Great Expectations (Star Wars story)

Fanfiction
Title:	Great Expectations
Author(s):	Carol McPherson
Date(s):	1983
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Genre(s):	gen
Fandom(s):	Star Wars
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Great Expectations is a Star Wars story by Carol McPherson .

It was printed in Skywalker #6.

Summary

"When Han takes Luke to Lacya's for a "good time," what happens isn't quite what you'd expect."

Fan Comments

There follows here a short story depicting Han and Luke in a brothel, "Great Expectations" by Carol MacPherson, which I suppose was to add a light touch to the overall zine content. Maybe I have no sense of humor regarding such things, but I found the joke to be an old one. Further, to be technically correct, this could not even be considered a short story as it contains no plot. It is too long to be a vignette and doesn't contain the elements mentioned previously as being characteristic of the form. This is an example of a scene posing as a short story: and for this lapse, I must hold the editor responsible. I believe that she should have recognized the weaknesses inherent in the piece and worked with the writer on overcoming the problems.

Thanks for Carol Mcpherson's "Great Expectations." Hilarious! And speaking of hilarious, my boss perused the zine and if it goes missing, I'm sure it will be simply for the cartoon on page 100! ((I wish I had printed the copy of that cartoon with the big "Lucasfilm: Approved" stamp across it. That would have been even better! BGD))

Carol McPherson's "Great Expectations" was very entertaining. It's about time Luke got the best of Han in that kind of situation!

Carol McPherson's "Great Expectations," on the other hand, is great fun. Poor Han! And I do love the notice to the replicants across the hall from Han/Harrison.

Both "Great Expectations" and "The Choosing" rubbed me wrong. Not that they weren't handled with competence. For all that Luke got the last laugh in GE, the attitude toward him was condescending and embarrassing...I'll lay out my prejudices and say I didn't appreciate seeing it in SKYWALKER, which by name alone would seem to have a bit more going for the kid. Of course, maybe I'm just up to here with Luke-as-virgin stories. Hasn't anyone notice that extremely non-virgin people can go ape over someone, like Luke over Leia? That such behavior isn't necessarily proof of inexperience? Or maybe it was the tone that set me off. Luke sounded like a 14-year-old, not a 20-year-old (no matter how dumb that 20-year-old might be).

A whole hell of a lot of story in three pages. "Great Expectations" was just what I suspect it was supposed to be: cute. Although i don't see Luke as that naive, not even in the beginning, I still enjoyed it. But then I usually do enjoy Carol's work so this came as no great surprise to me.