We’re not only gearing ourselves up for the arrival of the Dark Droids crossover event, but we’re also greasing the wheels for Dark Droids: D-Squad, a mini series set to star R2-D2, IG-88, 4-LOM, WAC-47, BT-1, and 000 and coming from the writing hand of Marc Guggenheim, and the Official Site sit down with Marc to discuss the series and his influences.
StarWars.com: We know that in the overall Dark Droids story, something is corrupting droids across the galaxy. Where does your miniseries come in?
Marc Guggenheim: D-Squad picks up directly after the events of Dark Droids issue 2. Without spoiling that issue, suffice it to say, that the corruption that is affecting droids throughout the galaxy is made apparent to R2-D2 in a very pointed and personal way. We pick up in the aftermath of that development and with Artoo realizing that he’s going to need some help if he’s going to fight back against this menace.
StarWars.com: Fans of Star Wars: The Clone Wars will remember D-Squad from a memorable four-part arc that saw Artoo lead a team of droids. Did you revisit those episodes in preparation for this?
Marc Guggenheim:Â Absolutely! Rewatching those four episodes was the very first thing I did!
StarWars.com: I always loved the idea of D-Squad and I’m glad to see the concept return. How have you enjoyed writing a droid team, including some members who only speak in bleeps and boops?
Marc Guggenheim: I won’t lie: It’s a challenge to write a comic where almost all your cast speaks an untranslatable language. At the same time, though, that’s part of the fun. In the series, we have entire pages where it’s just droids speaking to each other in binary. Fortunately, we have the perfect artist in Salva EspÃn. I’ve remarked numerous times to the editors that I’ve never seen a better match of artist and material. In the hands of a lesser artist, the whole story would probably collapse in on itself.
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Soule, Charles (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 31 Pages - 08/02/2023 (Publication Date) - Marvel (Publisher)
