Aphra quickly informs the droid that she and Vader are his masters to keep him from killing them, she then instructs him to re-activate a salvaged astromech assassin droid (“blastomech”) designated BT-1. 0-0-0 is a droid who not only specializes in, but relishes, murder and torture. Back aboard Aphra’s ship, the Ark Angel (seriously, that’s the name of the ship and that’s how it’s spelled), Vader helps her unlock the 0-0-0 matrix and she installs it in an unassuming looking protocol droid. How did Vader even find out about her? The aforementioned pirates were using battle droids that had been reactivated by her.

Darth Vader arrives and interrupts Aphra’s apprehension by the facility director. She wears a brown leather jacket, is chased by a rolling droideka after springing a trap, and dives beneath a descending door barely making it to the other side. who appeared in the 1981 documentary Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Aphra is definitely meant to evoke real life archaeologist Dr. Aphra, as she infiltrates a facility on a quarantine world to steal the 0-0-0 personality matrix.

Aphra!And now we are introduced to rogue archaeologist Dr. Back at the fleet, Vader deposits the dead lieutenant at Tagge’s feet and suggests he vet his next adjutant more closely. During the ensuing fight at the pirate base, which unfortunately was not a hidden cove on a water world, Vader sends a droid off to upload information into the pirate ship's computer, framing Oon-ai as a traitor who had been leaking info to the pirates. The Imperials repair the pirate ship and allow it to return to its base with Vader, Oon-ai, and a contingent of stormtroopers hidden on board. Tagge assigns young Lieutenant Oon-ai to be Vader’s “adjutant” and to report back to Tagge on Vader’s activities. Vader and Tagge are investigating an increase in pirate attacks on Imperial supply lines, but they are at odds. Fett is tasked with identifying and finding the unknown boy associated with Ben Kenobi, while Black Krrsantan is told to trace a mysterious agent Vader spotted in Palpatine’s office before leaving Coruscant.ĭarth Vader, in his TIE and now back with the Imperial fleet and under Tagge’s command, intervenes when an Imperial shuttle comes under attack by an automated pirate ship. On Tatooine, Vader, having just slaughtered a group of Sand People, meets with Boba Fett and a Wookiee bounty hunter named Black Krrsantan. Vader chooses not to tell the Emperor about the Force strong boy who had Anakin Skywalker’s lightsaber. Palpatine, still angry over the loss of the Death Star, tells Vader that he is putting him under the authority of Grand General Tagge. Will it be an opener or remain MIB?On Coruscant, Vader recounts the Rebel attack on Cymoon. For his failure at the Death Star, the Emperor will only allow Vader one Sail Barge.

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