Dan Parsons

‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Clone Wars’ Issues 7-12 (2009-10) and ‘The Gauntlet of Death’ (2009) (Comic book reviews)

“The Clone Wars” numbered comics series had a surprisingly short run of only 12 issues, but it was a good one, with TV show writers Henry

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: Ranking the 6 ‘Adventures’ digests (2009-11) (Comic book reviews)

Dark Horse’s “Star Wars Adventures,” a series of six comic digests from 2009-11, seems like a good way to experience character-focused stories set during the time of

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Dawn of the Jedi: Prisoner of Bogan’ (2012-13) and ‘Force War’ (2013-14) (Comic book reviews)

Wrapping up their “Dawn of the Jedi” trilogy, writer John Ostrander and artist/co-writer Jan Duursema deliver a strong character piece with the five-issue “Prisoner of Bogan” (2012-13) and an

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Dawn of the Jedi: Force Storm’ (2012) (Comic book review)

Does “Star Wars” history feel historic enough? My gut reaction is “no” – I felt that way when first exposed to “Tales of the Jedi”

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy’ Issues 48-50 (2010) and ‘War’ (2010-11) (Comic book reviews)

Writer John Ostrander brings together all the myriad factions of “Legacy” in two final, epic arcs – “Extremes,” Issues 48-50 (2010), and the six-issue miniseries “Legacy: War” (2010-11). The

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy’ Issues 41-47 (2009-10) (Comic book reviews)

A major impetus behind launching a series set four generations after Luke Skywalker was that it gave the writer freedom to chronicle a fresh part

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy’ Issues 32-40 (2009) (Comic book reviews)

George Lucas was interested in the dangers of humans melding with machines, but that concept was buried by the time he got to the final

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Vector’ (2008) (Comic book review)

Dark Horse editor Randy Stradley begins his introduction to the first trade-paperback volume of “Vector” (2008) by apologizing for the “crass commercialism” of the crossover project. But

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy’ Issues 20-27 (2008) (Comic book reviews)

Coming off Cade Skywalker’s epic escape from the Sith Temple in the previous arc, “Legacy” Issues 20-27 (2008) mark an opportunity for the series to catch its

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy’ Issues 11-19 (2007-08) (Comic book reviews)

“Legacy” Issues 11-19 (2007-08) explore Cade Skywalker’s attempt to infiltrate the dark side without being turned, something that had already been chronicled in “Tales of the

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