From: ses52823@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Sven E. Skoog)
Subject: Re: LAST COMMAND Predictions ( SPOILERS! )
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 20:55:07 GMT

<DCC117@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:


>In article <BxB7Lt.31v@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, ses52823@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Sven E.
>Skoog) says:
>>
>>Let's not forget that the Rebellion (oops... New Republic)
>>has a hold of the Katana, flagship of the Dreadnaught fleet.
>>If you recall, the Katana fleet's crew went insane and slaved
>>all their ships into that one's system...
>>
>>Idle coincidence for Last Command?  I think NOT...

> I was under the impression that this plot tidbit had already had
>its day at the end of DFR.  That is, the slaving-together of the
>Katana fleet was what allowed the Rebels aboard the Katana to
>send another Dreadnaught on a collision course with the Star
>Destroyer Peremptory.  However, the slave circuitry achieved no
>other useful purpose in DFR; apparently it was incapable of
>manipulating the rest of the Dreadnaughts at that point.

> I would think that Thrawn would be
>smart enough to disconnect any ties to the Katana that might still exist
>in the circuitry of his new Dreadnaughts... i. e. I hope this isn't
>a plot device on the order of "a SINGLE MASTER CONTROL SIGNAL beamed
>through hyperspace! What a GREAT idea!" ( I'll never get over that )

> However, I suppose that the
>Katana being in the hands of the Rebels could be a significant factor.
>Perhaps the Katana's circuitry can still have some effect on the
>Dreadnaughts, or perhaps the Katana ( as the flagship ) contains
>stored data on special aspects ( weaknesses? ) of the Dark Force...

>>And I believe (for the record) that Luke will continue trying
>>to redeem C'baoth (remember he doesn't know Jorus is a clone)
>>and either Mara will choose to kill him herself or have to as
>>a result of Luke being up sh*t creek without a paddle (i.e.,
>>faked out by Jorus).
>>

>  Apparently everybody seems to think that Mara is still
>going to try to kill Luke...at this point, after everything
>that's happened ( Luke helping her rescue Karrde, Luke finding her
>drifting ejection seat at the end of DFR, etc. ) , this would
>really piss me off. I mean, there's such a thing as gratitude,
>even for people with warped allegiances to totalitatarian galactic
>regimes...
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No, no, no... I think you misunderstood that last...

I think a truly EPIC ending would be Luke trying to win over Joruus
and failing (picture Luke once again living up to his image as a
stir-fry under another Jedi's fingers), thus necessitating Mara's
intervention.  I personally don't think C'baoth can be dissuaded;
he's insane!  It would be really neat to imagine Luke a crippled
mass of flesh over in the corner (still spurting purple sparks of
electricity) and having Mara face off with Joruus either with the
aid of her ysalamiri or using her own (admittedly limited) Force.
(Possibly cultivated by Luke in the interim...)

It was *Joruus* that Mara was supposed to kill.  Not Skywalker.
(At least, in MY prediction)

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