Star Wars: Doctor Aphra Omnibus Vol. 1

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Doctor Chelli Lona Aphra, or simply Doctor Aphra, is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. Created by writer Kieron Gillen, artist Salvador Larroca, and editors Jordan D. White and Heather Antos, she first appeared in Marvel Comics' 2015 Darth Vader comic book series. Aphra became a breakout character, and began appearing in her own ongoing spin-off comic series, Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, from 2016 to 2019, before relaunching in 2020.

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Marvel Comics' September 2020 comic book solicitations and covers on GamesRadar+ ( June 19, 2020) (archived from the original on June 19, 2020) Unspeakable Rebel Superweapon Aphra steals another ancient Jedi artefact from a spooky ruin and tries to use the situation to save Emperor Palpatine from an internal plot a b c d e Flint, Hanna (June 15, 2018). "We want our Doctor Aphra solo movie, Lucasfilm". SyFy Wire. Archived from the original on April 26, 2019 . Retrieved April 26, 2019. Marvel Comics December 2019 Solicitations on comicspit.com ( September 19, 2019) (archived from the original on August 11, 2020)

SyFy Wire describes Aphra as a " queer woman of color". [1] Slate notes, "She aches for two different women who have claims to her heart—two women whom, inevitably, she must betray to survive." [3] Gillen has confirmed Aphra's sexuality, saying he has written her primarily romantically interested in women (and as flirting with Luke Skywalker), but noted that real-world attitudes towards homosexuality "[don't] really exist in the Star Wars universe". [7] Of Aphra's doomed relationship with female Imperial captain Magna Tolvan, Gillen said he imagined "This hard-bitten, kind of very serious kind of person chasing down this more whimsical person and the sexual tension ... the flip of it is, Aphra's the person who's also pursuing Tolvan." [7] Appearances [ edit ] Comics [ edit ] Darth Vader (2015–2016) [ edit ]

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Doctor Aphra is a criminal archaeologist with an expert knowledge of droid and weapons technologies, [1] [2] with a particular interest in ancient weapons and Jedi artifacts. [2] [3] She travels in a unique starship called the Ark Angel, which features a custom white-and-blue paint job. [2] StarWars.com describes Aphra as "a (mostly) morally bankrupt, in-over-her-head archaeologist" [4] with an Asian appearance. [5] Slate calls her "driven, selfish, decisive, and wildly unpredictable". [3] SyFy Wire calls the character an anti-hero who "shares the snark of Han Solo and sexual charisma of Lando Calrissian, but toes the line between right and wrong far more regularly than these two characters—and more often than not steps over it into the downright naughty." [1] IGN explains, "Aphra has all of Han's swaggery, scoundrel-y charm, but little of his noble streak." [6] Creator Kieron Gillen notes that the character's main interest is "this weird obsession she has with uncovering old stuff". [4]

Most of what we've seen so far in Star Wars is goodies versus baddies. And Aphra ain't that. And I would suggest that the reason people ... respond more to Han Solo than they respond to Luke Skywalker is because he's not just playing the goodie. He's a little more complicated than that. And Aphra is 100% the same but from the other direction." [7]