Sunday, October 12, 2008

Bespin On My Mind


Heather and I just finished reading Christian the mind numbing novellete "Crossfire." He loved every minute of it. Ask him what its about and he'll say "Jango Fett is dead and his son Boba finds himself on the toxic planet Raxus Prime under the control of Count Dooku (aka Tyranus) and his henchmen Cydon Prax. Boba escapes with the aid of CT-4/619 and CT-5/501 who work for General Glynn-Beti. Boba adopts the alias Orphan Teff and befriends Garr. Glynn-Beti and his padawn Ulu Ulix show Boba around the starship Candaserri. After a failed spacewalk, Boba abandons the Candassari at Bespin and confronts Aurra Sing the bounty hunter who stole his ship. Aurra knows where Boba's father Jango hid his treasure but can't open it without Boba's DNA so the two reach a tet a tet. The End." Sound clunky? Christian's recitation is sheer poetry compared to the actual book.

No comments: