I am your basic, avid, robot drooling fanboy of Star Wars. That said, its been several years since I accidentally burned out my retinas by reading this comic, Star Wars Union. I was only seventeen at the time, so I can be forgiven... but the writers can not!
Sorry, I sound harsh, but this mediocre play at Star Wars role playing is SO Mary Sue that I couldn't believe it was supposed to be canon.
Of course, its entertaining. If you can put down the stuff that rises from the back of your throat while reading this mess you start to enjoy it for its own weirdness. Luke is in love with Mara Jade and they are getting married. Bad 'Imperials' try to stop the wedding. They don't. Theres the plot.
The more interesting things are found while reading the book.. scenes where Luke is hugging Mara from behind look more like Luke is attacking a poor female in the woods while she gazes off into nothingness... while a tiny bird is perched on her fingers like a real Mary Poppins.
Really... this is pretty corny.
I like corny... when its actually Mary Poppins. Not when its the hand of the freaking Emperor!!
I don't want to come down like a ton of bricks on the guys who wrote this. I respect them for their awesomeness and I appreciate the amount of work that went into this book.
But I just can't get over the idea that Mara Jade would cry while she picks out her wedding dress with Leia... Mara Jade would get married while killing rogue Storm Troopers in the middle of a fire fight while carrying limp Luke over her shoulder and dragging the minister with her free leg!!
So please... lets have a do over... lets do this wedding right, hmmm?
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