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John’s top 10 ‘Clone Wars’ characters: No. 6 — Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV commentary)

On “The Clone Wars,” voice actor James Arnold Taylor has created the definitive Obi-Wan Kenobi. Before you react harshly to that statement, let me explain:

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John’s top 10 ‘Clone Wars’ characters: No. 7 — Luminara Unduli (TV commentary)

I have an “Episode II” poster that says “A Jedi shall not know anger. Nor hatred. Nor love.” To that, a cynical fan might add

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Top 10 ‘Clone Wars’ characters: No. 8 — Count Dooku

Count Dooku is arguably the most “Star Warsy” among the pantheon of new prequel characters. In casting Christopher Lee, George Lucas wisely tapped into the

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John’s top 10 ‘Clone Wars’ characters: No. 9 — Boba Fett (TV commentary)

Back in the 1980s and ’90s, Boba Fett was one of the most popular “Star Wars” characters. I remember “Star Wars” Galaxy Magazine conducted a

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John’s top 10 ‘Clone Wars’ characters: No. 10 — Captain Wilhuff Tarkin (TV commentary)

Beginning the countdown of my top 10 characters from “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” (7:30 p.m. Central Fridays on Cartoon Network), let’s start with No. 10, the

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Darth Maul on ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’: Cyborg, ghost or clone? (TV commentary)

In the Jan. 21 episode of “The Clone Wars” (7:30 p.m. Central Fridays on Cartoon Network), the Nightsisters send Savage Opress off to the Outer Rim to

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‘Star Wars’ fans: Are you OK with George Lucas rewriting established lore? (TV and movie commentary)

The fictional franchises I like most are the ones that have an ongoing, non-contradictory, canonical storyline — “Star Wars,” “Buffy” and “The X-Files” being my

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Love hurts in a galaxy far, far away (TV and comic book commentary)

Two surprising love stories were revealed recently in “Star Wars” stories. In Friday’s “Clone Wars,” (8 p.m. Central Fridays on Cartoon Network), my favorite original “Clone

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First episode (of new season) impressions: ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ (TV review)

Here are my first impressions of Season 3 of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” (8 p.m. Central Fridays, Cartoon Network). 1. I have a confession to make:

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A boy named Boba: Bounty hunter’s origin story continues in ‘The Clone Wars’ (TV commentary)

When Boba Fett appeared 30 years ago in “The Empire Strikes Back” wearing Mandalorian armor (so named in the “Empire” novelization) that was associated with

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