cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/71314470

So did anyone else read the terrible Star wars novel "Darksaber" about the Hutts hiring one of the architects of the death star to build their own in order to hold planets hostage or something, and while the new Republic is trying to rally the gang to go do what they do to death stars the Hutts are so busy cutting corners and embezzling that when they go to turn the thing on for the first time it just fucking explodes?

I don't know why that's coming to mind right now.

You know, I don't usually empathize with starwars characters, but occasionally I feel a deep spiritual connection to the engineer in the book, Bevel Lemelisk.

Both the author and his wife spent 12 year at the Lawrence Livermore Lab, so I think it's a story written with more than a bit of personal experience.