Line #10 ComicBook/StarWarsUnion


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2	[[caption-width-right:251:[[BlatantLies And it was completely drama free...]]]]
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4	''Star Wars: Union'' is a four-issue comic book series written by Creator/MichaelStackpole and illustrated by Robert Teranishi, set in the Franchise/StarWarsLegends, taking place shortly after the ''Literature/HandOfThrawn'' duology.
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6	The impossible has, in fact, occurred: the [[TheEmpire Imperial]] [[TheRemnant Remnant]] and the [[TheAlliance New Republic]] have signed a peace treaty. Wait, sorry, that's not the impossible part; ''Luke Skywalker proposing to Mara Jade'' is.
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8	It's Wedding of the Century time.
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10	And not everybody's happy about it. The press starts spinning scenarios about "a Jedi power-base to establish a Force Empire," the plans for a small intimate wedding were scuttled the moment Threepio got involved, Mara can't find a dress, she and Luke are ''both'' having {{Past Experience Nightmare}}s, and a splinter cell of Imperials figures this is the time to strike...
11	->'''Han''': On a scale of one to the Death Star? It's about... heck, kid, just elope.
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13	C'mon. Did anybody really think this was going to go smoothly?
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16	!!In addition to the inherent ''Franchise/StarWars'' character and universe tropes, this series provides examples of:
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18	* ActionGirl: Mara Jade.
19	* BarBrawl: Luke's bachelor party, organized by Han and Wedge, is in a seedy tavern. The splinter cell sees this as a good chance to strike... when the entire room is either ex-smugglers, Jedi, [[FourStarBadass military officers who earned it]], or some combination thereof. Oops.
20	* ContinuityNod: All over the place:
21	** "That dream I had gave me a bad feeling--" [[CatchphraseInterruptus "Don't say it."]]
22	** As Karrde and Booster discuss the good news, we see the ''Errant Venture'' beginning to get its bright red paint job, which is complete by ''Literature/SurvivorsQuest''.
23	** Cameos by [[Literature/JediAcademyTrilogy Kam, Tionne]], [[Literature/XWingSeries Wedge, Tycho, Wes, Hobbie, Corran, Mirax, Booster...]] the list goes on.
24	** Three Rogues sprung into action, showing that Rogues aren't only good at flying.
25	** As well as a completely nonsensical cameo by [[ComicBook/DarkEmpire Empatojayos Brand]], who by that point had been dead for 8 years.
26	* {{Fanservice}}: The bathhouse scene. Pretty tasteful as fanservice goes.
27	* {{Forgiveness}}
28	* HappilyMarried: Luke and Mara. Also, we're reminded of the successes of Han and Leia and Corran and Mirax.
29	* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: The Imperial saboteurs.
30	* InkSuitActor: Kam Solusar is clearly based on Bruce Willis.
31	** Wes Janson as Tommy Lee Jones
32	** Steve Buscemi as Iry Danta, an imperial saboteur
33	** Peter Stormare as Moff Derran Takkar
34	** Jack Nicholson as guardsman/assassin Chik Apla
35	** Bruce Campbell as imperial saboteur turned good, Banner Sumptor
36	** Ashley Judd as Iella Wessiri Antilles
37	** Winona Ryder as Mirax Terrik Horn
38	** Mira Sorvino as Mara Jade soon to be Skywalker
39	* MyOwnPrivateIDo: A private ceremony just for the Jedi, and a public one for the galaxy.
40	* [[{{Narm/StarWars}} Narm]]: Some of the romantic dialogue. It was written by Stackpole, so this is probably to be expected.
41	* NoodleIncident: [[Literature/XWingSeries Wes and Hobbie]] apparently did something with a champagne fountain at a different wedding.
42	* PimpedOutDress: Some of the possible ideas from Mara's fitting. The one Mara ends up with is on the reasonable side.
43	* StagParty: Luke's erupts into a BarBrawl.
44	* WeddingSmashers: The attempts at sabotaging the public ceremony.

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