Title: Blue Sun Down, a FireflySW Crossover
Author: Darth Marrs
Rating: T
Chapters: 28
Words: 75,577
Updated: July 13, 2008
Published: November 28, 2007
Status: Complete
Pairing: River Tam/Quinlan Vos
Summary: The crew of Serenity takes a job three weeks after Miranda that puts them on the trail of secrets more terrifying than anything they've ever seen. SWFirefly crossover. Firefly AUWash and Book live!
Link: Fanfiction.net


This story was very entertaining, and yet, very dark at the same time. The author does a lot of Star Wars crossover stories, but this one focuses mainly on how the Alliance gets royally fucked as the Vong come to town. Yeah, this is not a happy story. While a bit cliche in some places, it's still an interesting read, and recommended for that fact.


Checked: June 14, 2012

 

Does this require a lot of knowledge about the Star Wars verse?

'cause all I know about Star Wars is from the movies, I don't know shit about any of the other parts, like knights of the old republic, or whatever other series there are.

 

You can read and understand most of what happens, but it helps if you have some knowledge of the EU (Expanded Universe). One of the characters being used is seen only in the EU and I think one of the video games, so you may sit there and go "huh, who is this guy" until you realize that he's just a Jedi, like any of the ten thousand plus others that existed before the Jedi purges took place. Also, the backstory behind why and how he is there is given, so even if you don't know squat about who he is, you can get a good idea from the details given in the backstory. The Vong may trip you up, but they're easy enough to figure out, plus there is always google to help for further info. Suffice it to say, the Vong were a major threat for a good part of the EU and the SW galaxy at large, which showed just how utterly incompetent the New Republic (that rose after the fall of the Empire) actually was.

Ahh, cool. My thanks.

 

DLP is on a fucking roll tonight.

I saw this and thought skeptically Star Wars/Firefly crossover. The thought that it could be epically bad crossed my mind but then I realised like "The Man With No Name" it could be fucking incredible. It was.

I've read some of the Star Wars books and comic but not that many and not for several years, I haven't played any of the games so I had no idea who the protagonist Jedi was.

It is in fact centered around the crew of Serenity and Mal is probably the main character but it's a shared responsibility. The plot is amazing, with one hell of a twist. It's the sort of thing I'd expect from a couple of books rather than one medium length fanfic (70k words). It's not quite as deep as Man With No Name, but the sheer imagination, inventiveness and wwriting ability required to link the two universes so well has me awestruck.

This sort of fic is why I love Fanfic.net and DLP. Complete gems I've never heard of and would never have discovered if I had stayed flying solo. Brilliant fanfiction of the very highest calibre and definitely worth the few hours to read it in one sitting.

5/5

 

This is actually very good. I wouldn't read the HP fics that have been written, but you know. This SW one was good.