Ron Marz

‘Star Wars’ flashback: The top 25 dramatic stories in ‘Star Wars Tales’ (1999-2005) (Comic book reviews)

Earlier this year, Disney announced that its Lucasfilm Story Group would make sure every new story fits with the new Disney timeline. The opposite approach

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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: ‘Empire’ Issues 10, 11, 13, 14 and 16-19 (2003-04) (Comic book reviews)

The early issues of “Empire” explored old favorites (Vader, Leia and Boba Fett) and a cult favorite (Biggs). Up next, the title puts the spotlight on characters

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‘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

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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: ‘Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire’ and other ‘Boba Fett’ issues (1995-2006) (Comic book reviews)

Dark Horse’s various “Boba Fett” comics from 1995-2006, although heavy on style more so than character development, nicely illustrate the mysterious and dispassionate Boba Fett we knew

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