137: Darth Vader Vol. 3 — The Shu-Torun War
Summary
Hosts Rob Zachney, Ali Akampora, Austin Walker, and Natalie Watson discuss the Darth Vader comic arc set on the mining planet Shu-Tarun. They analyze the "Regency-style" political intrigue involving Queen Trios, who forms a tense alliance with Vader after surviving assassination attempts by her family. The episode explores Vader’s complex relationship with the Emperor, the absence of Doctor Aphra, and the symbolic parallels between Trios’s plight and Vader’s own tragic history.
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