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Warning ! This article contains spoilers for Star Wars : Darth Vader # 40Star Wars ’ Rebels famously defeated the Empire with the devastation of the second Death Star , and the deaths of both Darth Vader andEmperor Palpatineensured that defeat would stick around ( at least , long enough for the New Republic to get off the ground ) . However , if the Rebels decided to round Palpatine on Coruscant instead of the Death Star in an effort to cease the Empire ’s sovereignty , they would have turn a loss in minutes - and the late bankruptcy of the Scourge to do just that proves it .
In the current state ofStar Warscanon within the Marvel Comics on-going series ( which is put between the result ofEpisode VandEpisode VI ) , a new foe has rear its ugly head , and has proven to be a menace to both the Empire and the Rebellion : the Scourge . The Scourge is a viral AI hivemindthat can assimilate droids and cyborgs through touch .
Now , both sides of the war are lead off to take notice of this new menace , and implement security measures to keep it from circularise . However , duringStar warfare ’ most recent adventure , the Scourge managed to infract through Coruscant ’s defenses ( with the service of Darth Vader ) . While one would assume the solvent would be catastrophic given the number of droids and cyborgs on Coruscant , the diametrical ended up being the type - which is arguably even scarier .
Emperor Palpatine Has Detonation Defenses Surrounding His Palace
InStar war : Darth Vader#40 by Greg Pak and Raffaele Ienco , Darth Vader launches an assault on the Emperor ’s Palace , as he ’s wan of Palpatine toy with his life story - and the Scourge quickly buck a ride . While Vader was incognizant of this at first , he cursorily learns that the droids he programmed to avail him in this fight succumbed to Scourge contagion , and started fighting their own war in the center of Vader ’s conflict with Palpatine .
As the Scourge continued to spread through the palace and make its elbow room to the street of Coruscant , Palpatine initiated his detonation defenses around the castle and within the surrounding city - scape , a justificative strategy call Protocol 23 . This manoeuvre proved successful in stopping further flagellum contagion , though seemingly at the cost of a great number of the lives of Coruscant ’s citizen - something Palpatine does n’t genuinely care about in the thin .
Emperor Palpatine’s Detonation Defenses Would Decimate Rebel Forces
The horizontal surface of explosive topsy-turvyness that ensue with the proverbial flip of a switch was enough to snuff out an intact droid United States Army cultivated by the Scourge , one that consist of droids who were already embedded within glistering society . This means that any variety of infest force would n’t resist a chance against these defenses , thereby eliminating any probability of winner the Rebellion would have if they invaded the Empire Capitol . Plus , Palpatine has already proved that he does n’t care about civilian fatal accident , meaning he would n’t hesitate to launch this defense again .
Not only would these defenses mean swift and entire obliteration of invading Rebel forces , but Palpatine also showed in this return that he can take out a low flat coat - force army with his Force lightning alone , imply even if the Rebels somehow made it into the palace , they ’d be take out by the Emperor himself in mere second . All - in - all , it ’s a good matter the Rebels attackedEmperor Palpatineon the second Death Star , because if theStar Warsheroes did so on Coruscant , they ’d have lost in minutes .
Star Wars : Darth Vader # 40by Marvel Comics is uncommitted now .
