Star Mares 1.2.18-19: The Smoozing of Halteraan

I apologize for the slightly convoluted flow of this page - I had a lot of images to fit in.  The panels are meant to be read upper left > upper right > upper center > lower right > lower left.

In Star Wars, the destruction of Alderaan is supposed to be the pivotal moment of the entire series - if anyone had any doubt left that the Empire were worse than the space nazis they resemble, that would remove it.  Unfortunately, it kind of gets forgotten about for the rest of the trilogy, and only some of the Expanded Universe bothers to even mention a fact that has life-changing ramifications for the entire galaxy.
 
Well, not here.  This is the single most important moment in the entire comic.  It's central to pretty much everything that happens from here on out, and nopony will be quite the same afterwards.

Although I would like to stress at this point that although it follows its G1 mannerisms despite its G4 appearance, the Smooze does not actually eat ponies.  Despite the horrible fate of the planet, all its residents will remain alive and in suspended animation.  This is a family-friendly comic, after all.

The spiraling laser cage that focuses the Smooze toward its target was actually one of the first images I envisioned for the comic - the Nightmare Moon had to have a horn, after all.  During planning stages the Smooze would have been purple, as its original appearance, but then 'Make New Friends but Keep Discord' aired and fortuitously made it green, so I was happy to follow suit.

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