Books

‘Annihilation’ a fun but non-essential ‘Star Wars: The Old Republic’ yarn (Book review)

Drew Karpyshyn delivers a fun, fast-paced — and mostly forgettable — addition to “Star Wars” lore with the inexplicably titled “Annihilation” (November, hardcover), the fourth book overall,

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Hitting the road with ‘Star Wars’ audiobooks (Commentary)

Even though I’m an entertainment geek, and entertainment and technology often go hand-in-hand, I’m a technological laggard. There are problems with this, of course, but

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Lincoln Child finds another corner of the Earth to explore in ‘The Third Gate’ (Book review)

Following journeys to a theme park in the desert, the barren wilderness of Alaska, a computerized skyscraper and the bottom of the ocean, Lincoln Child

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Wraith Squadron makes long overdue return in ‘Star Wars: X-Wing – Mercy Kill’ (Book review)

Aaron Allston had already secured his spot in the “Star Wars” author hall of fame with his work on four of the first nine “X-Wing”

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9 reasons why the ‘Star Wars’ sequel trilogy will respect, not ignore, the Expanded Universe (Commentary)

As I kind of expected — but don’t really understand — the consensus in the world of fans and punditry in the wake of the “Star

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‘The Essential Reader’s Companion’ is a ‘Star Wars’ book about ‘Star Wars’ books (Review)

This might be a sign that I’m obsessed: I just bought a “Star Wars” book about “Star Wars” books. To a non-fan, this might seem

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Hand of Thrawn Duology Volume 2: Vision of the Future’ (1998) (Book review)

Timothy Zahn wraps up his “Hand of Thrawn” duology with the meaty “Vision of the Future”(1998), which — at 520 pages for the hardcover and 694

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Hand of Thrawn Duology Volume 1: Specter of the Past’ (1997) (Book review)

Although it came out more recently than the famous Thrawn trilogy (which I reviewed in recent posts), I didn’t remember the details of “Specter of the

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Thrawn Trilogy Volume 3: The Last Command’ (1993) (Book review)

“The Last Command” (1993) is a rich, rousing final chapter to Timothy Zahn’s Thrawn trilogy, but looking back on it through the lens of the prequels,

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Thrawn Trilogy Volume 2: Dark Force Rising’ (1992) (Book review)

Obi-Wan Kenobi’s offhand mention of the Clone Wars in “Star Wars” set off years of speculation that was finally, officially brought to rest with 2002’s

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