Star Wars (Legends)

‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing Rogue Squadron’ Issues 13-24 (1996-97) (Comic book reviews)

And now we’re off and flying. The middle batch of the 35-issue “X-Wing Rogue Squadron” comics series — “The Warrior Princess” (1996-97), “Requiem for a Rogue” (1997) and “In the Empire’s Service” (1997)

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Jedi Academy Trilogy Volume 2: Dark Apprentice’ (1994) (Book review)

“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

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Jedi Academy Trilogy Volume 1: Jedi Search’ (1994) (Book review)

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”

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing Rogue Squadron’ Issues 1-12 (1995-96) (Comic book reviews)

Around the same time that Michael Stackpole was writing his “X-Wing” novels in the late 1990s, he was also providing the stories for the 35-issue “X-Wing

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘I, Jedi’ (1998) (Book review)

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

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Sniff! These 5 great shows won’t be coming back (TV commentary)

My Entertainment Weekly Fall TV Preview should pop up in my mailbox in a few weeks, and I hope I’m pleasantly surprised by some new

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: Marvel Issues 94-107 (1985-86) (Comic book reviews)

Three months and 100 issues ago, I started my “Star Wars” Marvel comics re-read by noting how horrible the Roy Thomas/Howard Chaykin issues were. Once Archie Goodwin took over with

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: Marvel Issues 81-93 (1984-85) (Comic book reviews)

OK, here we go. All three films have been released, and it’s time for a fresh narrative start to the Marvel comics series after “Return of the Jedi.” More

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: Marvel Issues 70-80 and Annual 3 (1983-84) (Comic book reviews)

I was looking forward to re-reading Mary Jo Duffy’s early issues in the Marvel run, as I vaguely recalled complex plots about the quest to rescue Han

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: Marvel Issues 60-69 and Annual 2 (1982-83) (Comic book reviews)

Part of the fun of the Marvel comics — and the whole EU, really — is seeing the Kenner action figures come to life. But the best

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