- John Hansen
- March 19, 2015
First episode impressions: ‘The Returned’ (TV review)
“The Returned” (9 p.m. Central Mondays on A&E) takes “mystery” to a whole new level. Traditionally, a mystery show is something like “Gracepoint,” where we try
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- John Hansen
- March 15, 2015
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Purge’ (2005-13) (Comic book reviews)
As a kid, I imagined the Jedi Purge consisted of Darth Vader going from planet to planet slaughtering Jedi Knights. That’s what naturally springs to
- John Hansen
- March 14, 2015
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin’ (2013) and ‘Cry of Shadows’ (2013-14) (Comic book reviews)
After writing the first two “Darth Vader” series, veteran “Star Wars” scribe Haden Blackman handed the reins to Tim Siedell for the final two entries. These two
- John Hansen
- March 13, 2015
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Darth Vader and the Lost Command’ (2011) and ‘Ghost Prison’ (2012) (Comic book reviews)
Disney is delving heavily into the dark side in its early “Star Wars” projects, from the novels “Tarkin” (2014) and “Lords of the Sith” (April)
- John Hansen
- March 12, 2015
‘Star Wars’ flashback: Brian Wood’s ‘Star Wars’ Issues 13-20 (2014) and 2012-13 FCBD stories (Comic book reviews)
After the first 12 issues established Brian Wood’s “Star Wars” as a character-driven series that aspired to tell the definitive story of what happened between Episodes IV
- John Hansen
- March 11, 2015
‘Star Wars’ flashback: Brian Wood’s ‘Star Wars’ Issues 1-12 (2013) (Comic book reviews)
As proven earlier this year when Marvel’s relaunch of the saga broke sales records, Issue No. 1s of series simply titled “Star Wars” draw a
- John Hansen
- March 10, 2015
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Rebellion’ Issues 0-14 (2006-08) (Comic book reviews)
Last year’s creation of the Lucasfilm Story Group to make all future stories tie together was the biggest reorganizing of continuity in “Star Wars” history,
- John Hansen
- March 9, 2015
‘Star Wars’ Expanded Universe comes to mediocre conclusion with ‘Honor Among Thieves’ (Book review)
The “Empire and Rebellion” series was supposed to delve into the minds of Leia, Han and Luke, respectively, in three very loosely connected novels set
- John Hansen
- March 8, 2015
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Darth Bane: Rule of Two’ (2008) (Book review)
Drew Karpyshyn’s “Darth Bane: Path of Destruction” put a tidy symbolic bow on two pieces of Sith lore that are known to the Jedi in
- John Hansen
- March 7, 2015
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Darth Bane: Path of Destruction’ (2006) (Book review)
Darth Bane’s presence in the Disney canon is sparse: Terry Brooks introduced him as the originator of the Rule of Two (one Sith master, one