‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Jedi vs. Sith’ (2001) (Comic book review)
“Jedi vs. Sith” (2001) is the second of three pieces to the puzzle that tell the story of arguably the most important pre-movie event on the “Star Wars” timeline: The end of the Sith (or so the Jedi think), leading Ki-Adi-Mundi to note in “Episode I” that “The Sith have been extinct for a millennium.” This
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Starfighter: Crossbones’ (2002) (Comic book review)
Writer Haden Blackman’s “Jango Fett: Open Seasons” (2002) is one of the most essential pieces of “Star Wars” storytelling, as it mends the contradictions between “The Tale of Boba Fett” and Boba’s portrayal in “Attack of the Clones.” But earlier in 2002, Blackman penned perhaps the least essential “Star Wars” story, the three-issue “Starfighter: Crossbones.”
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Jango Fett: Open Seasons,’ ‘Jango Fett’ and ‘Zam Wesell’ (2002) (Comic book reviews)
As fans know, there are two continuity branches to “Star Wars” storytelling: The movies and TV shows overseen by George Lucas (and now Disney) and the Expanded Universe that was kinda-sorta overseen by Lucas (and has now been canceled by Disney). On a handful of occasions, stories from the former contradicted stories from the latter,
‘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 had become central characters, but not only did we not know their backstories, but – thanks to the memory-loss effects of glitteryl spice, neither did they. Meanwhile, Force-using and Jedi-loathing
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan’ (2000-02) (Comic book reviews)
One of the best parts of the prequel era opened up by 1999’s “Episode I: The Phantom Menace” was the opportunity to see the Jedi doing Jedi stuff at the height of their power and respect in the galaxy. While the film is a decent adventure for Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice, Obi-Wan