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First episode impressions: ‘Fargo’ Season 2 (TV reivew)

Executive producer and lead writer Noah Hawley positions his chess pieces for another year of murder, crime-syndicate maneuvering and Minnes-ooh-ta accents and quirks in the

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide II – Ruin’ (2000) (Book review)

On page 217 of “Dark Tide II: Ruin” (2000), Chiss Empire pilot Jag Fel outlines for Rogue Squadron pilot Jaina Solo the differences between them: It’s not

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First episode impressions: ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ (TV review)

After a fairly awful September of new show premieres, October is off to a much better start with “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” (8 p.m. Eastern Mondays on The CW),

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The 25 biggest ‘Star Wars’ Expanded Universe unanswered questions (Books and comics commentary)

Before its cancellation in 2014, the “Star Wars” Expanded Universe (now called Legends) was a treasure trove of interconnected stories, creative retcons, and – admittedly

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide I – Onslaught’ (2000) (Book review)

Good news and bad news: “X-wing” author Michael Stackpole returns to “Star Wars” for the second book of the “New Jedi Order” series, “Dark Tide I:

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime’ (1999) (Book review)

With the possible exception of “Heir to the Empire,” “The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime” (1999) was the most-hyped novel in “Star Wars” history. “Episode I” had

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First episode impressions: ‘Quantico’ (TV review)

The pilot episode of “Quantico” (10 p.m. Eastern Sundays on ABC) slathers on the twists and turns until the series’ ultimate premise is set up the final

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One-season wonders: ‘Hellcats’ (2010-11) (TV review)

With the fall TV season off to a rough start, it’s beginning to look like this might be a good time to catch up on

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First episode impressions: ‘Blindspot’ (TV review)

“Blindspot” (10 p.m. Eastern Mondays on NBC) unquestionably has the best opening hook of the fall TV season: An amnesiac, fully tattooed woman wakes up naked

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Murphy, Falchuk take horror shtick to network TV with ‘Scream Queens’

My list of new fall shows to watch is increasingly revealing itself to be a list of wishful thinking. Following “Minority Report” and “Blindspot,” “Scream Queens” (9

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