Comics Darth Vader #7: Shadows and Secrets, part 1 (of 6?)

I sure hope Vader doesn't eventually send Aphra off to seduce Luke and lead him into a trap.....because we haven't seen that a million times before

 

If you want to do the Shira Brie plot, use the real Shira, imo. And Aphra's not the type for this mission.

 

I want an action figure, a backstory novel and appearances elsewhere in the universe. Maybe an one-off graphic novel where she's looking for artefacts elsewhere.

And I want those trousers she's wearing, they're awesome.

 

An Aphra prequel series could be star wars' answer to Indiana Jones!

Arc#1: Raiders of The Lost Escape Pod!
Arc #2: The Station Of Doom
Arc #3: The Last War
Arc: #4 Kingdom Of The Crystal Lightsaber (Set in TFA time period when Aphra is sixty)

 

Yes.All the yes.

 

Vader could be the Marion Ravenwood of the series

 

Hmmmm...

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Vo

I am tempted to write a little something. This little planet just begs for Aphra.

 

So Aphra gets locked in a fridge while the Death Star takes a shot at it - and Aphra comes out of it just fine?

Although, truth be told, considering that TCW already did an arc where the titles were all modified Hitchcock film titles, an arc of all-Indy titles would probably fit right in...

 

An Aphra series could actually parallel the indy series surprisingly well despite being in the star wars universe.

1930's time period=10 BBY time period
Nazis=Empire
Thugees=Jedi
Also Sallah could be a wookie

Star Wars: Aphra-It's begging to be made!

 

I dug this issue for various reasons, the return of HK-speaking patterns in an IG-90, the banter between the bounty hunters, the crazy Rodian crimelord and the fact that Vader Force-fed him to a monster and then stabbed him through the monster's head just to be sure. I love the way Vader is used in the series, you see his character more through actions and terse statements and the single "flashback" panels for him add resonance.

Also I thought that "bomb" was just something that removed all biological / physical evidence from Kenobi's hut, but the hut itself is still standing. I get the feeling Gillen wanted to have Vader blow up Ben's hut, which makes sense from a character perspective and is a good capper to the scene, but Lucasfilm didn't allow it so it was a "clean slate" bomb.