Dark Empire II (Star Wars)

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Summary: Beautiful story base...but the art was a bit off.
Review: Well, personally, I think this story would have done much better as a novel. When I read it, I felt that the story was missing some important details, descriptions, thoughts, etc., which would have been there if it were written. The story is truly phenomenal, explaining the journies of Luke and Kam...but I don't think they really introduced Kam, did they? Unless I missed something drastic, Kam was NEVER actually introducd in Dark Empire II (or 1, for that matter). The colors...? Well, I'm an artist (actually, I have a really big comic portfolio[and they wonder what I do during class all day...], and I'd love to go into the business of drawing comics), and I found it a bit annoying that all the colors are weird. There is not 1 scene with normal colors. All the characters have green or purple skin, and the back wash is just so...akward. But even so, it's a marvelous story. They show tons of stuff on the subject of Jedi training, including the battle meditation technique, used by jedi, that was seen in TPM--EVEN THOUGH this comic came first (sort of...). It's fantastic, and despite some of the flaws I mentioned, I would DEFINITELY recommend buying this one. It really is worth the money.

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Summary: Dark Empire audio review
Review: Where to begin? Well When the first Dark Empire came out I thought it wasn't bad. The Emperor returning and all that. of course being a comic book for the kiddies it got pretty ridiculas towards the end. Luke goes through the dark side like it was a strole through the park. Then Dark Empire came out and wow, I thought, what cheese! It was basically Dark Empire I all over again with a few minor new plot elements thrown in. being a Star Wars fan I tried to like it but in my personal opinion I consider it an abomination to the Star Wars legacy. The Emperor and Luke are reduced to the equivalent of squabbling five year olds who can't get their own way. Han and Leia go off to rescue some old woman who is nothing but annoying and along the way meet up with a half man half droid moron. No thanks. They should not have continued after Dark Empire. In additionif one buys the audio tape of Dark Empire 2 they will be left hanging for the story does not end with this installment. Empire's end which is no longer available on audio is the last installment and thank the force for that of this cheese wiz version of a star wars story. Empire's end on audio can only be found on a five CD box set containing Dark Empire, Dark Empire 2 and Empire's end. The CD's are quite colorful and the packaging is attractive but it fails to redeam this stinker of a story. The only one shining moment to all this is that this trilogy introduces the birth of the third Solo child Aniken. If you must have everything to do with Star wars then buy it but you have been warned. I have the box set so I have the complete story but it will be a very long long time before I give it another listen. This version of Dark Empire 2 contains 2 audio cassettes. The actors used do a good job of portraying the classic characters of the original trilogy. There are good sound effects and so forth and i dare say the ten and under crowd will find it quite entertaining. For us older kids the 21 and over I mean the new jedi order does quite well as well as the new books concerning the prequel years. However I am a Star Wars fan thus I do like to own all audio regarding this amazing series. If you are looking for great Star Wars audio, I strongly recommend the NPR radio dramas of the classic trilogy. That truly is a treasure to listen to. Let this one go it will diminish your love for the series.

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Summary: Dark Empire audio review
Review: Where to begin? Well When the first Dark Empire came out I thought it wasn't bad. The Emperor returning and all that. of course being a comic book for the kiddies it got pretty ridiculas towards the end. Luke goes through the dark side like it was a strole through the park. Then Dark Empire came out and wow, I thought, what cheese! It was basically Dark Empire I all over again with a few minor new plot elements thrown in. being a Star Wars fan I tried to like it but in my personal opinion I consider it an abomination to the Star Wars legacy. The Emperor and Luke are reduced to the equivalent of squabbling five year olds who can't get their own way. Han and Leia go off to rescue some old woman who is nothing but annoying and along the way meet up with a half man half droid moron. No thanks. They should not have continued after Dark Empire. In additionif one buys the audio tape of Dark Empire 2 they will be left hanging for the story does not end with this installment. Empire's end which is no longer available on audio is the last installment and thank the force for that of this cheese wiz version of a star wars story. Empire's end on audio can only be found on a five CD box set containing Dark Empire, Dark Empire 2 and Empire's end. The CD's are quite colorful and the packaging is attractive but it fails to redeam this stinker of a story. The only one shining moment to all this is that this trilogy introduces the birth of the third Solo child Aniken. If you must have everything to do with Star wars then buy it but you have been warned. I have the box set so I have the complete story but it will be a very long long time before I give it another listen. This version of Dark Empire 2 contains 2 audio cassettes. The actors used do a good job of portraying the classic characters of the original trilogy. There are good sound effects and so forth and i dare say the ten and under crowd will find it quite entertaining. For us older kids the 21 and over I mean the new jedi order does quite well as well as the new books concerning the prequel years. However I am a Star Wars fan thus I do like to own all audio regarding this amazing series. If you are looking for great Star Wars audio, I strongly recommend the NPR radio dramas of the classic trilogy. That truly is a treasure to listen to. Let this one go it will diminish your love for the series.