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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Star Wars’ novelization (1976) (Book review)

Before the internet age, knowing that Alan Dean Foster ghost-wrote the “Star Wars: A New Hope” novelization (December 1976) for George Lucas was the mark of a

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Blood Ties’ (2010-12) (Comic book reviews)

George Lucas’ revelation in 2002’s “Attack of the Clones” that Boba Fett was the clone son of Jango Fett opened up a new vein of

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Invincible’ (2008) (Book review)

The “Legacy of the Force” series – which often featured excellent writing despite the flawed central premise of Jacen Solo turning evil – goes out

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Revelation’ (2008) (Book review)

With “Revelation” (2008), the eighth book in the nine-book “Legacy of the Force” series, Karen Traviss again delivers a novel that’s so well-written that it overcomes the

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Martin puts mark on horror genre with ‘Slasher’ Season 1

“Dead of Summer” and the second season of “Scream” are big reasons why 2016 has become the year of the slasher TV series, but the

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Fury’ (2007) (Book review)

“Fury” (2007), the seventh entry in the nine-book “Legacy of the Force” saga, is an example of a great book within a wider storyline that’s not

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‘Dollhouse’ Season 1 (2009) makes case as Whedon’s smartest show (TV review)

Coming out five years after Joss Whedon’s Big Three series (“Buffy,” “Angel” and “Firefly”) left the airwaves, “Dollhouse” Season 1 (2009, Fox) had massive shoes to fill.

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‘Star Trek Beyond’ is distractingly loud and stupid (Movie review)

In 2009, J.J. Abrams rebooted the “Star Trek” movie franchise by making a “Star Wars”-style movie with “Star Trek” trappings. The second entry, “Star Trek

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Inferno’ (2007) (Book review)

“Inferno” (2007), the sixth book of the nine-book “Legacy of the Force” series, is the one where Jacen begins referring to himself as Darth Caedus in

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Appealing leads give heart to funny but formulaic ‘Bad Moms’ (Movie review)

Whereas “Bad Teacher” and “Bad Santa” played up the jokes in their titles – wouldn’t it be funny if a teacher or a Santa was

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