- John Hansen
- March 31, 2015
‘Star Wars’ flashback’: ‘Legacy’ Issues 1-10 (2006-07) (Comic book reviews)
Most “Star Wars” stories firmly connect to an established part of the saga, but there are some exceptions in the Legends canon where the author(s)
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- John Hansen
- March 27, 2015
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Knights of the Old Republic’ Issues 13-24 (2007) (Comic book reviews)
I prefer reading “Star Wars” comics in trade-paperback volumes rather than on a monthly basis because I find the story flows better. The 2007 batch
- John Hansen
- March 12, 2015
‘Star Wars’ flashback: Brian Wood’s ‘Star Wars’ Issues 13-20 (2014) and 2012-13 FCBD stories (Comic book reviews)
After the first 12 issues established Brian Wood’s “Star Wars” as a character-driven series that aspired to tell the definitive story of what happened between Episodes IV
- John Hansen
- March 11, 2015
‘Star Wars’ flashback: Brian Wood’s ‘Star Wars’ Issues 1-12 (2013) (Comic book reviews)
As proven earlier this year when Marvel’s relaunch of the saga broke sales records, Issue No. 1s of series simply titled “Star Wars” draw a
- John Hansen
- November 20, 2014
‘Rebel Heist’ tells stories of heroes from point of view of ‘regular guys’ (Comic book review)
One of the pleasures of the TV series “Rebels” is seeing a small Rebel cell do its thing within the growing Rebellion. Hera knows their
- John Hansen
- October 1, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Republic’ Issues 72-83 (2004-06) (Comic book reviews)
In late 2004, after Quinlan Vos is welcomed back by the Jedi Council and Anakin seemingly kills Asajj Ventress in “Republic” Issue 71, Dark Horse’s Clone Wars
- John Hansen
- September 30, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Republic’ Issues 60-71 (2004) (Comic book reviews)
The 2004 run of “Republic” marks some of the finest ongoing “Star Wars” storytelling. Primary writer John Ostrander balances his long-running Quinlan Vos saga – taking the
- John Hansen
- September 28, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Jedi’ (2003-04) (Comic book reviews)
Most of Dark Horse’s Clone Wars campaign was fought in the pages of “Republic,” but a notable exception is the five-issue “Jedi” series — 2003’s “Mace Windu,”
- John Hansen
- September 26, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Republic’ Issues 49-59 (2003) (Comic book reviews)
Begun, the Clone Wars did, in Dark Horse Comics with “Star Wars: Republic” Issues 49-59 in 2003. This the start of what I call Phase I of
- John Hansen
- December 26, 2011
After ‘Slaves of the Republic,’ what story would you like to see adapted to ‘The Clone Wars’ next? (Comic book review)
“Star Wars: The Clone Wars” (7 p.m. Central Fridays on Cartoon Network) is currently in the midst of its first-ever adaptation from another medium: It has