Star Wars (2020) 38

Star Wars 38
Attribution information
Writer	Charles Soule
Penciller	Madibek Musabekov
Inker	Madibek Musabekov
Letterer	Clayton Cowles
Colorist	Rachelle Rosenberg
Cover artist	Stephen Segovia
Editor	Mark Paniccia
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Publication date	September 6, 2023
Chronological information
Timeline	c. 3 ABY
Series	Star Wars (2020)
Issue number	38
Preceded by	(2020) 37
Followed by	(2020) 39

Star Wars 38 is the thirty-eighth issue of the 2020 canon comic book series Star Wars. The issue was written by Charles Soule, illustrated by Madibek Musabekov and Rachelle Rosenberg, and published by Marvel Comics on September 6, 2023.

Publisher's summary

TATOOINE TREASON! – A DARK DROIDS TIE-IN! As the SCOURGE OF THE DROIDS makes its way through the palace of JABBA THE HUTT on Tatooine, LANDO CALRISSIAN is faced with a dire situation as he attempts to save the life of his old friend LOBOT. Their salvation is hidden deep within the palace…but will they live long enough to find it?

Opening crawl

TATOOINE TREASON
Lando and the rebels aboard ''Home One'' were awakened by the ship's defenses being activated as though they were entering battle. Lando soon learned the culprit was an unwell Lobot, whose neural implants are failing, causing not only interference with the rebel ship's weapons systems but also lethal damage to Lobot if Lando does not do something fast. Lando realized that the only thing that can help his friend is the Talky droid who helped Lobot once before. But Lando sold that droid, who also stored Rebellion secrets, to Jabba the Hutt….

Media

Cover gallery

Final cover by Stephen Segovia

Solicit cover by Stephen Segovia

Return of the Jedi 40th Anniversary variant cover by Chris Sprouse

Return of the Jedi 40th Anniversary variant cover "Son Strikes Down the Father"

Clone Wars 15th Anniversary variant cover by E.M. Gist

Textless cover by E.M. Gist

Action Figure variant cover by John Tyler Christopher

Droids connecting variant cover by Josemaria Casanovas

Collected in

• Star Wars Vol. 7: Dark Droids

Appearances

By type

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

Characters

C-3PO (Variant cover only) Landonis Balthazar Calrissian CC-2224 "Cody" (Variant cover only) Chewbacca (Mentioned only) EV-9D9 Boba Fett Lobot Pateesa Luke Skywalker (Variant cover only) Han Solo (In carbonite) Jabba Desilijic Tiure (Mentioned only) Unidentified Dowutin (First appearance) Unidentified service droid (First appearance) Darth Vader (Variant cover only) Scourge

Organisms

Gondar (Tusks only, as part of Gondar tusk mask) Jerba (Head only) Mythosaur (as armor sigil) Rancor Rock wart (Mentioned only) Tauntaun (Head only)

Droid models

Assassin droid IG-series IG-series assassin droid Battle droid B-series battle droid B1-series battle droid B2-series super battle droid BX-series droid commando Neimoidian battle droid Labor droid ASP-series labor droid Linguistics droid Autonomous Translator Module, Mark II Power droid Protocol droid Security droid TT-8L/Y7 gatekeeper droid Service droid Shopkeeper droid Spider-droid Supervisor droid EV-series EV-series supervisor droid Tactical droid (Wreckage only) ST-series military strategic analysis and tactics droid (Wreckage only) Translator droid

Events

Imperial Era Scourge of the droids Mission to Jabba's Palace

Locations

Outer Rim Territories Arkanis sector Tatoo system Tatooine Dune Sea Northern Dune Sea Jabba's Palace Alkhara's spire Mos Espa (Mentioned only) Jabba's casino (First mentioned) Unidentified club (First mentioned) (In flashback(s))

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic Alliance Military Rebel Alliance Navy Alliance officer (In carbonite) Bounty hunter Calrissian family Captain (In carbonite) Doctor (Mentioned only) Fetts Hutt Clan Jabba's criminal empire Gamorrean Warrior Officer (In carbonite) Pilot Smuggler Solo family (In carbonite) Translator

Sentient species

Abyssin (as a statue) Dowutin Gamorrean Human Clone Corellian (In carbonite) Hutt (Mentioned only) Nautolan (In flashback(s)) Pantoran (In flashback(s)) Quarren (In flashback(s)) Rodian (Appears as a corpse)

Vehicles and vessels

Hoversled Jabba the Hutt's dais Starship Freighter Light freighter YT-series YT-1300 light freighter Millennium Falcon Home One (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl)

Weapons and technology

Armor Helmet Flight helmet Gondar tusk mask Mandalorian armor Boba Fett's armor Macrobinocular viewplate Mandalorian vambrace Tantel armor Blaster Blaster pistol X-8 Night Sniper Lando Calrissian's X-8 Night Sniper Blaster rifle Blaster carbine EE-3 carbine rifle Buzz saw Cybernetics AJ^6 cyborg construct Droid Electromop (First mentioned) Jetpack Z-6 jetpack Melee weapon Ax Gamorrean battle-ax Memory bank (Mentioned only) Rangefinder Rectenna Rocket

Miscellanea

Bespinite Blood (Mentioned only) Bone Skeleton Carbonite Han Solo's carbonite block Casino (Mentioned only) Clothing Bandolier Boot Cape Cyborg Death Foodstuff Fruit Hybroid Language Galactic Basic Standard "Crud" (First appearance) "Hell" (Mentioned only) (as expletive) Huttese Trawak (Indirect mention only) Laser Magma Memory wipe (Mentioned only) Mirror (In flashback(s)) Near-human (In flashback(s)) Planet Reptomammal (Head only) Sleep Steel Beskar Tattoo (In flashback(s)) Throne Time Millennium Standard year Treason (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl) Walking stick (In flashback(s))

Sources

• Return of the Jedi – Lando 1
• Josemaria Casanovas' Connecting 'Dark Droids' Variant Covers Assemble the Scourge's Army of Corrupted Droids on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
• Uncover the Dark Droids Crossover Event in Marvel's September 2023 Star Wars Comics – Exclusive Preview on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Dark Droids 1
• "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 220
• Dark Droids: D-Squad 4

External links

• Star Wars (2020) #38 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)

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