Comics Doctor Aphra #1-6: Aphra (6/6 Released)

Point taken.

 

Is there any info on how old Aphra is? Cause I feel like she's probably closer to Han's age range of late 20s, early 30s.

 

In Darth Vader #10 we learned she was born prior to 22 BBY. So late twenties most likely.

 

In the latest issue it showed a flashback taking place eighteen years earlier. In it Aphra was clearly in her teens so probably saying early thirties would be more accurate.

 

For anyone who wants to see what Aphra looks like in it, here's a teaser video and a gameplay example.

 

Force Arena must be taking the place of Disney Infinities. Never played it myself but it was fun to occasionally pull up a youtube video and watch Star Wars characters duke it out.

They do this kind of thing for Walking Dead mobile games as well. They have characters who are in the comic in build your own survival group games but who likely won't be in the show for several more years.

 

Um... wheres the thread for this weeks Star Wars? I cant find it.

 

Wow, Dr Aphra looks great!! Nice feminine yet cocky walk, too.

 

I don't know if this has been mentioned already, but the force-user in the flashback, Rur, and the location of Garn- are both names from the legends comic 'Blind Fury', written by Alan Moore.

 

Also, if anybody hasn't pointed this out already: Ordu and Aspectu are both latin words, though combining them in the way they are there isn't one hundred percent grammatically correct. 'Ordu' means 'order' and 'aspectu' means 'vision.' So, loosely, it could translate as 'order of vision'.

Alternatively, we could take the old turkish meaning for 'ordu'- that is to say, 'army', and make it 'army of vision'.

 

Like I said, the actual latin doesn't one hundred percent work. The reason I bring it up is that the legends version of the character Rur of Garn is a member of a rogue jedi sect called 'The Order of the Terrible Glare', which is interesting given that the space latin roughly equates to 'Order of Vision' or 'Order of Sight'.

Also interesting: The Order of the Terrible Glare has apparently already been mentioned in a Canon work.

 

And that one mention says that they were kidnappers.

 

Maybe "Ordu Aspectu" is a mistranslation of something that actually meant "Order of the Terrible Glare".

 

How did I not see that before, I, a big fan of those EU oddities? My mind is blown. Now I'm REALLY hoping it leads somewhere interesting!

(BTW, while Ordu Aspectu isn't proper Latin, neither are "Pliada di am Imperium" or "Imperius Unitada ober Totallex". That's space Latin. High Galactic, maybe?)

 

Okay, this is actually even better than I thought. I mean, I was already on board for a Aphra-centric comic, but I didn't think it would be this awesome. I love that Gillen used her actual profession as an archaeologist to explore more about the lore.

 

New interview with Kieron Gillen and textless preview pages.

http://www.cbr.com/interiew-kieron-gillen-star-wars-doctor-aphra-marvel/

 

From the interview posted above:

Good to hear that from the author himself! I wasn't "imagining"things when I thought I noticed that

 

"There is one thing in this story that is based on a very obscure bit of Legends material that I suspect people won’t spot. It’s so obscure that even long term Star Wars fans might not spot it and even then they probably won’t notice it until the end, because it’s a complete reimagining of a concept. I mean, to stress, it’s so obscure that I 100 percent don’t expect people to get what I’m building on." Is he referring to "Blind Fury!"?

 

100 % sure he does.
Le Me on Twitter: Ordu Aspectu... Rur... Garn... I think I've seen what you're doing there. ;-)
Kieron Gillen's answer: