Cary Porter

‘Star Wars: A New Hope’ gets comic adaptations in 1977, 1997

“Star Wars’ ” comic book history naturally started with “Episode IV: A New Hope” (1977), and the adaptation by writer Roy Thomas and artist Howard Chaykin

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: Star Wars Kids comics (1997-99), ‘Battle of the Bounty Hunters’ (1996), etc. (Comic book reviews)

Disney’s cancellation of the Expanded Universe earlier this year marked the first complete reboot of “Star Wars” lore, but there had been plenty of disagreements

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing Rogue Squadron’ special issues (1995-2005) (Comic book reviews)

If you’ve devoured Michael Stackpole’s 35-issue “X-Wing Rogue Squadron” comics series but are a completest who wants to gather up all the ancillary stories, you’ll

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Shadow Stalker’ (1997) and ‘Shadows of the Empire: Evolution’ (1998) (Comic book reviews)

As I noted in my last flashback post, “Shadows of the Empire” was created in a boardroom to be the major “Star Wars” project of

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Shadows of the Empire’ (1996) (Book and comic review)

While “Shadows of the Empire” hasn’t aged as well as some other “Star Wars” novels and comic books, I have to admit I’ve gone back and reread

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