"Into the Meat": An Award-Winning 1992 Sci-Fi Novel Shows Where Star Wars Is Taking Its New Villain Next

Marvel's "Dark Droids" crossover is proving to be a renaissance for Star Wars storytelling, bringing to life one of the most exciting concepts in the franchise's recent history, providing the series with its most viable villainous alternative to the Galactic Empire and Palpatine's Sith since the introduction of the Yuuzhan Vong in the controversial New Jedi Order book series.