Ken Steacy

‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Podracing Tales’ (2000) (Comic book review)

Although we never got a “Tales of the Podracers” anthology of short stories in the vein of “Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina,” “Tales of

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: Star Wars Kids comics (1997-99), ‘Battle of the Bounty Hunters’ (1996), etc. (Comic book reviews)

Disney’s cancellation of the Expanded Universe earlier this year marked the first complete reboot of “Star Wars” lore, but there had been plenty of disagreements

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Empire’ Issues 20-28 (2004) and ‘A Valentine Story’ (2003) (Comic book reviews)

Rather than tread ground already covered by Marvel’s “Star Wars” and Goodwin and Williamson’s “Classic Star Wars,” I suspect part of the aim of “Empire” was to

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: Marvel Issues 94-107 (1985-86) (Comic book reviews)

Three months and 100 issues ago, I started my “Star Wars” Marvel comics re-read by noting how horrible the Roy Thomas/Howard Chaykin issues were. Once Archie Goodwin took over with

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