A great debate recently popped up at my office: Who deserves credit for the success of “Star Wars?” Well, George Lucas, of course, because he
I tried to be an apologist for some aspects of the first two books of Kevin J. Anderson’s “Jedi Academy Trilogy,” but that becomes harder to do
“Dark Apprentice” (1994), the second book in Kevin J. Anderson’s “Jedi Academy Trilogy,” is quite a page-turner. About the only thing slowing me down was that I stopped
Kevin J. Anderson contributed many of the most essential post-Endor elements to the EU, going forward with the same ideas George Lucas would go “backward”
In addition to being a flat-out fun read, “I, Jedi” (1998) accomplishes a lot: It’s the definitive character study of Corran Horn, showing how he finds balance
“Shadows of the Empire,” which I recently reviewed, leads directly into “Return of the Jedi,” and “The Truce at Bakura” (1994) leads directly out of “Jedi.” For
While “Shadows of the Empire” hasn’t aged as well as some other “Star Wars” novels and comic books, I have to admit I’ve gone back and reread
Alan Dean Foster’s “Splinter of the Mind’s Eye” (1978), the very first “Star Wars” Expanded Universe novel, has somewhat of a murky reputation. It’s been criticized for
“X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar” (1999) is a standalone story with none of the continuity concerns of the previous eight books, and it was the last novel
“Isard’s Revenge,” the eighth book in the “X-Wing” series (and Michael Stackpole’s last), came out in April 1999, one month before “The Phantom Menace.” Overshadowed by