James Luceno

All 15 ‘Star Wars’ Legends Han Solo and Lando Calrissian novels, ranked (Book commentary)

With Disney’s “Solo: A Star Wars Story” about to hit theaters, fans might be interested in digging into the Legends source material. It dates back

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader’ (2005) (Book review)

We knew Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader were the same person since 1980, but it wasn’t until after “Revenge of the Sith” came out that

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‘Labyrinth of Evil’ (2005) goes to brink of ‘Revenge of the Sith’

James Luceno’s “Labyrinth of Evil” (2005) is one of the EU books that was most ravaged by the continuity changes that came from the “Clone Wars” TV

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force’ (2003) (Book review)

The “New Jedi Order” closes out its 19-book run with James Luceno’s epic “The Unifying Force”(2003), which feels every bit of its 527 pages and must

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos II – Jedi Eclipse’ (2000) (Book review)

“Agents of Chaos I: Hero’s Trial” was James Luceno’s salute to Brian Daley, packed with old-school Han Solo adventuring. “Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse” (2000) –

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos I – Hero’s Trial’ (2000) (Book review)

James Luceno seemed like a “Star Wars” author before he actually was a “Star Wars” author, due to his friendship with Brian Daley (with whom

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Millennium Falcon’ (2008) (Book review)

When the “Episode VII — The Force Awakens” teaser trailer came out a couple months ago, it wasn’t Rey or Finn or Poe or the Sith lord

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John’s top 10 ‘Star Wars’ novelists (Book commentary)

I’ve been doing occasional “Star Wars Flashback” entries, but I thought I’d take a break here and give a rundown of my top 10 “Star

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Cloak of Deception’ and ‘Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter’ (2001) (Book review)

Welcome to a new feature where I revisit old “Star Wars” novels when inspired by new works. The inspiration for this first entry is James

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‘Star Wars’ fans get 3 Darths for the price of 1 in ‘Darth Plagueis’ (Book review)

“Darth Plagueis” (January, hardcover) is arguably the most hyped-up “Star Wars” novel since 1996’s “Shadows of the Empire,” with the ForceCast (which plans an upcoming “Darth

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