Star Wars: Dark Empire DESTROYS The Rise of Skywalker

I hope it's okay that this video is optimized for the search engine since I didn't monetize this video. My goal with this video is to give Dark Empire as much recognition as possible.

Dark Empire did Palpatine and Boba Fett's return better than what Disney could never do right.

EU haters: Trash on the EU for being “broken” likely without even reading most or any of the stories. Also EU haters when Disney retcons things from their own canon’s stories: “Ima pretend I didn’t see that.”

"Mom, can we get Dark Empire?" "We already have Dark Empire at home" Dark Empire at home: thE RiSE oF skYWaLkuuuUr

Personally, I don't think Dark Empire contraddicts the prophecy of the Chosen One, as Palpatine in it was a clone, a very unstable one at that. Not the original Darth Sidious. And Luke, being the son of the Chosen One, only adds to it. That said, I liked the first two books, but the third was weak.

As divisive as Dark Empire is, I would rather take this over what happened in TROS. Even after Palpatine's final defeat, Luke, Han, and Leia are all alive by the end of the story. Also, nice of you to dedicate this in memory of Tom Veitch, unlike Dave Filoni.

The voice actor for Palpatine in the Audio drama for Dark Empire is the same voice actor for Palpatine in the Clone Wars micro series Nick Jameson

Imagine if you Replace Luke for Jake in Dark Empire, He would Easily bowdown as Palpatine's New Apprentice.

At least in dark empire luke Skywalker was luke Skywalker wise extremely powerful skilled and compelling he also needed to learn everything he could from papaltine because papaltine reborn was a dark side nexus himself unlike the emasculated and humiliated Jake Skywalker in the sequel trilogy, the fact Dave filoni stole the title of tom veich tales of the jedi shows you the hack he is.

I prefer Dark empire story over Rise of skywalker because at least it expand on og characters more instead of tearing them down like the Disney trilogy plus if you ask me which one honoring Anakin legacy better it Dark empire considering the new republic is still around,the new Jedi are rebuilding and his children family are alive and well.

The Rise of Skywalker is like an Anime Movie in a Long Running Franchise, with Ex-Emperor Zombatine as an Movie Only Villian, & an Anime Movie is Disconnected from the Manga Canon, & Rey's Power Up with the Jedi Voice is like an Anime Power Up.

Fun fact the dark jedi Sedriss is apparently a descendant of Ulic Qel-Droma

Dark empire is very good! I really like the art style of the comic and the emperor is a very serious threat unlike his counter version in the rise of Skywalker. Rest in pace Tom Veitch, I am sorry that JJ Abrams plagiarized your story and also executed it in a bad way.

Great video as aways J.J. I just wanted to add that you can find the story about Kam Solusar and Luke meeting in the "Lightsider" novella, that was supposed to be released around the time of Dark Empire 2, but ended up being cancelled due to licensing issues. The E.U community just recently got their hands on the manuscript, and it's pretty good.

Hopefully this video will clear up the comparisons of The Rise of Skywalker and Dark Empire. They execute the Palpatine storyline in completely different ways.

Rise of Skywalker was a remake of Return of the Jedi mixed with Dark Empire. But they replaced Luke with Rey. Of course Dark Empire is better. You have Luke in his prime not Luke as a worthless maguffin or a legend but not an actual character. Which is how JJ and Rian had him.

dark empire is the most over hated star wars story of all time, its a damn good story. it only started to receive all its hate after the rise of skywalker crashed and burned and the disney cult needed something to deflect the critic of their precious disney. If disney did a one to one adaptation of dark empire the sequel trilogy would have been positively received instead of hated by 80% of the fandom like the sequels Disney actually created. the legends continuity is my sequel to George's films.

Love the conviction of your voice, true fan right here! For me it wasn't even Palpatine being brought back what ruined it for me, but how his offspring went on the highjack the Skywalker bloodline and legacy, with the entire family now laying dead, including Ben/Jacen, as he was my favorite character. Him dying to save a name thief is a trilogy breaker for me. Tom Veitch is a legend, he understood Star Wars and Lucas' work, Abrams and Filoni just churned out some bullshit for filling their own pockets instead. Remember, it was still a REAL Skywalker behind Sidious' second and final downfall, not his literal granddaughter to which the Emperor already established his plan of having his spirit transfered into her through the latter's sacrifice at the blade of the former. So what did we get from all of this mindfuck? 1. A sequel that imo can still be acceptable even with the context of the prequels, as it is the Chosen One's son fulfilling his destiny again, and where the dark is banished for good, or 2. A sequel where the dark has definitively won as the greatest sith lord to ever live now inhabits the body of the last relevant force user we know to be alive at that time, and and, get ready for it, she then calls herself by the name of the family whose lives had all been terrorized by her grandpa over the course of half a century, meaning any sequel henceforth can just as well have Palpatine be the antagonist, over and over and over again. Well done Disney. #notmyluke #sequelsarenotcannon

Man, I TRULY enjoy your Expanded Universe reviews. You are a legit Star Wars fan and I really appreciate your content

Dark Empire is basically a case where people are turned off by the premise before actually giving it a chance. Dark Empire actually executes it's premise very well, and actually propels the characters forward. Also. I interpreted Anakin bringing balance to the Force leading to a new Jedi Order under Luke that doesn't stifle it's student's. Palpatine returning in the context of Dark Empire doesn't feel too out of place because he doesn't come anywhere close to succeeding. In the shit Disney movie's, Palpatine is basically responsible for Luke and his "Jedi Order" failing. In Legends, Anakin was responsible for the best iteration of the Jedi coming to life through Luke and Leia. In "canon", Luke and Leia are failures. Dark Empire is beautiful, and I'm glad I read it while reading Tales of the Jedi since they tie into each other.