Comic Book Reading Order: Star Wars Dark Droids (2023)

Star Wars: Dark Droids takes the galaxy far, far away to a scary place.

Here’s the complete reading order.

Marvel has established their love of events, going back to things like Atlantis Attacks and Evolutionary Wars; that’s not any different with their Star Wars books. They’ve done War of the Bounty Hunters and Crimson Reign already; Dark Droids is a little different. Marvel takes Star Wars into the horror genre with this event.

Launching in August with STAR WARS: DARK DROIDS #1, the event will also spin off into new series and tie into the four ongoing series that are currently bridging the gap between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi films: STAR WARS, STAR WARS: DARTH VADER, STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA, and STAR WARS: BOUNTY HUNTERS. DARK DROIDS will be a rare horror-fueled Star Wars epic set that erupts when a new threat is unleashed throughout the galaxy, corrupting droids, cyborgs, and everything in-between! 

Who or what is the Scourge — and why is no droid safe? As a corruption spreads from one droid to the next, the Rebel Alliance and the Empire both face chaos! What role does Ajax Sigma from last year’s STAR WARS: REVELATIONS one-shot play in all of this? And whose side is he on? 

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There are no formal prequel books for the series, but there are 2 titles that do give some info about what was to come in the story.

• Star Wars: Revelations #1
• Star Wars: Han Solo and Chewbacca #9
• Star Wars: Han Solo and Chewbacca #10

Revelations introduces Ajax Sigma, a key player in the story. Han Solo and Chewbacca give background on Ajax Sigma. Neither are required reading, but both titles do provide a little background.

The event itself:

• Star Wars: Dark Droids #1 – C
• Star Wars #37 – T
• Star Wars: Darth Vader #37 – T
• Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #35 – T
• Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #37 – T
• Star Wars #38 – T
• Star Wars: Dark Droids #2 – C
• Star Wars: Darth Vader #38 – T
• Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #38 – T
• Star Wars: Dark Droids – D-Squad #1 – T
• Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #36 – T
• Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #39 – T
• Star Wars: Darth Vader #39 – T
• Star Wars: Dark Droids #3 – C
• Star Wars #39 – T
• Star Wars: Dark Droids – D-Squad #2 – T
• Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #37 – T
• Star Wars #40 – T
• Star Wars: Darth Vader #40 – T
• Star Wars: Dark Droids #4 – C
• Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #38 – T
• Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #40 – T
• Star Wars: Dark Droids – D-Squad #3 – T
• Star Wars: Dark Droids – D-Squad #4 – T
• Star Wars: Dark Droids #5 – C
• Star Wars #41 – T
• Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #41 – T
• Star Wars: Darth Vader #41 – T
• Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #39 – T

C = Core book
T = Tie-in book

The story has no epilogue books; all 4 core books go back to normal after the event.

• Star Wars #42
• Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #42
• Star Wars: Darth Vader #42
• Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #40

The event is out completely in floppy format and trades are starting to hit the market; the books are hitting Marvel Unlimited now.

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