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Warning : SPOILERS forDarth Vader # 42Throughout theStar WarsGalaxy , there are few beings as feared asDarth Vader . With his unequalled power and mastery of the Dark Side , there is little that the former Anakin Skywalker can not accomplish . Even so , Vader ca n’t do absolutely everything on his own , and now he has his own reply to Chewbacca to help him out .
Darth Vader # 42by Greg Pak , Adam Gorham , Federico Blee , and Joe Caramagna introduces the titular Sith Lord , and his readers , to the Machine Augmented Rebel Corps ( aka the M.A.R. Corps ) as the bionic man irregular assault Imperial forces on Zee - Nine City Seven . After the Empire ’s garrison crumbles , Lord Vader himself intervenesand faces off against the Corps .
The Machine Augmented Rebels - include their vast , shaggy , Wookie - like Gigoran member - prove themselves as suitable warriors against the Force ’s sully choose One until Vader manages to overtake their automobile form using Imperial Droid mental capacity . And with their ohmic resistance proving to in the end be futile , the M.A.R. Corps are reborn as Darth Vader ’s unwilling servants .
Gigorans have a huge amount in common with Wookiees and suffered similarly under the Empire . Often enslave for physical Department of Labor , they ca n’t naturally communicate in Galactic Basic Standard , but were often fitted with translators to make themselves realize .
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This is hardly the first time that Darth Vader has employed specialised force to pursue his own dark agenda . From notorious bounty hunters to fan - favorite inquisitor , and even to beloved Legends characters such as his learner Starkiller , Vader is more than uncoerced to use others so long as it increases his personal power , and the M.A.R. Corps are no different , except in one crucial way . Despite their sentient resistance , their machine programming at long last cast them totally in Vader ’s control , overriding the free will that has often grow in the way of Darth Vader ’s manipulation of his subsist weapons . commingle full respect with reactive , instinctual combat skills that droids ca n’t match , the M.A.R. Corps could truly be Vader ’s ace in the jam .
Zee - Nine City Seven ’s own Lieutenant Pryde key out these cyborgs to Vader as the deadliest soldier he ’s ever see , with their performance against Vader championship that statement up . Under the thrall of a Dark Lord of the Sith , there ’s no tell what they can accomplish . However , what ’s especially interesting about the M.A.R. Corps is that they each have different acquisition and capabilities . This has often been the Rebellion ’s major advantage over the Empire ’s identical forces - there have been manycases where Chewbacca ’s strength , R2 - D2 ’s tech or even C-3PO ’s acquisition as a translating program have been the one way out of a jam . Now , Vader has his own Wookiee - esque hatchet man , a bulletproof warrior , a bionic bridge player - to - hand expert , and a killer who uses prehensile spider - legs .
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With his own private war against Emperor Palpatine heating system up , as well asDarth Vader ’s potential enlisting to the Schism Imperial , there ’s never been a better sentence for the Sith to have his own unique soldiers that the Empire ca n’t co - opt . WhileDarthVader ’s full control of the M.A.R. Corps depict his wickedness , it will also be fascinating to see him result such a riffraff group in upcomingStar Warsstories , specially since the Rebels no longer have a monopoly on a towering member who can tear the arms off anyone who gets in their elbow room .
Darth Vader # 42
Darth Vader # 42is on cut-rate sale now from Marvel Comics .
