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!All spoilers regarding the Prequel Trilogy, the Original Trilogy, and ''The Clone Wars'' are unmarked. Examples relating to Disney's EU and the new movies can be spoiler-tagged if deemed necessary.
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[[header:Cylo Directive]]
In the aftermath of Darth Vader's injuries on Mustafar, Emperor Palpatine began looking at alternatives for his chief enforcer. Impressed by Dr. Cylo's work on cybernetics and biotechnology, he appointed Cylo to build him potential replacements.

[[folder:Cylo]]
!!Dr. Cylo
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!!!'''Species:''' Human (biologically modified)

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader]]''

-->''"The universe is old. We are running out of time. I desire progress..."''

A scientist affiliated with Emperor Palpatine. His presence was so secretive that not even Darth Vader knew who he was, causing him to begin investigating. He discovered that Dr. Cylo was creating cybernetically enhanced agents for the Emperor, and that Cylo himself had undergone significant enhancements and was in fact a succession of clone bodies which activated upon death.
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* ArcVillain: His group is Vader's primary opposition during the events of ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader]]''.
* BadassNormal: Say what you will about his methods, but the guy pulled off the same CloningGambit as good ol' Sheev in ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire'' and ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'', entirely without the Force.
* BeardOfEvil: Both Cylo-IV and V have beards.
* BigBadWannabe: Desires to rival Palpatine and overthrow him, but his schemes never had a chance of actually succeeding against the Emperor.
* CloningGambit: He clones himself and uploads a personality and memory matrix into each successive clone when one is destroyed.
* CreatorCameo: Salvador Larroca designed Doctor Cylo's appearance after himself.
* {{Cyborg}}: He has several cybernetic implants installed into his face.
* FleshVersusSteel: His cybernetically-augmented soldiers are Steel, and Vader's devotion to the Force is the Flesh. Vader regards Cylo's work as near-heretical.
* MadScientist: He is creating cyborg super-soldiers with the intent to replace Vader. He also considers that the cybernetic and biological modifications he has done to himself makes him more than human.
-->'''Cylo-V:''' I've created a personality map small enough to be simulated efficiently. Add memory banks and plug-in calculation systems, and I am an immortal system. I am something new. And far from human.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Turns out he's a geneticist.
* NonActionBigBad: He's no physical threat whatsoever, relying on his cyborgs and other creations to do his dirty work for him.
* NoodleIncident: The fate of the original Cylo and his first two clones is currently unknown.
* PragmaticVillainy:
** He is incapable of caring about revenge, considering it to be an "illogical grudge" and thus not worth programing it into his personality matrix. As such, Cylo-V harbors no hard feelings toward Darth Vader over his predecessor's death.
--->'''Cylo-V:''' Be grateful I did not program myself to be capable of holding an illogical grudge. You did nothing I would not do.
** Despite this, Cylo-V clearly does not like Vader, at one point pettily complaining to Tagge about Vader not even using the honorific "Doctor" when addressing him. It's unclear if he's merely lying about not holding a grudge, if Vader's continual dismissive attitude towards him, the fact that Vader is showing up his creations, or all of the above.
* RedRightHand: He has part of a Rodian face transplanted onto his own, with the eye easily being his most striking feature.
* TheRival: During the construction of the Death Star, Palpatine realized he made a mistake giving Cylo so much authority and free reign, as it allowed him to forge a web of connections and influence through the Empire's military and science divisions that could be a threat to the Emperor should Cylo ever turn on him. However, he simply couldn't have Cylo killed as that would anger all his allies, so the Emperor had to manipulate him into a situation where Cylo would be declared a traitor and safely eliminated.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Cylo is one of the people who designed Darth Vader's suit and helped Palpatine save his life after Mustafar. He's also one of Palpatine's closest advisers and confidants, as he knows all of Palpatine's secrets and provides advice for many of Palpatine's schemes.
* SmugSnake: He's utterly confident that his creations are the logical next step after Darth Vader, and that the Lord of the Sith is obsolete compared to them...despite ''none'' of them having Vader's connection to the Force. [[spoiler:Vader ends up wiping all of them out, with only a brief challenge here and there]].
* TheStarscream: Planned all along to use his creations to overthrow the Emperor.
* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: His human eye is similarly colored to Palpatine's, and this suits him, considering how enigmatic he is.
* YouAreNumberSix: His "incarnations" refer to themselves by number.

!!!Tropes applying only to Cylo-IV:
* ColdBloodedTorture: Vader has Triple-Zero torture him to find out what Palpatine hired him for. Cylo-IV eventually cracks and reveals the location of his research base and dies from his injuries.

!!!Tropes applying only to Cylo-V:
* CuttingTheKnot: How does he go about facing Vader when the latter finally catches up to him? The reveal of hidden combat cybernetics? Revealing a hitherto-unknown SuperPrototype to fight for him? [[spoiler:Nope. He just shuts off Vader's cybernetics by remote, having built a killswitch into them when he rebuilt Vader]].
* MrExposition: Explains to Vader his origin and the cloning process that extends his life. Later he provides the Emperor information on the background and ability of his test subjects during the demonstration against Vader.
* ThisCannotBe: Cylo-V's horrified reaction when [[spoiler: Vader, after having his life support deactivated, ''stands back up'' through sheer determination.]]

!!!Tropes applying only to Cylo-VI:

* HurlItIntoTheSun: [[spoiler: Vader mind tricks his SpaceWhale ship into committing suicide-by-star.]]
* ImmuneToMindControl: He brags that his mind is protected against such "simple Force trickery" as the JediMindTrick. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for him, the same can't be said for his ship.]]
* ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler: His reaction to his final fate.]]

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!Subjects
[[folder:Morit Astarte]]
!!Morit Astarte
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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Homeworld:''' Celanon

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader]]''

-->''"That's the last thing I'd want to be. Jedi? Sith? They're history."''

A product of one of Palpatine's secret research programs, Morit is a human cyborg engineered and trained by Dr. Cylo alongside his sister Aiolin to potentially serve as Vader's replacement.
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: He considers himself superior to Vader specifically and to the Jedi ''and'' Sith in general. [[spoiler:Despite only surviving his battle with Vader on Shu-Torun thanks to his sister, he very much wants a rematch.]]
* BloodKnight: Has shades of this since he jumps at the chance to fight Vader and later he kills the informant Inspector Thanoth handed over to him.
* BrotherSisterTeam: Works alongside his sister Aiolin. [[spoiler: Until he shoves her into lava]].
* CainAndAbel: Like Aiolin he knows Palpatine will only want one of them in the end in regards to his sister. [[spoiler:He ensures he is the one who lives by pushing his sister into lava ''after'' she saved him from death at Vader's hands.]]
* {{Cyborg}}: And a rather advanced one at that if what Cylo hints at is true.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: His family supported the Separatists during the Clone Wars and were almost entirely wiped out. He and his sister wound up in Cylo's care and became part of one of Palpatine's pet projects.
* TheDragon: He is Cylo's strongest and most devious creation, [[spoiler:and is the last one to be killed while confronting Vader during Cylo's attempted coup]].
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Gives his sister a lava bath after she saved him from Vader]].
* KillItWithFire: He has a cybernetic flamethrower built into his arm.
** [[spoiler: Vader uses the force to shove him off the Executor, and he is seen burning up on atmospheric re-entry]].
* LaserBlade: Wields a yellow lightsaber.
* TheRival: Is competing with Vader for the position of Palpatine's top enforcer.
* ShoutOut: His last name is ''Astarte''. Like [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 a certain other group of genetically enhanced warriors]].
* SmugSnake: Morit is a violent punk with delusions of grandeur. [[spoiler: He and Aiolin utterly fail in their mission to stop the Plasma Devils with their unthinking brutality, while Vader and Thanoth discover and defeat them almost incidental to their unrelated investigation. Vader notes that while effective, he and his sister's bladework with their lightsabers is not particularly great. When he and Aiolin betray Vader, he is not genuinely threatened by either, and only Aiolin's interference saves Morit, who repays her by throwing her into lava and believing he's "thinning the herd". And despite this, he still clings to the idea he can defeat Vader, who easily disables him and throws him off the Executor.]]
* SuperSoldier: Trained from a young age to be the Emperor's enforcer? Check. Cybernetically enhanced? Check. (Mildly) Force-sensitive? Check.
* {{Technopath}}: He is capable of remote-controlling machinery.
* TykeBomb: Since he was little both he and his sister have been raised on a steady propaganda diet that consists of "Hail Palpatine!"
* VillainousRescue: Played with as both him and Vader are on the villainous side of the saga but since he was intended by Palpatine and Cylo to be Vader's replacement, his saving Vader when the cyborg Trandoshian has him cornered comes off as this. Vader claims that he was about to finish off the Trandoshian without Morit's assistance and was angry to have been robbed of the kill.
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[[folder:Aiolin Astarte]]
!!Aiolin Astarte
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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Homeworld:''' Celanon

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader]]''

Morit's sister and fellow test subject.
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* AlliterativeName: '''A'''iolin '''A'''starte.
* ArmCannon: Has missile launchers hidden in her arm.
* BrotherSisterTeam: Works alongside her brother Morit.
* CainAndAbel: She is aware that at some point the emperor will only want one of the twins, so she secretly asks Vader to train her so she will be that one. Vader thinks it's pointless since both will be dead soon anyway. In the end [[spoiler: she proves to be the Abel. While she made plans against her brother they were towards fighting him fairly, but he takes the quicker way and just pushes her off a cliff.]]
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Morit pushes her into lava. Vader pulls her out and gives her [[MercyKill a quick death]] after she gives him the information he wants]].
* {{Cyborg}}: And a rather advanced one at that if what Cylo hints at is true.
* DarkActionGirl: She has been shown to be capable of briefly going toe-to-toe with Darth Vader and is an agent for the obviously evil Emperor.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: The Astarte family supported the Separatists during the Clone Wars and were almost entirely wiped out. She and Morit were given into Cylo's care and became part of one of Palpatine's pet projects as a result.
* {{Fangirl}}: Unlike her brother, she admits to being a big fan of Darth Vader, although she also thinks of him as now being outdated in comparison to them.
* KillItWithFire: She has a cybernetic flamethrower built into her arm.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After a skirmish against [[spoiler: Vader where she has to destroy a bridge to separate him from her and Morit, Aiolin realizes that they just can't beat him. Unfortunately, Morit takes the opportunity to backstab her.]]
* LaserBlade: Wields a green lightsaber.
* MuggleWithADegreeInMagic: While she is hardly an expert, she does admit that she is fascinated by and has studied old Force-based beliefs, despite seeing them as outdated and not being force sensitive herself (or if she is, it is severely underdeveloped).
* TheRival: Against Vader and the rest of Cylo's cybernetic agents for the position of Emperor Palpatine's chief enforcer.
* SuperSoldier: Like her brother, she's a mildly Force-sensitive human upgraded with cybernetics to serve the Empire.
* {{Technopath}}: She is capable of remote-controlling machinery.
* TykeBomb: She and her brother have been raised since childhood to be utterly loyal to Palpatine and serve as his agents.
* WorthyOpponent: Despite wanting to supplant him, Aiolin respects Vader and the history he represents.
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[[folder:Tulon Voidgazer]]
!!Tulon Voidgazer
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!!!'''Species:''' Human

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader]]''

-->''"I have no interest in your superstition. I trust in science."''

A scientist who worked in research and development for the Empire before joining Dr. Cylo's project. Like her fellow subjects, she has been heavily modified with cybernetics, allowing her to control numerous spherical drones.
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* AffablyEvil: During her confrontation with Vader, she begins by politely greeting him and proceeds to calmly chat with him about her projects as they fight.
* BadassBookworm: She's primarily a scientist but still quite useful in battle.
* {{Cyborg}}: Heavily modified like the rest of Cylo's subjects. Voidgazer's enhancements seem primarily focused on her head, with several cybernetic parts added to her head, including a total replacement of her eyes.
* DroneDeployer: Able to mentally control several hovering drones.
* EvilGenius: She's a brilliant scientist in her own right. [[spoiler: Her reputation leads Tagge to assign her to aid in upgrading the Executor, which is vital to Cylo's coup attempt]].
* FlatEarthAtheist: Has shades of this, given she refers to the Force as a "superstition".
* ForScience: Displays this attitude. [[spoiler: When Vader defeats her, she even takes comfort in the idea that she'll be a "Martyr for science"]].
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Vader defeats her by turning one of her own drones against her and then having it shoot her.]]
* MadScientist: She's a scientist, but also cold and violent enough to work with Darth Vader.
* {{Revenge}}: She is particularly eager to get revenge on the Rebels for the destruction of the Death Star, since many of her friends from her time in the Empire's research and development division were stationed onboard the station when it was destroyed.
* TheRival: To Darth Vader and Cylo's other subjects for the position of Palpatine's top enforcer.
* WorthyOpponent: Holds a great deal of respect for Darth Vader and his abilities, although that does not stop her from [[UnderestimatingBadassery assuming that science will trump the Force]].
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[[folder:Karbin]]
!!Commander Karbin
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!!!'''Species:''' Mon Calamari (cyborg)

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsVaderDown Vader Down]]''

-->''"I'm glad you didn't die without knowing it was Karbin who engineered your doom. And who shall rise ascendant from your ashes."''

A Mon Calamari who fought for the Separatists in the Clone Wars. After being grievously wounded near the end of the war, Karbin spent eighteen years on life-support before being found by Cylo and recruited as a subject for his project, undergoing significant cybernetic enhancement.
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* ArcVillain: He's the main antagonist for Vader and the Rebels in the ''Vader Down'' arc. He set everything in motion by using an informant to give Aphra info on Luke's whereabouts ''without'' mentioning the large Rebel military presence on the planet. Then, after Vader had wiped out most of the Rebel forces on planet, he swooped in with an army to mop-up what remained of the Rebels. He also planned to kill Vader so he could have all the credit.
* BullyingADragon: He's very dismissive of Vader and goes out of his way to mock him. He also thinks he's more than match for the Sith Lord in lightsaber combat. [[spoiler:Vader ultimately proves him wrong.]]
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Vader kills him in a duel on Vrogas Vas.]]
* TheChessmaster: He indirectly tricked Aphra with the whereabouts of Luke, which she immediately reported to Vader. What the informant he used forgot to mention to her, is that Luke wouldn't be alone, but with several Rebel squadrons.
* {{Cyborg}}: He's enhanced with technology similar to that of General Grievous.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: He's the first of Cylo's creations Vader kills, but has the longest fight with Vader; albeit he momentarily flees after losing an arm. Vader even requests Aphra's help in fighting him, although it was more to save time rather than fear.]]
* EvilGloating: Cannot resist the urge to gloat over his superior intellect. [[SuicidalOverconfidence To Darth Vader, face-to-face]].
* {{Expy}}: Explicitly said to be the "next step" from General Grievous. His appearance is essentially a Mon Calamari head and mangled body in a shell similar to Grievous and his backstory is similar. He additionally shares Grievous's use of lightsabers and his lack of defense against force powers. He also counts as an EvilCounterpart to Admiral Ackbar.
* FishPeople: He's a Mon Calamari, the same species as Admiral Ackbar.
* LaserBlade: Has at least four lightsabers.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Like Grievous, he has four arms and carries a lightsaber in each.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain:
** He launches his attack by shooting down a bombing run of Rebel fighters, saving Leia (and Vader) from death.
** His leaking Luke's location triggers a battle on Vrogas Vas that drives Luke from the planet before he can investigate the Jedi temple there. Between Luke feeling cold while at the temple and Obi-Wan's spirit warning him that he shouldn't have come, the temple was almost certainly corrupted by the Dark Side.
* WeCanRebuildHim: He was on life support before Cylo found him.
* XanatosGambit: He tried to engineer this on Vrogas Vas by luring Vader into a fight with a sizable chunk of the Rebel Alliance Army. [[spoiler:Didn't quite work out the way he had planned]].
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[[folder: Cyberanimate]]
!!Cyberanimate Trainer AI

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader]]''

An AI designed by Cylo to operate the bodies of various organisms.
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* AttackItsWeakpoint: Vader kills its Rancor body by stabbing through the roof of its mouth and severing the link between the AI hardware and the organic brain.
* TheBerserker: Its Rancor body featured adrenal implants to incite this state.
* TheBrute: Out of all of Cylo's creations, it's the only one that doesn't have a real personality beyond killing.
* {{Cyborg}}: In order to host the AI, the organism must first receive various enhancements to their brain and nervous system. Naturally, Cylo takes the time to add various upgrades in the process.
* DemonicPossession: It overwrites the mind of its host when installed, though it keeps some useful elements of the original mind. Vader first encounters it wearing the body of a Trandoshan and it later appears controlling a Rancor.
* FeelsNoPain: The AI removed its host's ability to feel pain, allowing it to function through normally incapacitating wounds.
* FoeTossingCharge: As a Rancor it pulls this off against Vader.
* GeniusBruiser: Its basic purpose is to meld an intelligent mind with bestial instincts.
* HotBlade: Replacing its claws and powerful enough to match a lightsaber without damage.
* InTheBack: Its Trandoshan host was killed when Morit stabbed it from behind.
* NearVillainVictory: It nearly vanquished Vader in their first battle, though his actions afterwards indicate that he may not have been as threatened as he seemed.
* NoNameGiven: Cylo never mentions a real name for it. He may not have even given it a serial number.
* NoSell: Its initial Trandoshan body was capable of shrugging off a direct lightsaber strike with nothing more than cosmetic damage. While its later Rancor body lacks that particular feature it does have subdermal armor that render it immune to being Force-choked.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: One of its strengths as lauded by Cylo. As an AI, it could easily be downloaded into a new host after a death or even recreated. This allows it to return in a new body after being killed in its first battle with Vader.
* SacrificialLamb: Its host is killed in its first appearance though the rest of Cylo's projects survive.
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* ChessMaster: He indirectly tricked Aphra with the whereabouts of Luke, which she immediately reported to Vader. What the informant he used forgot to mention to her, is that Luke wouldn't be alone, but with several Rebel squadrons.

* AntiClimaxBoss: He'a the last surviving fighter in Cylo's group. [[spoiler:Vader defeats him quite easily by hurling him off the ''Executor'' and into the atmosphere of a planet where he burns up; making their fight the shortest one Vader has with Cylo's creations.]]

* AwesomeMcCoolname[=/=]LukeNounverber: Seriously, how fantastic is Tulon Voidgazer?

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A Mon Calamari who fought for the Separatists in the Clone Wars.