Star Wars: Dark Empire Bk. 2 (Star Wars) [Import] [Paperback]

Cam Veitch; Kennedy Tom (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Titan Books Ltd 8/20/1999 1/1/1999 1/1/1999; New Ed edition (1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1840230991
• ISBN-13: 978-1840230994
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Oh boy, he's at it again!, November 23, 2002

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Mark Bruinekreeft (Zutphen, Gelderland Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dark Empire II (Star Wars) (Paperback)

To put in bluntly, this sequel has mostly the exact same plot as it's predecessor.
The Emperor returns from the dead, again...he has a superweapon, again...and he is out to blow people up...again.

In that sense, this book is actually something like the prototype sequel. It takes everything readers liked about the original, and provides us with more of it without bringing in anything really new.
Of course the writers did bother to invent some new ships, characters, weapons and sofort, but nothing that really adds to the story. It is just more of the same stuff we got from Dark Empire I.

In addition to this, one of the major drawbacks to this comic is the fact that a lot of the new things the artists DO come up with are kind of ridiculous. I mean, which Evil Emperor would give his new superweapon a name like "the Galaxy Gun"? And how come the Emperor can magically turn any random underling into a powerfull Dark Jedi all of a sudden? If he could do that, why did he bother with Luke in the last book?

If you were one of the people who enjoyed Dark Empire I, and you insist on reading more of the exact same thing, then you might want to buy this book. If you didn't like the original, you're certainly not going to like this one either.
The only other people who might wish to bother with this comic are the vivid Boba Fett-fans. Like all other villians from DE I, he returns in this one AND he has a lot more screentime than he did in the last book.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The Immortal Emperor, May 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Dark Empire II (Star Wars) (Paperback)

Boy, as much as I love Star Wars, some authors sure come up with dumb ideas. I had just gotten over the Star Wars Christmas special and Han's party in ZORBA THE HUTT's REVENGE (oh, so hardened smugglers drink "zoochberry juice), when I found Dark Empire II. For starters, the title just shows how lazy Veitch and his editors are. Emperor Palpatine's death was the climax of Return of the Jedi and was the moment was marked the redemption of Anakin Skywalker and the fall of the Empire. So what does Veitch do? Resurrects our favorite despot...over and over and over. And I have to admit that the World Devestators were a decent concept (much more efficient than a Death Star). But the Galaxy Gun is just plain stupid. Especially since the Galaxy Gun ends up colliding with the aptly named Eclipse II, destroys Byss, and makes me wonder why I spent the money. Thanks alot Tom Veitch.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Its a shame the Star Wars Universe is stuck with this one., January 26, 1999

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This review is from: Dark Empire II (Star Wars) (Paperback)

I have to agree with some of the other reviews on this series. The whole Dark Empire thing absolutely stunk. Cam Kennedy's (bad) idea of setting up one overall color scheme for each frame made everything look exceedingly poor. Also, the man simply can't draw Star Wars characters for squat. As for Veitch's plot: what the heck? Oh....a new Emperor who simply appears and, in less than a year, constructs one super weapon and two, count em, two Eclipse class SSDs. When an original SSD would have taken YEARS to build during the height of the Empire? Yeah....sure. And the story: "oh the hopelessness!....". <---Wasn't that every page? Oh look, new super weapon, new emperor who can magically create Dark Jedi (yeah right), and while were at it, let's destroy the New Republic, Coruscant, Mon Calamari, and have Luke discover WAY to many really poorly developed (actually stupid) Jedi characters. I'm just getting into the Academy trilogy and, thank god, Anderson hasn't yet disappointed me by bringing in some of these moronic characters. Overall this series simply doesn't keep with Star Wars' feel and certainly doesn't fit well into the universe. Sorry Veitch and Kennedy but the plot blew and the art sucked. I'm glad someone else did Crimson Empire, which is, in comparison, quite a bit better. I guess we'll see about the Sith books. (Despite all that, kudos to Dave Dorman for the great cover art!)