No, Leia isn’t getting married – she’s joining the dark side with a “startling” father-daughter team-up in Star Wars: Darth Vader #50

In the original Star Wars trilogy, Darth Vader tries to entice his son Luke Skywalker to join the dark side and rule the galaxy by his side. But it’s hinted that there’s another possible Force user in the family – Luke’s secret twin sister Leia Organa. And in Darth Vader #50, readers will get a peek at an alternate timeline where Leia becomes Vader’s apprentice – complete with her own white version of his iconic body armor.

Leia joins the dark side in a back-up story by series writer Greg Pak and artist Luke Ross which “explores the possibility” of a father-daughter team-up in an apparent alt-reality. Artist Derek Chew’s “startling” (Marvel’s terminology) variant cover for Star Wars: Darth Vader #50 shows off Leia’s armored look as Vader’s apprentice, seen here:

What’s so startling about it? Well, perhaps unintentionally, it does look a bit like a wedding dress thanks to the veil, which actually appears to be a reference to the cloak Leia wears in the beginning of Star Wars: A New Hope. But the real shocker is the idea that Leia would give herself over to the Sith. A similar story of Leia becoming Vader’s apprentice was previously told in the 2001 Dark Horse Comics title Star Wars Infinities, which told What If? style stories set in the Star Wars galaxy.