Find out how C-3PO got that red arm in Marvel’s latest Star Wars comic

Yes, it’s come to this; even C-3PO is getting a comic book. It’s Star Wars madness!

This December, experience a very special one-shot: an exciting new chapter in the Star Wars saga! Today, Marvel is pleased to announce STAR WARS SPECIAL: C-3P0 #1, launching as part of Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens! Reuniting acclaimed & award-winning creators James Robinson and Tony Harris for the first time in nearly two decades, follow everyone’s favorite protocol droid on a solo adventure leading up to his appearance in Star Wars: The Force Awakens!

Plus, the burning question will be answered here: How did C-3P0 get that red arm?!

STAR WARS SPECIAL: C-3PO #1 is the only place to learn the shocking truth behind how C-3PO lost his original arm – and the exciting origins of how he gained a new one!

“That’s a really exciting part of doing this story,” says writer James Robinson. “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’.”

You may be fluent in over six million forms of communication…but this book is a must have in any language! Don’t miss the exciting origin of C-3PO’s crimson appendage this December, only in STAR WARS SPECIAL: C-3PO #1!

“Shocking truth”? ” Exciting origins (of his arm)”? Man, is that a lot of hyperbole. Still though, this is Star Wars, and there’s a legion of fans out there who are ready, able, and very willing to obsess over every little minute detail of their favorite film series, and his 3PO lost his left arm is right there with everything else.

And even though I’m not quite to that level, I have to admit that I’m kind of interested too. I mean, they really changed his look and all by swapping hardware there, and it is kind of a mystery. I’d imagine that the story behind it could be pretty important too, so we’ll see.

Written by James Robinson and with art (and cover) by Tony Harris, Star Wars Special: C-3PO #1 arrives just in time for Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ debut in theaters this December.