When Luke Skywalker, the New Republic`s greatest hero and sole Jedi Master, decides to marry Mara Jade, the woman who was once the Emperor`s personal assassin, you can be sure that hands both Imperial and New Republican will be raised to stop the marriage-- at any cost! Written by acclaimed Star Wars novelist Michael A. Stackpole (X-Wing Rogue Squadron; I, Jedi) and illustrated with photographic realism by Robert Teranishi, Union spotlights a monumental event in the Star Wars timeline that bridges the clasic Star Wars trilogy to its boundless future a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away!