Slandarv's factory (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
- Tython (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
  - Martyrium of Frozen Tears (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
- Unknown Regions
  - Exegol system
    - Exegol
      - Sith Citadel
        Kyber Temple (Indirect mention only)
  - Red Honeycomb Zone (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl)

Organizations and titles

Sentient species

Vehicles and vessels

Death Star (Mentioned only)
- DS-1 Death Star Mobile Battle Station (Mentioned only)
Starship
Tauntaza's fortress (Indirect mention only)

Weapons and technology

Armor
Blaster
- Blaster pistol
Cannon
Code cylinder
Cybernetics
- Mechno-arm
Datacard (Mentioned only)
Droid
Droid brain (Indirect mention only)
Electronic translator
- Translating vocoder
  - Vocoder mask
Hologram
Holoprojector
Lightsaber
Melee weapon
- Staff
  - Electrostaff
    - Darth Vader's electrostaff
Superlaser (Indirect mention only)

Miscellanea

Army (Mentioned only)
City (Mentioned only)
Clothing
- Cape
- Imperial military uniforms
  - Rank insignia plaque
- Zeyd cloth
Cult
- Sith cult
Cyborg
Death
Dismemberment
Entry ramp
The Force
- Dark side of the Force
- Force power
  - Force vision
  - Telekinesis
- Force-sensitive
Galaxy
Hell (Mentioned only)
Language
- Binary
- Galactic Basic Standard
Lightsaber combat
Mineral
- Crystal
  - Kyber crystal
- Kyberite
Near-human
Ordu artifact (Variant cover only)
- Rur Crystal (Variant cover only)
Parent
Planet
Realspace
Rule of Two (Indirect mention only)
Snow
Stun
Subspecies
Taming beasts (Mentioned only)
Tattoo (Variant cover only)
- Electro-tattoo (Variant cover only)

Collections[]

Star Wars: Darth Vader Vol. 10 – Phantoms

Sources[]

New 'Star Wars' Pride Variant Covers Celebrate Pride Month in a Galaxy Far, Far Away on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)

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) #47 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
↑ The events of Darth Vader (2020) 47 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.
↑ Raffaele Ienco (@Raffaele_Ienco) on Twitter: "Darth Vader #47 out tomorrow, June 12, 2024... line art preview..." (backup link)

External links[]

Star Wars: Darth Vader (2020) #47 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) #47 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)

[Date_note-2] The events of Darth Vader (2020) 47 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.

[Raff_Tweet-3] Raffaele Ienco (@Raffaele_Ienco) on Twitter: "Darth Vader #47 out tomorrow, June 12, 2024... line art preview..." (backup link)

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