Line #47 ComicBook/StarWarsTheScreamingCitadel


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3	[[center:[[AC:It is a time of turmoil for the galaxy. While the evil\
4	Galactic Empire remains strong, the Rebel Alliance\
5	continues to fight for freedom, and establishes a secret\
6	outpost deep in the Outer Rim.\
7	\
8	Young rebel pilot Luke Skywalker struggles with his\
9	destiny. He can feel the Force, but without training, he\
10	cannot become a Jedi Knight. When rogue archaeologist\
11	Doctor Aphra approaches Luke with an\
12	offer--accompany her to meet a queen who can\
13	reactivate an artifact containing the consciousness of\
14	an ancient Jedi--he cautiously accepts.\
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16	Once at the Citadel of Ktath'atn--the Screaming\
17	Citadel--Aphra and Luke attempt to curry favor with the\
18	Queen. They are unsuccessful until Luke accidentally\
19	lashes out with the Force and attracts the Queen's\
20	attention—for better or for worse...]]]]
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22	''The Screaming Citadel'' is a five-issue crossover between the ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel2015'' and ''ComicBook/DoctorAphra'' comics of the Franchise/StarWars [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]], as written by its respective authors, Jason Aaron and Kieron Gillen. It is illustrated by Creator/MarcoChecchetto (''ComicBook/StarWarsObiWanAndAnakin'', ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsShatteredEmpire Shattered Empire]]''), Salvador Larroca (''ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader''), and newcomer Andrea Broccardo (''Doctor Strange/Punisher: Magic Bullets'').
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24	Rebel pilot and rogue archaeologist wander side by side into the darkest shadows of the galaxy as Luke Skywalker reluctantly teams up with Doctor Aphra! The Doctor makes Luke an offer he can't afford to pass up... one that leads him to a very rare gathering at the heart of the infamous Screaming Citadel of Ktath'atn. Will Luke find what he's looking for? Can Aphra be trusted? Or will they both wind up victims of the Citadel's Queen? Meanwhile, Leia and Han attempt to rescue them from the Citadel, only to find themselves further mixed up in the situation...
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26	The first issue was published on May 10, 2017.
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29	!!Tropes in this series include:
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31	* BittersweetEnding: While the Queen is stopped ([[TheEndOrIsIt for now]]), despite Luke hoping to learn from Rur and possibly even redeem Aphra with the PowerOfFriendship, he realizes Rur isn't a true Jedi and gives him back to Aphra, but not without giving her TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and telling her to stay away from him and his friends (also indirectly declaring their friendship over). While Aphra actually is hurt by this, she does civilly acknowledge with Sana that their relationship could've never worked and [[VillainHasAPoint Rur pointing out]] to Aphra that she has [[HiddenDepths sadness in her heart]] could lead to Aphra working to become a better person in the future.
32	* CallBack:
33	** The story continues off from the ending of the first arc to ''Doctor Aphra''.
34	** Abersyn symbiotes return from ''Doctor Aphra''.
35	* ContinuityNod:
36	** Triple Zero and Beetee recall how they fought against Luke and co. back in the "Rebel Jail" arc of ''Marvel Star Wars''.
37	* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Aphra planned to turn over Luke Skywalker, Hero of the Rebellion, to the Queen of Ktath'atn. It never occurs to her that the Queen might be treacherous, Luke's friends might come looking for him, and Luke himself is not that easily disposed of.
38	* TheEndOrIsIt: The ending implies that the Queen may still be alive.
39	* EnemyMine: Luke Skywalker and Dr. Aphra. Luke comes to see Aphra as a friend by the third issue, though, and Aphra is genuinely touched, but this only lasts until she [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint completely misunderstands how he learned a lesson from an encounter with Rur]].
40	* EvilRedhead: The Queen of Ktath'atn is beautiful, redheaded, and evil.
41	* {{Expy}}: The Queen of Ktath'atn seems to be one of {{Dracula}}, to the point of being an all-but-stated VampireMonarch. She [[VampiricDraining feeds on the life force of all her populace]], is surrounded by [[LooksLikeOrlok bald, pale underlings]], is [[UndeathlyPallor very pale herself]], and the populace around her eponymous citadel appear to be undead at least in appearance, complete with ZombieGait and ProphetEyes.
42	-->'''[[http://sciencefiction.com/2017/02/24/cant-get-enough-star-wars-marco-checchetto-shares-images-and-details-for-star-wars-screaming-citadel/ Marco Checcetto]]:''' For the Queen, and also for other characters, I was inspired by a Creator/FrancisFordCoppola movie, ''Film/BramStokersDracula''. The costumes and the color palette in that are amazing. My woman here is beautiful, but very scary, a sinister and elegant alien-queen.
43	%%* GothicHorror: [[RecycledInSpace In Star Wars.]]
44	* HeCleansUpNicely: Luke puts on a tuxedo (or the equivalent) for the gathering.
45	* HiveMind: Abersyn symbiotes and their hosts retain individual consciousnesses, but are psychically joined together in a network dominated by whichever individual has the most willpower and dominant personality.
46	* HiveQueen: The abersyn hive mind is dominated by its most psychologically powerful member, with all other individuals dominated by their will.
47	* NoMisterBondIExpectYouToDine: Aphra and Luke are treated to dinner by the queen in the second issue. Unfortunately, it turns out that their "dessert" is [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/DoctorAphra Abersyn symbiotes]]]], prompting them to escape.
48	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The Queen of Ktath'atn is heavily based off of horror movie vampires. She's a reclusive figure clad in black and red, living in a brooding clifftop castle towering over a village of cringing human peasants, feeding by absorbing life energy, and using elegance and decadence to beguile victims before either consuming them or turning them into entities like herself but under her control.
49	* OutOfCharacterMoment: Curiously, in this arc Eternal Rur appears to be docile and provides wise advice for Aphra to be selfless, in stark contrast to its behavior in the ''Doctor Aphra'' comic where it’s basically [[{{Franchise/Terminator}} the Terminator]].
50	* PuppeteerParasite: Abersyn symbiotes attach themselves to the nervous system of their hosts, overriding all motor and cerebral activity and taking complete control of their bodies and minds.
51	* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: The Queen of Ktath'atn avoids implanting Luke with a symbiote specifically because of the risk of this. All victims of the symbiotes are joined together in a HiveMind dominated by its strongest individual; at the start of the comic this is her, and she doesn't want to risk seeing what happens when she tests her dominance against a strong Force-sensitive. [[spoiler:Indeed, when Luke is implanted by accident, he proves too strong to dominate and begins challenging her for leadership of the collective.]]
52	* VolleyingInsults: Luke and Aphra snipe at each other more than once.
53	* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Leia has this moment when Triple Zero points out she's willing to sacrifice her friends for victory.

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