Doctor Aphra (2020) 23

Attribution information
Writer	Alyssa Wong
Penciller	Minkyu Jung
Inker	Minkyu Jung
Letterer	Joe Caramagna
Colorist	Rachelle Rosenberg
Cover artist	W. Scott Forbes
Editor	Mark Paniccia
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Publication date	August 24, 2022
Chronological information
Timeline	Between 3 ABY and 4 ABY
Series	Star Wars: Doctor Aphra
Issue number	23
Preceded by	Doctor Aphra (2020) 22
Followed by	Doctor Aphra (2020) 24

For other uses, see Doctor Aphra 23.

Doctor Aphra 23 is the twenty-third issue of the 2020 canon comic book series Star Wars: Doctor Aphra. The issue was written by Alyssa Wong, illustrated by Minkyu Jung and Rachelle Rosenberg, and published by Marvel Comics on August 24, 2022.

Publisher's summary

Sana Starros and her team are determined to rescue Doctor Aphra at any cost! But everyone's keeping secrets… and the spark eternal has plans of its own!

Plot summary

Kho Phon Farrus, Doctor Aphra and Sana Starros raced to Bar'leth University to get their hands on the fabled Ascendant tech known

as the Spark Eternal: an ancient piece of technology that grants Sith-like powers.

After a struggle, Aphra was possessed by the Spark and announced her intentions to track down the rest of the Ascendant tech.

Meanwhile, Sana escaped with Kho and was tasked by Domina Tagge to find and follow Aphra.

But Sana's going to need help from some old "friends"….MACHINATIONS

Media

Cover gallery

Final cover by W. Scott Forbes

Choose Your Destiny variant cover by Chris Sprouse

Solicit cover by W. Scott Forbes

Variant cover by Rickie Yagawa

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

0-0-0 Chelli Lona Aphra Korin Aphra The Archivist BT-1 Kho Phon Farrus Kiehart Just Lucky Darth Maul (Variant cover only) Eustacia Okka Darth Sidious (Mentioned only) Song Sana Starros Domina Tagge (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl) Ronen Tagge (Mentioned only) Magna Tolvan Tucker Darth Vader (Mentioned only) Venters Detta Yao Ariole Yu

Organisms

Avian (Mentioned only) Unidentified avian species (First mentioned)

Droid models

Assassin droid BT-1 assassin droid Protocol droid

Events

Imperial Era Hunt for the Spark Eternal

Locations

The galaxy Bar'leth (Mentioned only) University of Bar'leth (Mentioned only) Outer Rim Territories Birukay (First appearance) (First identified as Birukay) Rebel Rendezvous Vaale (Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic Alliance Military Rebel Alliance Navy Rebel pilot Aphra family Archaeologist Archivist Ascendant (Mentioned only) Assassin Bounty hunter Captain (Mentioned only) Crimson Dawn Doctor Galactic Empire (Mentioned only) Galactic Emperor (Mentioned only) House of Tagge Tagge Corporation (Picture only) Tagge's mercenaries Lady (Picture only) Mercenary Pilot Professor Sana Starros' crew Sava (Mentioned only) Sith (Mentioned only) Sixth Kin Lieutenant Slicer Smuggler Starros Clan

Sentient species

Alcedian Duros Human Mirialan Mon Calamari Zabrak Iridonian

Vehicles and vessels

Starship Conque (First appearance) Fleeting Starfighter X-wing starfighter T-65B X-wing starfighter Vermillion The Archivist's office Volt Cobra

Weapons and technology

Blaster Blaster pistol DH-17 blaster pistol Cybernetics Droid Holocron The Archivist's Holocron Sith holocron (Mentioned only) Hologram Holovid (Mentioned only) Melee weapon Rectenna Spark Eternal Tracking device

Miscellanea

Archaeology (Mentioned only) Beach Blood Book Clothing Flak vest Flight suit Glove Calling glove Goggles Hat Cult (Mentioned only) Cyborg Death Entry ramp Eye Flagship The Force (Mentioned only) Force power (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl) Fortress Galaxy "Hell" (Mentioned only) (as expletive) Language Galactic Basic Standard Meter Near-human Ocean Parent Plant Planet Ring (Mentioned only) Rings of Vaale (Mentioned only) Ring of Fortune (Indirect mention only) Ring of Immortality (Indirect mention only) Species Star Binary star Tase Somer's black market network (Indirect mention only) Tattoo Electro-tattoo Time Standard century Standard day Standard month University (Mentioned only) Water

Collections

• Star Wars: Doctor Aphra Vol. 5 — The Spark Eternal
• Star Wars: Doctor Aphra Omnibus Vol. 2

Sources

• This Week! in Star Wars Marvel Star Wars Comics Revealed, New Galactic Pals, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
• General Obi-Wan Kenobi Reflects on the Clone Wars and More from Marvel's July 2022 Star Wars Comics – Exclusive Preview on StarWars.com (backup link)
• "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 212
• A Podracer Once More in Marvel's Star Wars: Darth Vader #26 – Exclusive Preview on StarWars.com (backup link)

External links

• Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2020) #23 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)

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