Legacy of Vader 5

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Legacy of Vader 5 is the fifth issue of the 2025 canon comic book series Star Wars: Legacy of Vader. The issue was written by Charles Soule, illustrated by Stefano Raffaele and Nolan Woodard, and published by Marvel Comics on June 25, 2025.

Publisher's summary[]

TARGET: NABOO! KYLO REN and the FIRST ORDER begin the assault of NABOO! But what strange game is the young tyrant playing with the fates of the people there? What lesson has Kylo learned from DARTH VADER'S past?

Opening crawl[]

REIGN OF KYLO REN
PART 5

Even after killing Snoke and taking the mantle of Supreme Leader, Kylo Ren
still struggles with forging his own path in the shadow of his family's legacy.

Kylo's quest to kill the past led him to Darth Vader's former home,
where the young tyrant met the erstwhile aide of the Dark Lord, a man
by the name of Vaneé.

After a harrowing excursion exploring his grandfather's past on Tatooine, Kylo journeyed
to Naboo, where his grandparents, Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker, were married.
Upon learning the complex history of the planet and its people, an unimpressed Kylo
issued an ultimatum to the Naboo, learn to defend their planet, or be destroyed….

Plot summary[]

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Collected in[]

Star Wars: Legacy of Vader Vol. 1 – Reign of Kylo Ren

Appearances[]

By type

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

Characters

Padmé Amidala (Indirect mention only)
BB-8 (Variant cover only)
Poe Dameron (Variant cover only)
Grandea (Indirect mention only)
Armitage Hux
Leia Organa (Mentioned only)
Kylo Ren
Sabé (Variant cover only)
Darth Sidious (Mentioned only)
Luke Skywalker (Mentioned only)
Snoke (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
Unidentified First Order lieutenant (First appearance)
Unidentified First Order officer (autocannon) (First appearance)
Unidentified First Order officer (Naboo) (First appearance)
Unidentified First Order stormtrooper sergeant (First appearance)
Unidentified Naboo (First appearance)
Unidentified Naboo pilot (First appearance)
Unidentified Spinnaker resident (First appearance)
Darth Vader (Mentioned only)
Vaneé

Organisms

Plant
- Tree

Events

Assault of Naboo
Battle of Crait (Indirect mention only)
Battle of Oetchi (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
Battle of Starkiller Base (Indirect mention only)
Mission to Mustafar (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
Mission to Tatooine (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
Takeover of Corellia (Mentioned only)
Wedding of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl)