- John Hansen
- July 25, 2016
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice’ (2007) (Book review)
Before this re-read, I had thought of “The New Jedi Order” as the dark and grim “Star Wars” saga, but “Legacy of the Force” surpasses
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- John Hansen
- July 19, 2016
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Exile’ (2007) (Book review)
Aaron Allston delivers the best book so far in the “Legacy of the Force” series with “Exile” (2007), the fourth of the nine-novel saga. Whereas earlier books
- John Hansen
- July 17, 2016
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Tempest’ (2006) (Book review)
The “Legacy of the Force” series is a good collaboration between Aaron Allston, Karen Traviss and Troy Denning, but at the same time, there’s no
- John Hansen
- July 2, 2016
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines’ (2006) (Book review)
On one hand, it seems unlikely that “The Force Awakens” screenwriters Lawrence Kasdan and J.J. Abrams read the “Legacy of the Force” series. But on
- John Hansen
- June 29, 2016
‘Elstree 1976’ is for serious ‘Star Wars’ fans only (Movie review)
“Elstree 1976” is a perfect title for this documentary about “Star Wars” bit players, because serious fans will immediately recognize it as the studio and year
- John Hansen
- June 26, 2016
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Betrayal’ (2006) (Book review)
I wasn’t a huge fan of the nine-book “Legacy of the Force” series on my first read, not because of the quality of the writing
- John Hansen
- June 20, 2016
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Dark Nest III: The Swarm War’ (2006) (Book review)
Troy Denning wraps up his bridge trilogy between “The New Jedi Order” and “Legacy of the Force” in mostly satisfying fashion with “Dark Nest III: The
- John Hansen
- June 16, 2016
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen’ (2005) (Book review)
While the first volume set the groundwork and featured philosophizing about the Jedi Order’s relationship to the Galactic Alliance, “Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen” (2005) puts
- John Hansen
- June 15, 2016
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Dark Nest I: The Joiner King’ (2005) (Book review)
Call him the Stephen King of “Star Wars” authors. No other scribe has a bigger gap between his lows and highs than Troy Denning. I
- John Hansen
- June 9, 2016
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force’ (2003) (Book review)
The “New Jedi Order” closes out its 19-book run with James Luceno’s epic “The Unifying Force”(2003), which feels every bit of its 527 pages and must