Crimson Reign 5

Crimson Reign 5
Attribution information
Writer	Charles Soule
Penciller	Steven Cummings
Inker	Victor Olazaba
Letterer	Travis Lanham
Colorist	Guru-eFX
Cover artist	Leinil Francis Yu
Editor	Mark Paniccia
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Publication date	June 22, 2022
Chronological information
Timeline	3 ABY
Series	Star Wars: Crimson Reign
Issue number	5 of 5
Preceded by	Crimson Reign 4 Bounty Hunters 24 (Crossover)
Followed by	Darth Vader (2020) 24 (Crossover)

Crimson Reign 5 is the fifth and final issue of the canon comic book miniseries Star Wars: Crimson Reign. The issue was written by Charles Soule, illustrated by Steven Cummings, Victor Olazaba, and Guru-eFX, and published by Marvel Comics on June 22, 2022. The issue contains the story Part 5: "The Scarlet Queen".

Publisher's summary

"THE SCARLET QUEEN" LADY QI'RA has used every tool at her disposal to generate chaos in the Galactic Empire, all to further her goal of eradicating the Sith. But as the final phase of Qi'ra's grand plan is revealed, she is about to learn a lesson that the Jedi Order also came to understand. Underestimate EMPEROR PALPATINE and pay the price.

Media

Cover gallery

Final cover by Leinil Francis Yu

Solicit cover by Leinil Francis Yu

Variant cover by Steven Cummings

Connecting variant cover by Ario Anindito

Warriors of Dawn variant cover by Valerio Giangiordano

Sabacc Card variant cover by David López

Slightly different version of David López's cover

Syndicate variant cover by Khoi Pham

Knights of Dawn variant cover by Rahzzah

Enemies of Dawn variant cover by Clayton Crain

Variant cover by Tyler Kirkham

Textless cover by Kirkham

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

The Archivist Sliro Barsha (First appearance) Bazzra Cadeliah Cardo Chanath Cha Deathstick Erstin Deez (Indirect mention only) Boba Fett (Cover only) Fyodor (Variant cover only) Ladybright Margo Marinda Massif Maul (Mentioned only) Moloch (In flashback(s)) Ochi Proxima (In flashback(s)) Qi'ra Ren Sear Darth Sidious Han Solo (In carbonite) (In flashback(s)) Jabba Desilijic Tiure (Mentioned only) Toren (Mentioned only) Trinia Darth Tyranus (Mentioned only) Darth Vader Beilert Valance (Variant cover only) Imara Vex Vicrul Dryden Vos (In flashback(s)) Ellian Zahra (Mentioned only)

Events

Imperial Era Attack on the Executor (Mentioned only) Auction for Han Solo (Indirect mention only) Battle of Panisia (Indirect mention only) Duel on the Vermillion (In flashback(s)) Great Jedi Purge (Mentioned only) Showdown on Savareen (In flashback(s)) War against the Sith Assassination of the Emperor's Royal Guard (Mentioned only) Heist on Vader's Castle (Mentioned only) Mission to a dark side hellscape (First appearance) Syndicate War (Mentioned only)

Locations

The galaxy Core Worlds Corellian sector (In flashback(s)) Corellia system (In flashback(s)) Corellia (In flashback(s)) Coronet City (In flashback(s)) Den of the White Worms (In flashback(s)) The Sinkhole (In flashback(s)) Corusca sector Coruscant subsector Coruscant system Coruscant Imperial City Federal District Imperial Palace Palace spire Emperor's throne room Dark side hellscape (First identified as dark side hellscape) Jekara (In flashback(s)) Outer Rim Territories (In flashback(s)) Mustafar (Mentioned only) Fortress Vader (Mentioned only) Savareen sector (In flashback(s)) Savareen system (In flashback(s)) Savareen (In flashback(s))

Organizations and titles

Aide Alliance to Restore the Republic (In carbonite) (In flashback(s)) Alliance officer (In carbonite) (In flashback(s)) Archivist Assassin Barsha family (First appearance) Bodyguard Bounty hunter Captain (In carbonite) (In flashback(s)) Chas Crimson Dawn Hylobon Enforcers Crime lord Fetts (Cover only) Galactic Empire Emperor's Royal Guard Galactic Emperor Imperial Military Imperial Army Stormtrooper Corps Scout trooper corps Scout trooper Stormtrooper Imperial Navy Hunter Fleet (Mentioned only) Imperial Starfighter Corps Imperial Starfighter Pilot Imperial Officer Corps Imperial officer Imperial Security Bureau Zerek Besh (First appearance) Director Hutt Clan (Mentioned only) Hutt Council (Mentioned only) Jedi (Mentioned only) Knights of Ren Ren Lord Mourner's Wail Syndicate (Mentioned only) Officer Commander (Mentioned only) Orphans Palpatine family Papa Toren's group (Mentioned only) Pilot Sava (Mentioned only) Sith Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sith apprentice Sith assassin Sith Lord Sith Master Skywalker family Sleeper Agent (Indirect mention only) Smuggler (In carbonite) (In flashback(s)) Solo family (In carbonite) (In flashback(s)) Unbroken Clan (Mentioned only) Royal line of the Unbroken Clan White Worms (In flashback(s)) Head (In flashback(s)) Scrumrat (In flashback(s))

Sentient species

Bestoonian Grindalid (In flashback(s)) Human Corellian Clone (Cover only) Naboo Hutt (Mentioned only) Hylobon Imroosian Twi'lek Zabrak Dathomirian

Vehicles and vessels

Repulsorcraft Speeder Speeder bike 74-Z speeder bike Starship Capital ship Executor (Mentioned only) Star Destroyer Imperial-class Star Destroyer Starfighter TIE fighter series TIE/ln space superiority starfighter Vermillion Yacht (In flashback(s)) Nau'ur-class yacht (In flashback(s)) First Light (In flashback(s))

Weapons and technology

Armor Helmet Mandalorian armor (Cover only) Boba Fett's armor (Cover only) Macrobinocular viewplate (Cover only) Mandalorian vambrace (Cover only) Stormtrooper armor Darth Vader's armor Blaster Blaster rifle Blaster carbine (Cover only) EE-3 carbine rifle (Cover only) E-11 medium blaster rifle Percussive cannon JND-41 percussive cannon Cannon Arm cannon Cardo's arm cannon Code cylinder Comlink Cybernetics Mechno-arm Datapad Datascreen Droid Fermata Cage (First appearance) Hologram Holoprojector Lightsaber Ren (lightsaber) Sith lightsaber (In flashback(s)) Dual-phase lightsaber (In flashback(s)) Darth Vader's lightsaber (In flashback(s)) Melee weapon Force pike Sword (In flashback(s)) Qi'ra's electro swords (In flashback(s)) Vibro-scythe Vicrul's scythe Missile Micro-missile Officer's disk Rangefinder (Cover only)

Miscellanea

Blood (In flashback(s)) Cane Emperor Palpatine's cane Capital Carbonite (In flashback(s)) Han Solo's carbonite block (In flashback(s)) City Ecumenopolis Clothing Cape Imperial military uniforms Imperial kepi Rank insignia plaque Zeyd cloth Cyborg Data pit Death Eye Flagship Fleet (Mentioned only) Foodstuff Tea The Force Dark side of the Force Force power Force-sensitive Fortress Galaxy "Hell" (Mentioned only) (as expletive) Homeworld (In flashback(s)) Imperial crest Language Galactic Basic Standard Lekku Lightsaber combat (In flashback(s)) Lightsaber duel (In flashback(s)) Near-human Planet Plant Tree Poison (Mentioned only) Scepter (In flashback(s)) Moloch's staff (In flashback(s)) Screaming Key Skyscraper Sleep (Mentioned only) Steel (Cover only) Beskar (Cover only) Teräs Käsi (Mentioned only) Throne Time Millennium Standard day Standard year Water (In flashback(s)) Youngling

Collections

• Star Wars: Crimson Reign (TPB)
• Star Wars: Crimson Reign Omnibus

Sources

• A Tale from Obi-Wan's Youngling Days and More from Marvel's May 2022 Star Wars Comics – Exclusive Preview on StarWars.com (backup link)
• "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 210
• "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 211
• The Emperor Sets His Sights on a New Enemy in Marvel's Star Wars Crimson Reign #5 – Exclusive Preview on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Hidden Empire Revealed: Charles Soule on Marvel's Next Star Wars Epic – Exclusive on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Crimson Reign 5 on the Aurebesh Wiki

External links

• Star Wars: Crimson Reign (2021) #5 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
• January 2022! by Soule, Charles on Charles Soule's official site (archived from the original on January 16, 2022)
• STAR WARS CRIMSON REIGN #5 (OF 5) on the official Previews World website (backup link)

In other languages

• español
• français
• ქართული
• polski