Oh wait, there's also yet another one of those Jedi who somehow didn't get killed in the purge, Vima, who just happens to be on Nar Shaddaa, who HAPPENS to be in Leia's path and who HAPPENS to have a plot convenient Holocron. Han and Leia zoom out to Nar Shaddaa and meet up with one of the only other females in the book, Salla Zend, Han's ex and a super pilot herself. How? Why? This galaxy has World Devastators. She bullies Han, who insists that Luke is a big boy and is totes not being turned by the Dark Side because the Force is hokey and all that razzmatazz, to take her seriously - plus, Force Woo means she just happens to know that Luke is on Byss. Leia eventually can't take that Luke is being turned by the Dark Side (which the only way I could tell is that he wears black - he actually commands his troops to self-destruct or deploy stupidly so that they die, making Luke once again an accomplice to the unnecessary murder of billions). No wonder I never told people back in the day I liked Star Wars - might as well admit I liked Blue Beetle and Wonder Dog while I was at it.

Which if you've seen 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' are basically the same things used to destroy Earth for a bypass.Īnd I'm supposed to take this concept seriously. Meanwhile, the Empire, ever infatuated with the idea of spending quadrillions of credits on weapons of mass destruction that will just become massively destroyed weapons, have developed World Devastators. The Emperor's mission? To have Luke replace Darth Vader at his side and rule the galaxy. Luke then senses a Force Storm (what is this? Where was the foreshadowing that this was a thing?), which sucks him in and has him face to face with.the Emperor! He's been reborn in one of the millions of clones he has.

Why did this happen? Why is the Empire back when it was soundly defeated in both Return of the Jedi and the Thrawn Trilogy? Get used to having questions that never get answered. The book opens with Han and Leia hurrying to save Lando and Luke, who crash-landed their Star Destroyer on Coruscant. THIS was the story all the books referenced back in the day?! What about the one where Luke dresses up like a woman and makes the Emperor fall in love with him?!Ĭhronologically in 'Legends' Star Wars EU Time, this falls between the Thrawn trilogy and the Jedi Academy trilogy, although I believe it was written years before the Thrawn trilogy and set after that I think due to some arrangement with Bantam and Dark Horse.

Emperor has full blown mustache twirling as he races after a baby.įull review to come - because I can't not for a Star Wars book I've seen alluded to SO MANY TIMES and am so underwhelmed with upon finishing. I can't believe the same team did this.Įmpire's End - 0 stars. Meh but not horribleĭark Empire II - 0 stars.

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