 (Click to Enlarge) | Star Wars Dark Empire IIAuthors: Tom VeitchFeatures: Abridged Average Customer Rating: 3.24/5.00 Amazon Sales Rank: 220,028 Audio Cassette Release Date: August, 1997 Manufacturer: HighBridge Company View on Amazon (ISBN: 1565112016) Number of Audio Cassettes: 2 Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours List Price: $16.95, Amazon Price: $11.87 |
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Rating: 4 [ Fantanstic as far as comics go. ]Dark Empire II was the first of the Dark Empire series i read, although the Emperor came back with sidebburns and more, i thought that the plot , and drawings were fantastic. My only complaint is that there seems to be a pit of unlimited superweapons, Death Star, Death Star 2, Sun Crusher, Starbuster, Galaxy Gun, world Devestators, Eclispe Star Destroyers. I am sure many other Star Wars fans will feel the same way.
Rating: 2 [ He should have stopped while he was ahead. ]
Ick. As good as Dark Empire 1 was as far as characterizations, plot, and pacing, this destroys it. Most of it seems to be a rehash of the original story, and the new elements introduced seem trite and contrived. The Emperor is back AGAIN, with a NEW superweapon to threaten our heroes. Whoopty-do. Nar Shadda (the Smuggler's Moon) is revisited, as is Byss, the Dark Side homeworld. New characters are introduced, but they seem needlessly rediculous. It is obvious that Veitch rushed this to cash in on the success of Dark Empire 1, unfortunately. It in no way lives up to its predecessor. Further, Cam Kennedy's artwork grows tiresome quickly, especially if you've already read DE1. Probably the only plus are the covers drawn by Dave Dorman, which are showcased in the back. He, at least, is able to capture the essence of Star Wars, although even they aren't as good as the DE1 covers. This is another one of those that you really shouldn't bother with unless you HAVE to own every Star Wars stor
Rating: 2 [ Dark Empire audio 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.