Star Wars: Legacy of Vader #4
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIssue #4 of Charles Soule's ongoing series marks the first time in Marvel's Star Wars canon that Kylo Ren — as Supreme Leader of the First Order — treads the soil of Naboo, the homeworld of his grandmother Padmé Amidala, deepening the multigenerational Skywalker tragedy in ways the sequel films never had the runtime to explore. It introduces Storg Veruna to canon continuity, a character whose family name deliberately echoes the prequel-era King Ars Veruna, weaving the political decay of post-Imperial Naboo directly into the larger galactic history. The issue also provides the first canonical account of how ordinary Naboo citizens perceived Darth Vader's earlier return to the planet — portraying him in local myth as a spirit of destruction who erased Padmé's memory — a storytelling thread that connects directly to Greg Pak's 2020 Darth Vader run and gives the sequel-era narrative roots reaching back to the prequel trilogy. Structurally, the issue is a pivot point: Kylo's Force-choke killing of two locals, his dismissal of Vaneé's lesson about love as a source of strength, and his declaration of intent to punish Naboo collectively signals the series moving from archaeology of the past toward active, destructive consequence.
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The series was formally announced on October 24, 2024, with Charles Soule — already a veteran of two beloved Kylo Ren and Darth Vader runs for Marvel — publicly describing the Kylo-as-Supreme-Leader gap between The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker as 'an extremely rich section of the timeline that's almost entirely open.' Editor Mark Paniccia shepherded the project, and the series launched February 5, 2025, with Luke Ross as the primary interior artist; issue #4 rotated in Stefano Raffaele on pencils and inks while Ross returned for subsequent arcs. The series was further spotlighted at Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025, where new covers and story details were revealed, cementing its role as a flagship title in Marvel's 2025 Star Wars publishing slate.
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- Published May 21, 2025, by Marvel Comics; written by Charles Soule, with interior art by Stefano Raffaele (pencils and inks), colors by Nolan Woodard, letters by VC's Joe Caramagna, and a cover by Derrick Chew.
- First appearance of Storg Veruna in Star Wars canon — an aristocratic Naboo raider whose family name connects to prequel-era King Ars Veruna, establishing dynastic continuity across the saga's political history.
- The issue is set in 34 ABY, in the narrative gap between Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi and Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker, during Kylo Ren's tenure as Supreme Leader of the First Order.
- Kylo Ren and Vaneé visit the abandoned royal palace of Padmé Amidala on Naboo; Kylo initially mistakes it for a property belonging to Emperor Palpatine, reflecting how little he knows of his own maternal lineage.
- A stylized in-universe folk tale — depicted by Raffaele in a visually distinct, almost storybook panel style — recounts how local Naboo residents came to see Darth Vader as a monstrous spirit who scoured the planet of Padmé's memory, tying into Greg Pak's 2020 Darth Vader comic run.
- General Hux appears in a bookend framing sequence set aboard the Finalizer, confirming the First Order's remaining capacity to bombard a planet even after the destruction of Starkiller Base and the Supremacy.
- Vaneé attempts to teach Kylo that it was Vader's loss of Padmé — not the love itself — that fed his dark power; Kylo rejects the lesson but is shown involuntarily thinking of Rey, foreshadowing the dyad dynamic explored in The Rise of Skywalker.
- Variant covers for this issue include a 1:25 incentive by David Marquez, a Marc Aspinall variant, and a Chris Sprouse variant produced to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
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