Darth Vader (2020) 16

Darth Vader 16
Attribution information
Writer	Greg Pak
Penciller	Raffaele Ienco
Inker	Raffaele Ienco
Letterer	Joe Caramagna
Colorist	Jason Keith Rachelle Rosenberg
Cover artist	Aaron Kuder Richard Isanove
Editor	Mark Paniccia Danny Khazem
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Publication date	September 15, 2021
Chronological information
Timeline	3 ABY or 4 ABY
Series	Star Wars: Darth Vader Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters
Issue number	16
Preceded by	Darth Vader (2020) 15 War of the Bounty Hunters 4 (Crossover)
Followed by	Darth Vader (2020) 17 War of the Bounty Hunters – Boushh 1 (Crossover)

Darth Vader 16 is the sixteenth issue of the 2020 comic book series Star Wars: Darth Vader and is part of the Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters event. The issue was written by Greg Pak; illustrated by Raffaele Ienco, Jason Keith, and Rachelle Rosenberg; and published by Marvel Comics on September 15, 2021.

Publisher's summary

"TARGET SKYWALKER" All of DARTH VADER'S careful scheming and brutal power moves to claim HAN SOLO'S frozen body have one ultimate end goal: LUKE SKYWALKER, the only person who could challenge Vader's primacy at the Emperor's side. Now everything comes to a head as father closes in on son and Luke finally grasps a shocking truth…one that will shape his destiny FOREVER!

Plot summary

DARTH VADER WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS: Target Skywalker After testing the loyalty of his servant Ochi, Darth Vader boarded the Crimson Dawn's ship, the ''Vermillion'', to claim Han Solo. To draw out Luke Skywalker, Vader threatens to destroy Solo if he does not face him….

Cover gallery

Cover A

Lucasfilm 50th Anniversary cover by Chris Sprouse

Lucasfilm 50th Anniversary cover by Chris Sprouse

Appearances

By type

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

Characters

Bokku Landonis Balthazar Calrissian Chewbacca Gak-Sixtoo Obi-Wan Kenobi (Vision to Darth Vader) Sly Moore Ochi Leia Organa Ororab (First mentioned) Firmus Piett R2-D2 Hurst Romodi (Indirect appearance only) (as shuttle) Darth Sidious (Vision to Darth Vader) Luke Skywalker Han Solo (In carbonite) Unidentified captain (First appearance) Unidentified Rodian (First appearance) Darth Vader

Creatures

Slug (Mentioned only) Worm (Mentioned only)

Droid models

Astromech droid R-series R2 series astromech droid Nav droid

Events

Imperial Era Attack on the Executor Auction for Han Solo (Indirect mention only) Plot to assassinate Darth Vader Skirmish with Crimson Dawn (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl)

Locations

Mid Rim Territories Jekara system Jekara

Organizations and titles

Administrator Sub-Administrator Alliance to Restore the Republic Alliance Military Rebel pilot Alliance officer Assassin Master Assassin Calrissian family Captain Chewbacca's family Crimson Dawn Droid Crush Pirates of Bestoon Elder Houses House of Organa Princess Galactic Empire Galactic Emperor (Vision to Darth Vader) Imperial Military Imperial Army Stormtrooper Corps Death trooper division Death trooper Darth Vader's guard Stormtrooper Imperial Navy Imperial Starfighter Corps Imperial Officer Corps Imperial officer Hutt Clan Jedi Order Jedi Jedi Master (Vision to Darth Vader) Padawan Lord Mercenary Officer Admiral Commander General Palpatine family (Vision to Darth Vader) Pilot Pirate Sith Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sith apprentice Sith assassin Sith Lord Sith Master (Vision to Darth Vader) Skywalker family Smuggler Solo family (In carbonite) Unidentified criminal group (First appearance)

Sentient species

Chagrian Human Alderaanian Corellian (In carbonite) Naboo (Vision to Darth Vader) Hutt Rodian Umbaran Wookiee

Vehicles and vessels

Starship Capital ship Dreadnought Star Dreadnought Executor-class Star Dreadnought Executor Shuttle Abecederian line Lambda-class T-4a shuttle ST-718 Starfighter TIE line TIE Advanced x1 Darth Vader's TIE Advanced TIE/ln space superiority starfighter X-wing starfighter T-65B X-wing starfighter Red Five Unidentified criminal group's starship (First appearance) Vermillion War barge of the Hutt Council

Weapons and technology

Armor Death trooper armor Helmet Flight helmet K-22995 light flight helmet Stormtrooper armor Vader's armor Blaster Blaster pistol Defender sporting blaster pistol Satine's Lament Heavy blaster pistol DL-44 heavy blaster pistol Han's heavy blaster pistol (Vision to Darth Vader) Blaster rifle Blaster carbine E-11D blaster carbine E-5 blaster rifle E-11 medium blaster rifle Bowcaster Chewbacca's bowcaster Code cylinder Comlink Cybernetics Mechno-arm Droid Headset Lightsaber Lightsaber pike Luke Skywalker's yellow lightsaber Sith lightsaber Dual-phase lightsaber Darth Vader's lightsaber Skywalker lightsaber (Vision to Darth Vader) Magna-harpoon (First appearance) Melee weapon Knife Vibro-knife Officer's disk Stabilizer (Mentioned only)

Miscellanea

Blood Bridge Carbonite Clothing Bandolier Cape Flak vest Flight suit Imperial military uniforms Imperial kepi Rank insignia plaque Robe (Vision to Darth Vader) Jedi robes (Vision to Darth Vader) Zeyd cloth (Vision to Darth Vader) Cyborg Death Fire Flagship The Force Force power Force jump Force vision Mind trick (Mentioned only) Force-sensitive Fortress Language Binary Galactic Basic Standard Huttese Lethorn Near-human Ocean Parent Piercing Planet Realspace Rebel Alliance starbird Reflec Water

Collections

• Star Wars: Darth Vader Vol. 3 — War of the Bounty Hunters
• Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters Omnibus

Sources

• War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha 1
• The Fight for Han Solo Heats Up in Marvel's September 2021 Star Wars Comics – Exclusive on StarWars.com (backup link)
• "Launchpad" – Star Wars Insider 204
• Boushh and Luke Skywalker Join Marvel's War of the Bounty Hunters – Exclusive Previews on StarWars.com (backup link)

External links

• Star Wars: Darth Vader (2020) #16 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)

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