You called me a Jedi. You know nothing. Mind tricks are not of the Dark Side. We prefer force. Do you understand? 
Appearing in "Book I: Vader, Part I"
Featured Characters:
- Darth Vader (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Black Krrsantan (First appearance)
- Boba Fett
- Jabba the Hutt
- The Emperor (First appearance chronologically) (Only in flashback)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Bib Fortuna (First appearance chronologically)
- The Galactic Empire
- Grand General Tagge (Only in flashback)
- General Bast (Only in flashback)
- Overseer Aggadeen (Only in flashback)
- Imperial Guards (Only in flashback) (First appearance chronologically)
- Stormtroopers (Only in flashback)
- Grand Moff Tarkin (Mentioned)
- Admiral Motti (Mentioned)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (Only in flashback)
- Cylo-IV (Unnamed)
- Max Rebo (First appearance chronologically)
- The Rebellion
- Han Solo (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
- Luke Skywalker (Only in flashback)
- Princess Leia (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
- Salacious Crumb (First appearance chronologically)
- Sand People
- 4-LOM (Cameo)
- Dengar (Cameo)
- Jawa (Cameo)
- Crymorah Syndicate (Mentioned)
Locations:
- The Galaxy
- The Outer Rim
- Arkanis Sector
- Tatoo System
- Tatooine
- The Dune Sea
- Jabba's Palace (First appearance chronologically)
- The Dune Sea
- Tatooine
- Tatoo System
- Mustafar System
- Mustafar (Mentioned)
- Arkanis Sector
- Corellian Industrial Cluster (Only in flashback)
- Cymoon I (Only in flashback)
- Weapons Factory Alpha (Only in flashback)
- Cymoon I (Only in flashback)
- Core Worlds (Only in flashback)
- Coruscant (Only in flashback)
- Federal District (Only in flashback)
- Imperial Palace (Only in flashback)
- Federal District (Only in flashback)
- Coruscant (Only in flashback)
- Yavin IV (Mentioned)
- The Outer Rim
Items:
- Darth Vader's Armor
- Darth Vader's Lightsaber
- Lightsabers
- Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber (Only in flashback)
- Obi-Wan's Lightsaber (Only in flashback)
- Royal Guard Force Pikes (First appearance chronologically)
- Stormtrooper Armor
- Stormtrooper Blaster
Vehicles:
- Death Star (Only in flashback)
- Conference Room (Only in flashback)
- Docking Bay 327 (Only in flashback)
- Imperial Star Destroyer (Only in flashback)
- Millennium Falcon
- Vader's TIE Fighter (Only in flashback)
- X-Wing Fighter (Only in flashback)
- Death Star II (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "Book I: Vader, Part I"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
The original Dark Lord of the Sith stars in his first ongoing series!
Ever since Darth Vader made his first on-screen appearance, he became one of the most popular villains to ever haunt an audience's dreams! Now, follow Vader straight from the ending of "Star Wars: A New Hope" (and the pages of the new STAR WARS comic book) into his own series, showing the Empire's war with the Rebel Alliance from the other side! Writer Kieron Gillen and artist Salvador Larocca bring us a peek behind the mask of evil!Notes
- In the Star Wars timeline, Darth Vader appeared last in Star Wars (Vol. 2) #3.
- He appears next in Star Wars (Vol. 2) #4.
