Star Wars: Droids 8, released on December 26, 1995 through Dark Horse Comics, marks the eighth installment in the comic book series entitled Star Wars: Droids (1995). This Dark Horse series highlights the adventures of C-3PO and R2-D2.
Artoo-Detoo and See-Threepio find themselves as the sole hope for preventing galactic turmoil, as the galaxy stands at the edge of revolution! Craw, a power-hungry dictator, disrupts the Ithorian's scheme to spread Savorium, a herb that induces rapture, across the troubled galaxy. The droids now confront a difficult choice: they can protect the Ithorian's plan to ensure their survival, or they can sacrifice themselves to destroy the Ithorian's ship and its cargo!