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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Infinities: A New Hope’ (2001) (Comic book review)

Dark Horse’s “The Star Wars,” an adaptation of an early draft of “A New Hope,” caused quite a buzz this past year, but it wasn’t

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Republic’ Issues 32-41 (2001-02) (Comic book reviews)

Issue 32 of “Star Wars: Republic” marks the start of John Ostrander’s epic run as the primary writer of this ongoing series. Starting here, he writes 19

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Bounty Hunters: Aurra Sing,’ ‘Scoundrel’s Wages’ and ‘Kenix Kil’ (1999) (Comic book reviews)

In the midst of re-reading the “Star Wars: Republic” ongoing series, I decided to peek ahead on the timeline in search of more information about

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Republic’ Issues 23-31 (2000-01) (Comic book reviews)

When we last checked in with the heroes and villains of “Star Wars: Republic,” the title had built up serious narrative momentum: Quinlan Vos and Aayla Secura

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Republic’ Issues 13-22 (1999-2000) (Comic book reviews)

The third and fourth arcs of “Star Wars: Republic” — “Emissaries to Malastare” (1999-2000) and “Twilight” (2000) – continue the trend of one mediocre arc followed by

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Republic’ Issues 0-12 and ‘Aurra’s Song’ (1998-2000) (Comic book reviews)

As with the first series simply titled “Star Wars” (Marvel’s, from 1977-86), the second series by that name (Dark Horse’s, from 1998-2006) also gets off

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Darth Maul’ (2000) (Comic book review)

On my initial viewings of “The Phantom Menace,” it struck me as odd that Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan refer to Darth Maul as “it,” rather than

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Jedi Council: Acts of War’ (2000) (Comic book review)

“Episode I: The Phantom Menace” (1999) introduced us to Jedi at the height of their powers sitting around in a circle and being philosophical. That’s

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