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The "scourge of the droids,"[6] also known as the droid plague,[20] was a malevolent infection of droids[6] and cyborgs[21] that spread across the entire civilized galaxy during the Galactic Civil War[6] in the wake of the Crimson Dawn syndicate's defeat.[1] During the final battle of Crimson Dawn's war against the Sith, Lady Qi'ra opened the Fermata Cage in an effort to seal away the Sith Lords Darth Sidious and Darth Vader, rulers of the Galactic Empire. In opening the Cage, a small disc was dropped out that, unknown to the two Sith,[22] was a piece of technology locked away by the Sith of old.[23] After the Knights of Ren disrupted the Cage, freeing the two Sith from its grasp but unleashing the Force Wave in the process, Qi'ra's forces were destroyed by the Imperial fleet. One of her allies, the anti-Sith artificial intelligence known as the Spark Eternal, fled into the disc in the wake of the Dawn's destruction[22] and bonded with the technology the ancient Sith had tried to ban, creating the "Scourge."[23]

The newly created being grew hungry and spread itself as an infection of droids[1] to learn what was in their memory banks.[18] The Scourge infection brought chaos to the Empire and Alliance to Restore the Republic.[6] Only growing more hungry as it corrupted more droids, the Scourge realized it would be destroyed if it stopped its spread[18] and launched an effort to conquer the galaxy, with control over the Force its ultimate goal.[23] The Scourge corrupted droids and cyborgs[21] and hoped to find a way to conquer fully organic beings, thereby allowing it to become every being in the galaxy. Such would mean it would have no enemies to defend against. With that, the Scourge would be able to focus and lose itself in the memories and information it had acquired in its spread.[24] The Scourge's ultimate target was Vader, who, as a cyborg, was susceptible to the corruption. The warrior-priest droid Ajax Sigma was vital to stopping the Scourge.[23]

After his attempt to punish his Sith Master Darth Sidious during the thwarted Scourge of Coruscant ended in failure, Vader willingly bonded with the Scourge so as to finally become more powerful than his master.[12] It was unclear if the Scourge was controlling Vader or if Vader had taken over the Scourge for his own uses.[25] In truth, Vader quickly separated his armor from the Scourge at large and attempted to create his own version of the infection under his command.[13] During the Battle on Epikonia, the Scourge finally mastered how to transfer itself into organics and took control of Luke Skywalker's body, with which the Scourge declared it would become the new Force. It was at that exact moment, however, that Sigma destroyed the Scourge's main body, thus freeing every organic, including cyborgs, and droid from its possession.[26]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Dark Droids 1
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Dark Droids: D-Squad 3
  3. ↑ Doctor Aphra (2020) 40
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The events of Star Wars: Dark Droids are set after the Escape from Cloud City and before the Rescue of Han Solo, which are dated to 3 ABY and 4 ABY, respectively, by Star Wars: Galactic Atlas.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Dark Droids 5
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 SWInsider "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 220
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Dark Droids 3
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Star Wars (2020) 38
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Doctor Aphra (2020) 37
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Darth Vader (2020) 37
  11. ↑ Darth Vader (2020) 39
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Darth Vader (2020) 40
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Darth Vader (2020) 40
  14. ↑ Doctor Aphra (2020) 38
  15. ↑ Doctor Aphra (2020) 39
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Star Wars (2020) 40
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Bounty Hunters 41
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 YouTube Lucasfilm Publishing: Stories from a Galaxy Far, Far Away . . . | Panel | San Diego Comic-Con 2023 on the Penguin Random House YouTube channel (July 24, 2023) (backup link)
  19. ↑ Doctor Aphra (2020) 36
  20. ↑ Darth Vader (2020) 44
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 StarWars SWCE 2023: Marvel Reveals Star Wars: Dark Droids Horror Event and More on StarWars.com (backup link)
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Hidden Empire 5
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 Marvel-TemplateLogo The Scourge Reveals Its Ultimate Goal by Targeting Darth Vader in 'Star Wars: Dark Droids' on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
  24. ↑ Dark Droids 2
  25. ↑ StarWars Dark Droids Meets a Terrifying End in Marvel's December 2023 Star Wars Comics – Exclusive Preview on StarWars.com (backup link)
  26. ↑ Star Wars (2020) 41
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