No, Leia isn't getting married - she's joining the dark side with a "startling" father-daughter team-up in Star Wars: Darth Vader #50
Aug. 9, 2024Derek Chew’s variant cover for Star Wars: Darth Vader #50 shows what happens when Leia becomes Vader’s dark side apprentice
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In the original Star Wars trilogy, Darth Vader tries to entice his son Luke Skywalker to join the dark side and rule the galaxy by his side. But it’s hinted that there’s another possible Force user in the family - Luke’s secret twin sister Leia Organa. And in Darth Vader #50, readers will get a peek at an alternate timeline where Leia becomes Vader’s apprentice - complete with her own white version of his iconic body armor.
Leia joins the dark side in a back-up story by series writer Greg Pak and artist Luke Ross which “explores the possibility” of a father-daughter team-up in an apparent alt-reality. Artist Derek Chew’s “startling” (Marvel’s terminology) variant cover for Star Wars: Darth Vader #50 shows off Leia’s armored look as Vader’s apprentice, seen here:
“Darth Vader finally unleashes the unfathomable power he’s accumulated through the SCHISM IMPERIAL against the only person in the galaxy he hates more than he hates himself – EMPEROR PALPATINE!” it continues. “Also featuring the final twists in the saga for key characters like LUKE, LEIA, SABÉ, OCHI, ZED, SLY MOORE, the members of the Schism Imperial and more!”
Star Wars: Darth Vader #50 goes on sale September 18.
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