Matthew Stover

‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Revenge of the Sith’ novelization (2005) (Book review)

Among the films, the original trilogy is clearly better than the prequel trilogy, but among the novelizations, the opposite is true. It’s not because of

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The New Jedi Order: Traitor’ (2002) (Book review)

There are two books in the “New Jedi Order” series that tripped up my reading flow on this re-read. The first is the ninth entry,

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Shatterpoint’ (2003) (Book review)

“Shatterpoint” (2003) has a number of firsts to its credit: It was the first published “Clone Wars” novel and the first story to explore Mace Windu

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‘Star Wars on Trial’ Part IV: Do plot holes in ‘Star Wars’ make it ill-suited to a smart viewer? (Commentary)

Here is the fourth and final part of my series inspired by Benbella Books’ “Star Wars on Trial”(2006), a collection of essays responding to eight charges

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‘Star Wars on Trial’ Part III: Does ‘Star Wars’ portray women as fundamentally weak? (Commentary)

Here is the third installment of my series inspired by Benbella Books’ “Star Wars on Trial” (2006), a collection of essays responding to eight charges against the

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‘Star Wars on Trial’ Part II: Has the success of ‘Star Wars’ been bad for other sci-fi? (Commentary)

Here is the second installment in my series inspired by Benbella Books’ “Star Wars on Trial” (2006), a collection of essays responding to eight charges against the

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‘Star Wars on Trial’ Part I: Does ‘Star Wars’ promote bad political, ethical or religious values? (Commentary)

In 2006, Benbella Books put out “Star Wars on Trial,” a collection of essays responding to eight charges against the “Star Wars” franchise (plus a ninth, overriding

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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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Hitting the road with ‘Star Wars’ audiobooks (Commentary)

Even though I’m an entertainment geek, and entertainment and technology often go hand-in-hand, I’m a technological laggard. There are problems with this, of course, but

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Matthew Stover gives Luke Skywalker his due in ‘Star Wars’ novel ‘Shadows of Mindor’ (Book review)

Matthew Stover goes back to the beginning with “Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor” (December 2008, hardcover). Not the beginning of the “Star Wars”

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