Review of
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Infinities,
Dark Horse Comics
Four out of five stars
Alternate Star Wars story
There seems to
be a strongly emerging principle in the entertainment industry, if you are not
making enough money or have run out of ideas along the original plotline,
create an alternate history. In this storyline, Luke is presumed dead, and Leia
is being trained by Yoda in the ways of the force on Dagobah. However, Darth
Vader still believes that Luke is alive, refusing to believe that he died on
Hoth.
Han and Chewie
end up on Tatooine and are in the clutches of Jabba the Hut. Angry at Solo
dumping his valuable cargo, Jabba refuses to listen to all attempts by Han to
bargain. The only value they have for Jabba is as entertainment in a battle
with murderous creatures. Vader is sparing no effort in his search for
Skywalker, all of the Empire resources at his command are being utilized.
While the story
is entertaining, there is always something disquieting about alternate storylines
in a well established fiction story. When you know how it turns out, any attempt
at doing otherwise has to be done even better than before. This does not quite
get to that level.
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