A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far...farfarfarfarfar away....
This little Jedi had a crush.
Why oh why do I manage to let George Lucas' creations suck me back in? WHY?!

Okay, let's jump back a decade or so to when I was reading Timothy Zahn's "Heir to the Empire" wherein he introduced a new character, Mara Jade. I didn't like Mara. She's mean. She's brusque.

She tried to kill Luke Skywalker.

Bitch.

Well, now my opinion has changed a bit on her. Just a little. See, I knew they were gonna pair her with my fave Jedi Knight, I just knew it! I wasn't sure when, cuz Lord knows Luke has the crappiest romantic track record this side of Bespin, but there was just enough angst for the fangirl in me to start posting red flags. (I admit here, I was pissed that a FICTIONAL CHARACTER had found romance. sad, but true.) See, many moons ago, I had written a blurble of Star Wars fic myself. Looking back, it was as drippingly MarySue as you can get just about without becoming Stephenie "spaaaarrrrkleeeeeeee" Myers, but the character I had written was the girl I'd always had in mind for Luke. Not some brash, blaster-touting, foul-mouthed cow from the Empire, oh no!

But then I'm noticing, she makes him happy. He's rather smitten, and amazingly (well, not really. It's Luke, c'mon!) so is she!

And I just have to go with it. Now, mind you, I've been out of the Star Wars fan game for well, about a decade, since somebody let Kevin J. Anderson in to warp the universe. (I love Kevin, don't get me wrong, but dude, take your hands off of my fandom!) It just got way too confusing and I had to step back lest my mind become permanently damaged and tangled in his never-ending bevvy of characters.

So, the other day, I decided to look up Mr. Skywalker and see what's going on in his galaxy, and (SPOILER ALERT FOR ANYONE WHO HAS NO CLUE ABOUT THE S.W. BOOKS)




They killed Mara off!
Yes! Yes, they did! I can't believe it! That's so wrong! She made Luke finally happy, and they even had a kid! DAMMIT!!! It's so not fair! What the hell is it that he can't be happy? I mean, for crying out loud, Leia gets to swan around and rule the New Republic with her brood, who okay, is down a couple of members, but at least she's got Han! Jeez!!!!


I totally disagree with this, and I know it's been a while since it happened, but some of us are just coming back in to find this hot mess spread all over!


Ergh! This so chafes my eyebrows!


So, I feel bad for Luke, and I've joined the ranks of the Luke/Mara shippers, just because he got the short straw, I think, and because I'm such a ridiculous romantic. *sigh*

Okay, there's my fangirl rant. Thanks for listening and May the Force Be With You!