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Warning : SPOILERS forDarth Vader Annual#2
Darth Vadermight have been responsible for the death of the Death Star - and the insurrection of Jyn Erso ’s father , Galen . At the very least , that ’s what the last setting of Marvel’sDarth Vader Annual # 2seems to indicate .
The issue implies that reasonableness the Erso family fled the Death Star project is all down to the Emperor ’s right - hired man man . And while theAnnual # 2has the Dark Lord of the Sith hunt down a group of saboteurs place Death Star output , the large saboteur might be Vader himself .
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Vader is task with protecting the Death Star inDarth Vader Annual # 2without ever really knowing what it is that he ’s protect ( the story is congeal at a time when the Death Star was but known as " Project Stardust " ) . During his investigation , Vader understand that the project is actually a satellite killer superweapon . And that the maven behind the weapon is pacifist scientist , Galen Erso .
Vader , like all Sith , believe disarmer are foolsconsidering the truth that peace is a lie . However , Darth Vader Annual # 2also unwrap thatVader was green-eyed of the Death Star , at least as Grand Moff Tarkin examine it , and views the weapon system as a misapprehension for the Empire . Vader ’s logical thinking for his Death Star hate is moderately flawed , but the issue still makes it cleared that Vader would prefer to have the Death Star wiped from the face of the Galax urceolata .
This is why the end ofDarth Vader Annual # 2is so fascinating . After Vader ’s hate of the Death Star is let out , the outcome straightaway switches to the perspective of Lyra Erso , Galen ’s wife , and mother toRogue Oneheroine Jyn Erso . While working mining for crystals in the Outer Rim , Lyra is met by a mysterious droid .
The droid tells Lyra the accuracy about the project she and Galen are working on - a tops weapon that will kill countless people across the coltsfoot . The droid does n’t tell Lyra who sent it or why , and self - destructs before it can give any more data . But that message is enough to convince Lyra that she must take flight with her mob . This explains the Ersos ' mindset at the start ofRogue Oneand why Galen finally builds the Death Star ’s mystical helplessness .
It ’s certainly possible that another fiber or even group of characters is behind the word of advice that Lyra have , and the issue does n’t make it explicitly well-defined that Vader is behind the droid and its message . However … it ’s the most obvious explanation . Vader ’s hate of the Death Star , kinship for droids and the violent direction the droid sports meeting it terminate , all line up with his character . In reality , all signs luff to Vader .
It ’s worth remembering that Darth Vader is n’t warning Galen and his family out of the goodness of his bosom , but because he wish to cease the development of the Death Star by the most efficient mean value . It ’s still rather shocking that Vader was indirectly responsible for the Rebellion ’s success years before his redemption inReturn of the Jedi .
That being said , he ’s always been someone who has look out for himself more than the Empire as a whole . However , if Vader is behind the Erso kinsperson campaign aside and the eventual destruction of the Death Star … it putsVader ’s action inRogue OneandA New Hopeinto a whole new light .
Things are still depart faint enough that Marvel and / orStar Warscan still let on that someone else was behind tipping the Erso family off . Yet the import is that Darth Vader was the existent spark that ignited rebellion . Who knew ?
Darth Vader Annual # 2is available now fromMarvel .
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