Star Wars (Legends)

John Jackson Miller tells a civilization’s whole fascinating history in ‘Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith’ (Book review)

John Jackson Miller, a historian and expert in Earth governments, has carved out a fascinating history of the Lost Tribe of the Sith in his

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Jeff Grubb gets his Hutt on in ‘Star Wars: Scourge’ (Book review)

Hutts have come a long way, baby, since we first met Jabba the Hutt in 1983’s “Return of the Jedi.” I remember being excited by

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With ‘Apocalypse,’ Denning delivers a rousing final installment in the ‘Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi’ series (Book review)

Troy Denning mutes his weaknesses and emphasizes his strengths to deliver a satisfying, character-driven final installment of the much-maligned nine-book “Star Wars: Fate of the

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John’s 10 favorite TV characters at the moment (Commentary)

The 2011-12 TV season has almost faded to snow and the dust has settled from the cancellation carnage. Looking back, I’d say it was a

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Han Solo at Stars’ End’ (1979-80) (Book and comic review)

In an interview with Star Wars Insider, Jeff Grubb (author of the new novel “Scourge,” which I’ll review in a future post), separates “Star Wars”

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: Marvel’s ‘Ewoks’ and ‘Droids’ (1985-87) (Comic book reviews)

Ask “Star Wars” fans to list notoriously bad “Star Wars” yarns through the years, and No. 1 will of course be the 1978 “Star Wars

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Tales of the Bounty Hunters’ (1996) (Book review)

As someone who loves stories and the different ways they can be told, I’ve been smitten by “The Last One Standing: The Tale of Boba

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On ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars,’ how in the world is Darth Maul still alive? (TV commentary)

The “Star Wars” saga has a weird tendency to tell stories out of order. Most notably, the film saga started with Episode IV. The books

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Courtship of Princess Leia’ (1994) (Book review)

With the planet Dathomir and its notorious natives, the Nightsisters, figuring prominently in recent episodes of “The Clone Wars,” it’s a good time to re-read “The

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Cloak of Deception’ and ‘Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter’ (2001) (Book review)

Welcome to a new feature where I revisit old “Star Wars” novels when inspired by new works. The inspiration for this first entry is James

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