Darth Vader (2020) 47

Darth Vader (2020) 47
Attribution information
Writer	Greg Pak
Penciller	Raffaele Ienco
Inker	Raffaele Ienco
Letterer	Joe Caramagna
Colorist	Federico Blee
Cover artist	Leinil Francis Yu
Editor	Mark Paniccia
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Publication date	June 12, 2024
Chronological information
Timeline	3 ABY or 4 ABY
Series	Star Wars: Darth Vader
Issue number	47
Preceded by	Darth Vader (2020) 46
Followed by	Darth Vader (2020) 48

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.

Media

Cover gallery

Final cover by Leinil Francis Yu

Solicit cover by Leinil Francis Yu

The Phantom Menace 25th Anniversary variant cover by Chris Sprouse

Variant cover by Ken Lashley

Reveal variant cover by Ken Lashley

Pride variant cover by Rachael Stott

Reveal Pride variant cover by Rachael Stott

Appearances

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) Masakint Darth Maul (Variant cover only) Sly Moore Leia Organa Enric Pryde R2-D2 Sabé Sabé's droid Darth Sidious Luke Skywalker Tandorvo Tauntaza Darth Vader Watto (Variant cover only) ZED-6-7

Organisms

Plant Tree Summa-verminoth Unidentified summa-verminoth subspecies

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 Slandarvia 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

Administrator Alliance to Restore the Republic Alliance Military Rebel Alliance Navy Rebel pilot Alliance officer M.A.R. Corps Bureaucrat Elder Houses House of Organa Princess Galactic Empire Assistant Data Processor Galactic Emperor Governor Imperial Military Imperial Navy Imperial Officer Corps Imperial officer Jedi Order Jedi Padawan Lord Officer Commander General Senior Lieutenant Palpatine family Pilot Schism Imperial Droid uprising Droid Crush Pirates of Bestoon Sith Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sith apprentice Sith Eternal Sith cultist Sith Lord Sith Master Skywalker family Thief (Mentioned only)

Sentient species

Bith Gigoran Human Alderaanian Naboo Umbaran

Vehicles and vessels

Death Star (Mentioned only) DS-1 Death Star Mobile Battle Station (Mentioned only) Starship Shuttle Abecederian line Lambda-class T-4a shuttle Starfighter X-wing starfighter T-65 X-wing starfighter T-65B X-wing starfighter Red Five Yacht H-type Nubian yacht Sabé's H-type Nubian yacht Tauntaza's fortress (Indirect mention only)

Weapons and technology

Armor Darth Vader's armor Helmet Shield Zaly Shield 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 Dual-phase lightsaber Lightsaber pike Luke Skywalker's yellow lightsaber Sith lightsaber Darth Vader's 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. 9 – Rise of the Schism Imperial

Sources

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

External links

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

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