Star Wars Special: C-3PO #1 Coming This December!

Marvel Comics Creates Star Wars Comic Books

Are you itching to find out just how C-3PO got his red arm in The Force Awakens?  Find out in Marvel’s Star Wars Special: C3PO #1 this December!  Yesterday, Marvel announced the special as part of the Journey to The Force Awakens publishing program. Hit the jump for more…

 

 

This one-shot special brings writer James Robinson and artist Tony Harris (famous for their previous collaboration on the Starman series) back together for a story that follows everyone’s favorite protocol droid C-3PO on a solo adventure that seems to lead right into The Force Awakens.

 

 

C-3P0 Cover

 

Ever since that first glimpse of C-3PO on those leaked merchandise photos a while back, fans have been wondering how he ended up with the crimson limb…was his arm destroyed in battle? Did he forsake his own advice and not let Chewbacca win at a game of dejarik? Was it an intentional replacement with updated tech that we will see put to good use in the new film?  Well, they’re not going to leave those questions hanging in the air it seems.

 

Robinson had the following to say regarding his excitement for the new comic:

 

“That’s a really exciting part of doing this story…I saw a photo of C-3PO with his red arm the other day and I thought ‘Wow, I’m the writer who gets to explain that.'”

 

How excited are you to read this comic?  Share your comments below.

 

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Jordan Pate is Co-Lead Editor and Senior Writer for Star Wars News Net, of which he is also a member of the book and comic review team. He loves all things Star Wars, but when he's not spending time in the galaxy far far away, he might be found in our own galaxy hanging out in Gotham City or at 1407 Graymalkin Lane, Salem Center, NY.

29 thoughts on “Star Wars Special: C-3PO #1 Coming This December!

  • September 5, 2015 at 7:32 am
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    Interesting. So this story will be based some time after ROTJ and before TFA.

    A solo C-3PO adventure doesnt sound that interesting.. but the time period does.

  • September 5, 2015 at 7:32 am
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    Really hope there is more to the story than how a robot loses his arm. It would be sad if this is what Star Wars storytelling has come to.

    • September 5, 2015 at 8:31 am
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      See the holiday special.

    • September 5, 2015 at 10:03 am
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      TPM was about taxes and a trade blockade.

      • September 5, 2015 at 10:23 am
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        No silly, it was about the fall of a hero and about how democracy dies with thundering applause.

        • September 5, 2015 at 3:52 pm
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          That would be Revenge of the Sith rather than TPM (The Phantom Menace).

      • September 5, 2015 at 8:21 pm
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        And here was I thinking it was about a planet-wide invasion, and the successful attempt to defeat the invaders. Silly me! It’s obvious about “taxes,” after all the word “taxation” gets mentioned once in the film.

        • September 6, 2015 at 9:06 am
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          can you give an answer to the question, “Why is the trade federation invading Naboo?”, without mentioning a trade blockade or taxes? If so, does it make sense within the context of that film alone?

    • September 6, 2015 at 1:57 am
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      Prepare your sheckles for the ultimate in franchise milking !

  • September 5, 2015 at 7:38 am
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    you dont need a long ass story…he simply didnt let the wookie win

    • September 5, 2015 at 8:09 am
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      Most of the material covers play-by-play Dejarik moves.

  • September 5, 2015 at 7:52 am
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    Woohoo! My favorite character with his own comic book!

  • September 5, 2015 at 8:30 am
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    It’s C-3PO not C-3P0. Luke never called him Threepizero. Come on!

    • September 5, 2015 at 4:09 pm
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      Lol. You’re right. Can’t believe I did that. It was late. I’ll fix it later. 🙂

  • September 5, 2015 at 9:35 am
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    Why is it written #1, if it’s a one-shot?

    • September 5, 2015 at 9:44 am
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      A generation from now they will do #002 to revitalize the franchise for a new fan base.

      • September 5, 2015 at 10:08 am
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        Nah, they’d re-launch it as C-3PO: Volume II.

  • September 5, 2015 at 9:39 am
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    Can’t wait to find out what red protocol droid is missing an arm.

    • September 5, 2015 at 10:18 am
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      Perhaps R-3PO?

  • September 5, 2015 at 11:03 am
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    Maybe Threepio finally gets a Megaman-style arm cannon….

  • September 5, 2015 at 12:30 pm
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    Red markings on one side seems to be a New Order “thing”, perhaps Threepio is unwillingly under their command? He does get into a lot of trouble you know..

    • September 5, 2015 at 2:25 pm
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      R2 & 3PO were sent on a mission and the red arm is part of the New Order look

  • September 5, 2015 at 3:16 pm
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    What if the Vader obsessed Kylo Ren took it to make his Lightsabre from

  • September 5, 2015 at 7:34 pm
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    I can’t believe this is not an April Fool’s joke or a leg pull from The Onion.

  • September 6, 2015 at 10:10 am
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    Disappointing, I was kinda hoping they’d leave it to our imagination. What next? Why his leg is a different colour?

    It seems to be the way of things to tell us every facet of every character’s backstory, not just in SW but in all popular culture. I don’t NEED Or want to know that R5-D4 was a sentient Jedi droid or why each patron was in the cantina. One of the cool things about the Star Wars movies was that lived in universe; dents, scratches and throwaway lines that hinted to other exciting things happening in a chaotic universe.

    3PO’s arm could have been a cool little mystery (like what was in the case in Pulp Fiction) or ongoing joke but now we’re going to be spoon fed what happened. I hope the story is worth it.

    Dear me, I HAVE woken up in a foul mood haven’t I!?!

  • September 6, 2015 at 12:02 pm
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    GONK !!

  • September 6, 2015 at 5:13 pm
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    I LOVE C-3PO!

  • September 7, 2015 at 11:40 pm
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    I guess no one was excited? I hope the explanation sticks this time unlike the ever changing one considering concerning his silver leg.

    • September 11, 2015 at 5:41 pm
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      Lol. There were some comments before the change to the new comment system, which deleted all previous comments made on the old system…so you are first (retroactively of course). 🙂

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