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‘Star Wars’ flashback: The Russ Manning newspaper strips (‘Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures’) (1979-80) (Comic book reviews)

After “Star Wars: A New Hope” came out in 1977, further adventures were told in three media: I recently wrote about the first novel, “Splinter

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Splinter of the Mind’s Eye’ (1978) (Book and comic review)

Alan Dean Foster’s “Splinter of the Mind’s Eye” (1978), the very first “Star Wars” Expanded Universe novel, has somewhat of a murky reputation. It’s been criticized for

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‘Mama’ a solidly creepy, if not groundbreaking, middle-of-the-night horror flick (Movie review)

If you’re looking for a good flick to watch in the middle of the night with the lights out, you could do a lot worse

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar’ (1999) (Book review)

“X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar” (1999) is a standalone story with none of the continuity concerns of the previous eight books, and it was the last novel

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Vader’s Quest’ (1999) (Comic book review)

Although I’m not religious, I can see the appeal of Bible study — scouring a massive, sometimes contradictory text in order to better understand it.

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‘This Is the End’ the ultimate end game for funny batch of down-to-Earth actors (Movie review)

The previews before my screening of “This Is the End” included “Grown-Ups 2,” and I’m glad I saw it, otherwise I would’ve assumed Adam Sandler and friends

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: Marvel Issues 31-38 (1979-80) (Comic book reviews)

It’s a shame that the “Star Wars” Marvel comics are dismissed out of hand by some continuity gurus, because Archie Goodwin — the first long-term writer for

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: Marvel Issues 24-30 and Annual 1 (1979) (Comic book reviews)

Before May 1999, we heard a lot about how the prequel era was off-limits to Expanded Universe writers since George Lucas was saving it for

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The top 10 episodes of ‘Veronica Mars’ Season 1 (2004-05)

“Lost” was all the rage in the 2004-05 TV season (so was “Desperate Housewives” — remember that one?), but even at the time, I was

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: Marvel Issues 18-23 (1978-79) (Comic book reviews)

“The Wheel” arc, issues 18-23 of the “Star Wars” Marvel comics run marks the first time the series truly feels like “Star Wars.” Writer Archie Goodwin and

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