What's so bad about Waru again?

Okay, what's the deal with Waru. I'm new around here and was reading a bit and noticed that Waru is a gigantic running gag on this forum. I've read most of the Bantam-era Star Wars books minus the X-wing novels, and have read Crystal Star before. But it was a pretty forgettable novel. The only thing I remember (vaguely at that) was that the Solo kids were kidnapped. I don't remember Waru at all, and after doing a few google searches I haven't come up with the reasoning why he is an enormous joke.

So refresh my memory. What's the deal with Waru? Why is it so funny?

 

You don't remember him? He was the "villian" (at that) for The Crystal Star. Sorta a weird parallel dimension/black hole/vortex/Star Trek thing. Right?

 

Hethrir was a better villain. Easily.

 

Everything you never wanted to know about Waru can be found here: http://blogs.starwars.com/abelgpena/2

 

Thanks for the link Armchair Admiral


"Introduced in 1994's Star Wars: The Crystal Star, written by Star Trek scribe Vonda N. McIntyre (check out her book Enterprise, The First Adventure for a good read), this gelatinous slab of sentience defied nearly all classification devoid of the prefixes "meta," "trans," and "anti." An immense super-dimensional being with indefinable powers, Waru nearly succeeded in luring Luke Skywalker, now a Jedi Master, to his doom. In fact, Waru nearly succeeded in eating the entire starring cast of the Original Star Wars Trilogy, with which sustenance it would have had enough "anti-Force" to return to its own galaxy. Or universe. Or dimension...or wherever it came from."

Hmm.

"Luke and Leia are trapped in the abstract netherverse literally inside Waru and are being lulled toward a black hole (infinite power, love, goodness, happiness, what-have-you) therein. Han, the only completely rational one of the bunch, looks at his children, all of which have just been saved from slavery and death, then toward the Waru-mass where his wife and brother are dooming themselves to a fate worse than death. "Take care of the kids," he says to Chewie, then to his children, "I love you." Now he turns and runs straight at Waru, that Moby Dick of the Star Wars universe, and dives face first into it to save Luke and Leia."

All right.

Okay, I guess that sounds pretty stupid. Transdimensional beings, anti-force, fine it's a sucky novel. But that still doesn't explain why Waru is the funniest thing since a kick in the crotch around here.

 

I imagine Waru has looking like Pizza The Hutt, without the pizza, and antennas.

 

I wanna join the Church of Waru! Is it a closed cult--err, religion or is it open to all who have the credits to get in?

 

may the blessings of WARU be upon you and all your travels,and may the anti-force be with you always!
remember the church of WARU welcomes all!

 

The Church of Waru is open to all who wish to embrace Waru's glory!

Come join us, and a get a nifty official church position! Help us build the Waru-Dome!


http://boards.theforce.net/EU_Community/b10194/19948648/?548

 

A Waru dome?

Where's a death Star when you need one...