Dark Droids 5, the concluding chapter of the limited comic series Star Wars: Dark Droids from 2023, is the fifth and last issue. Charles Soule wrote the issue, Luke Ross and Alex Sinclair provided the illustrations, and Marvel Comics released it on December 27, 2023.
THE SCOURGE'S ultimate victory is at hand, marking the THRILLING END of the year's most significant STAR WARS comic book saga! How will THE REBELLION and THE EMPIRE stand against this menace? To combat the escalating galactic threat, UNEXPECTED ALLIANCES are forged! And what will become of the warrior droid Ajax Sigma?
In this issue, Magna Tolvan is depicted as being under the Scourge's control concurrently with the skirmish aboard the Acquisitor. However, as detailed in Doctor Aphra (2020) 39, Tolvan's rescue from Epikonia had already taken place by the time of that skirmish. Later in the issue, the rescue of Magna Tolvan is shown near the conclusion of the scourge of the droids, just before the Scourge's destruction. Conversely, Doctor Aphra (2020) 38 portrays the rescue, followed by Doctor Aphra 39, at which point the Scourge is still active. Nevertheless, the issue presents a potential explanation: during D-Squad's attack on Scourge One, the Scourge concedes that it can become confused when processing both memories and current events. Therefore, the events in Dark Droids 5 could be presented to the reader in a non-chronological order.