Books

A look at the ‘Firefly’ stories beyond the TV series and movie

Interviews with “Firefly” staffers often include the question of “What story ideas were never produced?” As such, we know they were kicking around episodes about

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing: Solo Command’ (1999) (Book review)

Between the premature end of the “The Clone Wars,” rumors of a new animated series and a mysterious Facebook post of a TIE fighter from Dave Filoni, there’s been

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing: Iron Fist’ (1998) (Book review)

I didn’t remember a lot of details from the “X-Wing” series from my first readings back in the 1990s, but I did distinctly recall Ton

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing: Wraith Squadron’ (1998) (Book review)

“X-Wing: Wraith Squadron” (1998), the fifth book in the “X-Wing” series, introduces us to the misfits of a newly formed squadron whose pilots boast a mix of

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing: The Bacta War’ (1997) (Book review)

In “X-Wing: The Bacta War” (1997), the final book of the Rogue Squadron quadrilogy (but not the last book about the squadron, as it’ll pop up again

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing: The Krytos Trap’ (1996) (Book review)

Always one to look for a new challenge, Michael Stackpole follows up a novel about pilot culture (“Rogue Squadron”) and a novel about undercover work

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing: Wedge’s Gamble’ (1996) (Book review)

With “Wedge’s Gamble” (1996), the second book in the “X-Wing” series, Michael Stackpole may have inadvertently inspired Aaron Allston to create Wraith Squadron three books later. Here,

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‘Star Wars: Last Jedi’ doesn’t stand apart from all those other ‘last Jedis’ (Book review)

The title “The Last Jedi” should be more evocative than it is. If the Jedi Order was wiped out with Order 66 in “Revenge of the Sith,”

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‘Two Graves’ answers big questions, raises new ones about Pendergast’s bizarre family tree (Book review)

Wrapping up the unofficial “Helen Trilogy” that started with “Fever Dream” and “Cold Vengeance,” Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child reveal new surprises and wrap up

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing: Rogue Squadron’ (1996) (Book review)

Michael A. Stackpole’s “X-Wing: Rogue Squadron” (1996) was the first adult “Star Wars” novel to not feature any of the main characters from the films. Today, with

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