- John Hansen
- October 30, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Jedi vs. Sith’ (2001) (Comic book review)
“Jedi vs. Sith” (2001) is the second of three pieces to the puzzle that tell the story of arguably the most important pre-movie event on the
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- John Hansen
- October 29, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Tag & Bink’ (2001, 2006) (Comic book reviews)
Everyone knows about the “Robot Chicken” and “Family Guy” parodies on the boob tube, but the “Tag & Bink” comics are arguably even better. They are written
- John Hansen
- October 28, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: Hasbro comics (2002), ‘Brothers in Arms’ (2005) and ‘Routine Valor’ (2006) (Comic book reviews)
Dark Horse Comics bookended its 2002-06 phase of “Clone Wars”-era stories with issues that couldn’t be found in comic shops. Four 10-page stories were packaged
- John Hansen
- October 26, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Constancia Affair,’ ‘The Kashyyyk Depths,’ ‘Planet of Kadril’ and unpublished newspaper strips (1979-80) (Comic book reviews)
If you’ve read Dark Horse’s reprints of the 1979-84 newspaper strips – “Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures” (writer and artist Russ Manning), “Classic Star Wars: Han Solo
- John Hansen
- October 25, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Infinities: Return of the Jedi’ (2003-04) (Comic book review)
After imaginative “Infinities” yarns from Chris Warner (“A New Hope”) and Dave Land (“The Empire Strikes Back”), the series concludes with Adam Gallardo’s relatively disappointing
- John Hansen
- October 24, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back’ (2002) (Comic book review)
The original “Star Wars” trilogy was, above all, Luke’s story, especially after “A New Hope.” The beautifully told romance between Leia and Han gave them
- John Hansen
- October 23, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Infinities: A New Hope’ (2001) (Comic book review)
Dark Horse’s “The Star Wars,” an adaptation of an early draft of “A New Hope,” caused quite a buzz this past year, but it wasn’t
- John Hansen
- October 22, 2014
‘Star Wars’ Thrawn Trilogy makes jump to comics (1995-98)
Somewhat surprisingly, only five “Star Wars” books have been adapted into comics: “Han Solo at Stars’ End” (adapted as a comic strip and later reorganized
- John Hansen
- October 21, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Shatterpoint’ (2003) (Book review)
“Shatterpoint” (2003) has a number of firsts to its credit: It was the first published “Clone Wars” novel and the first story to explore Mace Windu
- John Hansen
- October 18, 2014
‘Gracepoint’s’ ‘Who killed Danny Solano?’ not quite as fun as ‘Who killed Rosie Larsen?,’ but still fun (TV commentary)
“Gracepoint” (8 p.m. Central Thursdays on Fox) is not in the same league as “The Killing.” But as it invites us to uncover “Who killed Danny