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The shows of summer – from ‘Fargo’ to ‘Garfunkel and Oates’ (TV commentary)

In this age of hook-laden, high-concept summer TV shows, it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. “Fargo” (FX) maintained its momentum all the way through

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With great artificial intelligence comes great responsibility in Preston’s ‘The Kraken Project’ (Book review)

It’s 2014, which means we’ve long since passed the theoretical Judgment Day when Skynet gains intelligence (1997, in “The Terminator”) and the year when supercomputer

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Approaching Storm’ (2002) (Book review)

“The Approaching Storm” (2002) has a heckuva hook: It’s the first “Star Wars” novel from Alan Dean Foster since the late 1970s, when he wrote the

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Chewbacca’ (2000) (Comic book review)

Although the propaganda in conjunction with Disney’s “Star Wars” reboot would have us believe that the Expanded Universe was licensed fan fiction, the reality is

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Underworld: The Yavin Vassilika’ (2000-01) (Comic book review)

“Rebels,” set between Episodes III and IV, will premiere on Oct. 3 on the Disney Channel, but as fans know, for many years there was

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Starfighter: Crossbones’ (2002) (Comic book review)

Writer Haden Blackman’s “Jango Fett: Open Seasons” (2002) is one of the most essential pieces of “Star Wars” storytelling, as it mends the contradictions between

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Jango Fett: Open Seasons,’ ‘Jango Fett’ and ‘Zam Wesell’ (2002) (Comic book reviews)

As fans know, there are two continuity branches to “Star Wars” storytelling: The movies and TV shows overseen by George Lucas (and now Disney) and

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‘Sin City’ sequel ‘A Dame to Kill For’ offers more of the same, but that’s not such a bad thing (Movie review)

“Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” was apparently made for me and about five other geeky guys, as almost no one went to see it

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Jedi Quest’ (2001) (Comic book review)

Lucasfilm arguably dropped the ball in telling Anakin’s story between Episodes I and II, when he aged from 9 to 19. From 1999 through May

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Survivor’s Quest’ (2004) (Book review)

I don’t know if it’s coincidence or correlation, but Timothy Zahn’s first five “Star Wars” books (the Thrawn trilogy and “Hand of Thrawn” duology) were

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