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Warning ! This clause contains coddler for Star Wars : Dark Droids # 1Probably the lastStar Warscharacter one would gestate to ever be present as a malevolent or otherwise intimidating force in the franchise isC-3PO , yet in the most recent ongoingStar Warscrossover series , that ’s exactly what ’s materialise , as C-3PO just officially betrayedLuke Skywalkerand the Rebellion .
C-3PO is one of the first RebelsStar Warsfans ever saw in the franchise inStar Wars : Episode IV - A New Hope , which makes his betrayal of the Rebellion so much more impactful . However , the one redeeming factor to this betrayal is that C-3PO is n’t in control of himself , so it ’s not technically his defect . And another promising side is that C-3PO is n’t betray the Rebellion for the Empire , meaning C-3PO ’s well - noted efforts against the Empire are n’t in swollen . Unfortunately , those two points are where the bright sides of the position end , asC-3PO has been overtaken by the Scourge , and has been added to the corporate hive - mind of an artificial tidings hellbent on conquering the galaxy . And now , C-3PO will inadvertently lend his help to making the Scourge ’s sorry aspiration a grim realness .
C-3PO Is Corrupted By The Scourge, Making Him Star Wars’ Latest Villain
InStar Wars : Dark Droids#1 by Charles Soule , Luke Ross , and Alex Sinclair , lector see the birth and initial eruption of the Scourge . In the former crossover event , Star war : Hidden Empire , Lady Qi’ra of the Crimson Dawn open up anancient Sith prison house known as the Fermata Cagein an effort to immobilize Palpatine and Darth Vader within . While that failed , a little disc fell out , a disc containing something that the ancient Sith hold grievous enough to lock away incessantly within the Fermata Cage . Then , after the disc was released , the bodiless essence ofthe Spark Eternalpossessed it . The mixture of those two entities created the Scourge , and when this disc was recuperate by Imperial droids and cataloged within an Imperial Star Destroyer , the Scourge was free to move through the droids that physically handled the disc , and finally even move freely through the ship itself . This was the beginning of the Scourge ’s Galax urceolata - wide transmission , but it would n’t end with regal droids being overtake by the sinister hive - judgment , as C-3PO was the Scourge ’s last dupe in this issue .
When it was expose that C-3PO was rent over by the Scourge , the septic Threepio acknowledge that he ’s a trusted member of the Rebel Alliance with accession to some of the most sensitive pieces of information in the galax . He also notes that he ’s in propinquity to some of the most potent hoi polloi in the galaxy , most of whom have organise emotional attachments to him . He then ends his internal soliloquy with the scary last affirmation , “ I am hungry ” . Everything the Scourge - infect C-3PO said was a unmediated threat to the Rebel Alliance and , in turn , to Luke Skywalker himself , and speaks to his role in this grand plan being lead byStar Wars ’ newfangled scoundrel .
C-3PO is n’t a physical terror to anyone , mean it ’s improbable the beloved droid will be dispatch any of his fellow Rebels during this plot line . However , based on everything C-3PO said , it seems like he ’ll be acting as a bulwark for the Scourge within the Rebellion , which could absolutely result in the deaths of his friends . No matter what part Threepio will trifle , thisStar Warscomic plant that it will be for the welfare of the Scourge , meaningC-3POjust officially betrayedLuke Skywalkerand the Rebellion .
Star war : Dark Droids # 1by Marvel Comics is available now .
