Star Wars (2020) 41

For other uses, see Star Wars 41.

Star Wars 41 is the forty-first issue of the 2020 canon comic book series Star Wars. The issue was written by Charles Soule, illustrated by Madibek Musabekov and Rachelle Rosenberg, and published by Marvel Comics on December 6, 2023.

Publisher's summary[]

LANDO LOST! – A DARK DROIDS TIE-IN! With the final mission to rescue LOBOT from the terrors of THE SCOURGE underway, galactic ne'er-do-well LANDO CALRISSIAN must finally reckon with the sins of his past. Will he be the SCOUNDREL he's always been or the HERO he could be?

Plot summary[]

LANDO LOST

After Lobot's neural implants began to fail him, Lando
took his unwell friend to Jabba the Hutt's palace,
where the Talky droid who once helped them resides.
There, the duo was accosted by several scourged
droids, which took over Lobot's mind.

The evil entity known as the Scourge has been
gathering its horde of one-minded droids on the
planet Epikonia, where it's conducting experiments to
find a way to spread its consciousness to organic
beings.

Now Lando and a small team of rebels must fight to
save their friend….

Development[]

John Tyler Christopher is the artist of several variant covers for Star Wars 41, one which features Darth Maul. Another was first kept a secret but later revealed to be depicting Asajj Ventress.^[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

Landonis Balthazar Calrissian
Chewbacca
Boba Fett (Mentioned only)
Qui-Gon Jinn (Variant cover only)
L3-37 (Indirect mention only)
Lobot
Leia Organa
Qi'ra (Mentioned only)
Scourge
Ajax Sigma
Luke Skywalker
Han Solo (Mentioned only)
Jabba Desilijic Tiure (Mentioned only)
Unidentified droid mechanic (First mentioned)

Droid models

Linguistics droid
- Autonomous Translator Module, Mark II
Protocol droid
- RA-7 protocol droid (Cover only)
Security droid (Cover only)
- KX-series security droid (Cover only)
Spider-droid
Translator droid (Mentioned only)
Warrior-priest droid

Events

Imperial Era
- Scourge of the droids
  - Battle on Epikonia (First identified as Battle on Epikonia)
  - Mission to Jabba's Palace (Mentioned only)
  - Second attack on Scourge 01 (First appearance)
- Trial of Lando Calrissian (First mentioned)
- War of the Bounty Hunters (Indirect mention only)
  - Auction for Han Solo (Indirect mention only)

Locations

Epikonia
- Unidentified city
Kijimi (Mentioned only)
Tatooine (Mentioned only)
- Jabba's Palace (Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic
- Alliance Military
  - Rebel Alliance Navy
    - Rebel pilot
  - Rebel Honor Guard
- Alliance officer
Calrissian family
Chewbacca's family
Elder Houses
- House of Organa
  - Princess
Jedi Order
- Jedi
- Padawan
Mechanic (Mentioned only)
Officer
- Commander
- General
Pilot
Priest
Second Revelation
Skywalker family
Smuggler
Spy (Mentioned only)
Translator (Mentioned only)

Sentient species

Human
- Alderaanian
Hutt (Mentioned only)
Nautolan
Wookiee

Vehicles and vessels

Starship

Weapons and technology

Blaster
- Blaster pistol
  - Defender sporting blaster pistol
    - Satine's Lament
  - X-8 Night Sniper
    - Lando Calrissian's X-8 Night Sniper
- Blaster rifle (Cover only)
  - E-11 medium blaster rifle (Cover only)
Bowcaster
- Chewbacca's bowcaster
Cybernetics
- AJ^6 cyborg construct
- Mechno-arm
Droid
Lightsaber
- Lightsaber pike
  - Luke Skywalker's yellow lightsaber
Melee weapon
- Sword
  - Ajax Sigma's sword (First appearance)
Memory bank (Mentioned only)
Photoreceptor
Quarrel
Rectenna
Sensor (Mentioned only)
Stuncuffs

Miscellanea

Bespinite
Book (Mentioned only)
City
Clothing
- Bandolier
  - Chewbacca's bandolier
- Cape (Cover only)
Corellian code of military justice (First mentioned)
Credit (Mentioned only)
Cyborg
- Hybroid
Death
- Death penalty (Mentioned only)
Eye
Fire
Flagship
The Force
- Force power
  - Force jump
- Force-sensitive
- Light side of the Force (Mentioned only)
Language
- Galactic Basic Standard
  - "Hell" (Mentioned only) (as expletive)
- Shyriiwook
- Trawak (Indirect mention only)
Laser
Planet
Prisoner
Time
Treason

Collections[]

Star Wars Vol. 7: Dark Droids

Sources[]

Dark Droids 1
"Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 223

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 ^1.11 Star Wars (2020) #41 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
↑ The events of Star Wars 41 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.
↑ John Tyler Christopher (@johntylerchris) on Twitter: "Now that Asajj has been revealed as the Phantom Cover, we are getting ready to ship the PREORDERS of her and Darth Maul, this week! With as cold as it is here in the Midwest, hopefully they don't arrive in a block of ice!" (backup link)

External links[]

Star Wars (2020) #41 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)

Star Wars (Marvel 2020)

Trade paperbacks
The Destiny Path:	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6
The Will of Tarkin:	7 · 8
*Operation Starlight*:	9 · 10 · 11 · 12
War of the Bounty Hunters:	13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18
Crimson Reign:	19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23 · 24
The Path to Victory:	26 · 27 · 28 · 29 · 30
Quests of the Force:	31 · 32 · 33 · 34 · 35 · 36
Dark Droids:	37 · 38 · 39 · 40 · 41
The Sith and the Skywalker:	42 · 43
The Trial of Lando Calrissian:	44 · 45 · 46 · 47
The Path of Light:	48 · 49 · 50
Stand-alones:	25
1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9
Related media
Star Wars (2015) An Echo of Victory · Revelations (2022) · Revelations (2023) Free Comic Book Day 2023

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Dark Droids: D-Squad
1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5
1 · 2 · 3 · 4
Crossover
Star Wars: 37 · 38 · 39 · 40 · 41
Bounty Hunters: 37 · 38 · 39 · 40 · 41
Darth Vader: 37 · 38 · 39 · 40 · 41
Doctor Aphra: 35 · 36 · 37 · 38 · 39
Collections
Dark Droids · D-Squad
Crossover: Star Wars Vol. 7 · Bounty Hunters Vol. 7 Darth Vader Vol. 8 · Doctor Aphra Vol. 7
Related media
Han Solo & Chewbacca (9 · 10) Revelations (2022)

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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 ^1.11 Star Wars (2020) #41 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)

[Date-2] The events of Star Wars 41 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.

[Asajj_reveal-3] John Tyler Christopher (@johntylerchris) on Twitter: "Now that Asajj has been revealed as the Phantom Cover, we are getting ready to ship the PREORDERS of her and Darth Maul, this week! With as cold as it is here in the Midwest, hopefully they don't arrive in a block of ice!" (backup link)

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