Darth Vader 25 : End of Games , Part VI Darth Vader 25 : End of Games , Part VI is the twenty - fifth and final issue of the ongoing Marvel comic book series " " . The issue , released on October 12 , 2016 , is written by Kieron Gillen , with art by Salvador Larroca and Max Fiumara . The issue also includes the mini - comic Coda which is set after the events of " " . Publisher ' s summary . " It has all built up to this ! Vader ' s trials against Cylo ' s creations ! His machinations against the Emperor ! His covert missions with Doctor Aphra and her murderous droids ! All comes to fruition in an oversized 40 - page issue by the stellar team of Kieron Gillen and Salvador Larroca ! You won ' t want to miss this ending ! " Plot summary . The final issue opens with Darth Vader pilot ing his TIE Advanced , racing to intercept Cylo - V before he and his whale - ship fleet can make their jump to hyperspace and flee Vader ' s and the Emperor ' s justice . Vader succeeds in breaching Cylo ' s flagship by flying his TIE into an open port to its anterior docking bay , where he encounters minimal resistance from Cylo ' s garrison . Vader moves towards the bridge , passing through Cylo ' s cloning facility . A number of tanks housing replacement bodies have been opened , and Cylo - VI , VII , VIII , IX , and X confront Vader with various weapons . Without difficulty , Vader dispatches Cylo ' s remaining clones , and leaves the cloning facility in flames , as he moves on . Vader enters the bridge , where Cylo fearlessly taunts Vader , self - assured that he has transcended the Force through science and is entirely immortal . Vader uses a mind trick on the whale - ship , commanding it to fly into the nearest star . In horror , Cylo struggles to override his whale - ship ' s sudden Force - induced resistance to its captain ' s control , as Vader swiftly departs and watches as Cylo and his research base are immolated in the blink of an eye . Back on the Super Star Destroyer " Executor " , a triumphant Vader reports of his victory and of Cylo ' s death to the Emperor . The Emperor , expecting a full report , reveals that Doctor Aphra is present , and has informed him of Vader ' s many treacheries . The Emperor , instead of angry , is quite pleased with his apprentice ' s scheming , believing Vader ' s conspiracies to be the proper way of the dark side . As he sings his praises , he leaves Vader alone with Aphra , and goes to speak with Grand General Cassio Tagge . Vader orders Aphra to follow him , and leads her to an airlock . Vader remains silent as Aphra attempts to defend her actions , telling him that she did not give up the secret of Vader ' s son to the Emperor . He opens the airlock , and beckons for Aphra to enter . Realizing her fate , she pleads with the Dark Lord for a quicker death , but Vader does not oblige , pushing her in , sealing the doors and jettisoning her into hard vacuum . Vader rejoins the Emperor on the bridge with Tagge and Admiral Ozzel . The Emperor demotes Tagge , and awards Vader command over the " Executor " , his new flagship , and the entire Imperial fleet , including the Death Squadron fleet , Vader ' s personal fleet . He then departs again , leaving Vader to " educate " his new subordinates as he sees fit . Tagge appeals in vain to Vader ' s sensible side , arguing that under his command , his decisions have led to " increased stability " across the board , despite his mistakes , namely allowing Tulon Voidgazer full access to the " Executor " s systems . The Dark Lord is not persuaded , and chokes Tagge with the Force until death , appointing Admiral Ozzel in charge of the " Executor " s repairs and final preparations for its maiden voyage . Vader , back in the Emperor ' s good graces , and with all loose ends seemingly tied up , stands victorious overlooking the vista of stars upon his new bridge . In his mind , he reaches out to his son , who reaches back , and he whispers , " Soon . " Aphra survives . After the issue ' s credits page , we learn of Aphra ' s ultimate survival and her besting the Dark Lord of the Sith in a daring gamble . Having been jettisoned into space , Aphra floats seemingly lifeless in orbit around the " Executor " . That is , until a ship suddenly appears hidden within an asteroid and retracts her body aboard . Her rescuers , Black Krrsantan , 0 - 0 - 0 , and BT - 1 , wake Aphra , whose injuries are serious but not fatal . They muse about the success of their plan — Aphra placing her bets on Vader killing her by airlock , not by lightsaber as she requested in her first meeting with the Dark Lord , and Aphra hiring Krrsantan to save her by reusing the equipment from the Son - tuul Pride robbery . With her survival safely a secret from Vader and the Emperor , the Tarkin Initiative droid s firmly in her possession , and a lengthy debt owed to the Wookiee bounty hunter , they enter hyperspace to pursue new adventures . Epilogue : Coda . In of " " , Vader slaughters an entire village of Tusken Raider s as he awaits the bounty hunters Boba Fett and Black Krrsantan . In the epilogue to the final issue , we learn that one Tusken Raider survived and witnessed the slaughter of his tribe from a hiding place atop a sand dune overlooking his village . When Vader departs Tatooine in his ship , the Tusken Raider wanders the desert aimlessly . As night falls over the Jundland Wastes , he lights a small fire to keep safe from the cold . A neighboring tribe traveling on Bantha back discovers him . He leads the tribe ' s shaman back to the lifeless village and tells him of the massacre . Later , as dawn approaches , the shaman retells the story of the village massacre to his tribe by fireside . He then orders the tribesmen to gather the dead to be burned ; they build an effigy of Darth Vader , tying the lone survivor of the village massacre to a stake above the piles of carcasses , and sets the entire display on fire . As the dead villagers and the lone survivor burn , the tribe bows down in awe before the funeral pyre .