The character began appearing in her own comic series , '' Star Wars : Doctor Aphra '' , in December 2016 . '' Doctor Aphra '' picks up after Darth Vader 's attempt to kill Aphra at the end of the '' Darth Vader '' series . She is in hiding so that Vader will not discover that she is alive , but needs to get back into her life as an archaeologist so she can repay her enormous debts to the Wookiee Black Krrsantan , and fulfill her promise to help locate the people who tortured him in the past . Gillen said he wanted to do the '' Doctor Aphra '' series to explore " what makes her tick and why she 's doing what she 's doing " . Spurrier said : The series was nominated for Outstanding Comic Book at the 30th GLAAD Media Awards
30th GLAAD Media Awards
30th GLAAD Media Awards
Doctor Aphra