‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Clone Wars’ digests Nos. 5-8 (2010-12) (Comic book reviews)
“The Clone Wars” digests continue to deliver a mixed bag of supplementary material to the TV show with Nos. 5-8 (2010-12), featuring good yarns about Aayla Secura and the clones and a strong “Secret Missions” tie-in, but also a shallow Obi-Wan/Anakin/Ahsoka story.
‘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 the Bounty Hunters” and “Tales from Jabba’s Palace,” we got the next-best thing: “Podracing Tales,” a collection of webcomics published on StarWars.com in 2000.
‘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 about canon among various media throughout the years. In 1997, with the release of the Special Editions in theaters, Lucasfilm aimed to draw a new generation of fans through Star Wars
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing Rogue Squadron’ special issues (1995-2005) (Comic book reviews)
If you’ve devoured Michael Stackpole’s 35-issue “X-Wing Rogue Squadron” comics series but are a completest who wants to gather up all the ancillary stories, you’ll want to check out “X-Wing Rogue Squadron” No. 1/2 (1997), “X-Wing Rogue Squadron Special” (1995) and the three-issue “X-Wing Rogue Leader” (2005).
‘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 was taken with Dark Horse’s anthology series “Star Wars Tales” (1999-2005). It was an outlet for writers and artists to do whatever they wanted. Stories could fit with the established continuity of
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Jedi Quest’ (2001) (Comic book review)
Lucasfilm arguably dropped the ball in telling Anakin’s story between Episodes I and II, when he aged from 9 to 19. From 1999 through May 2002, only two adult novels (“Rogue Planet” and “The Approaching Storm”) told of his exploits, along with one junior novel, Jude Watson’s “Jedi Quest: Path to Truth” (2001), which was
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Episode I: The Phantom Menace Adventures’ (1999) (Comic book review)
“Episode I: The Phantom Menace Adventures” has a solid concept: Like the bonus chapters in Terry Brooks’ novelization, these five issues (“Anakin Skywalker,” “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” “Qui-Gon Jinn,” “Queen Amidala” and the Wizard No. ½ special) should give us bonus scenes from “Episode I” that flesh out the story and provide character insights. However, the execution falls
‘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
‘Star Wars’ flashback: Dark Horse’s ‘Droids’ (1994-97) (Comic book reviews)
While Lucas Books and Dark Horse Comics generally separated their “Star Wars” products into kid and adult categories, sometimes the marketing was a bit off. On the book side, the novels of Kevin J. Anderson fell wrongly into the adult category. On the comics side, Dark Horse’s “Droids” (1994-97) was marketed to readers of “Dark Empire” and
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Jabba the Hutt,’ ‘The Jabba Tape’ and ‘This Crumb for Hire’ (1995-98) (Comic book reviews)
In its nearly quarter-century as the home of “Star Wars,” Dark Horse often gave fans what they clamored for (see “Boba Fett” or “Darth Maul” or the Royal Guard-centered “Crimson Empire”). In other cases, the company showed remarkable audacity. I doubt many people were demanding “Jabba the Hutt” comics. But fairly early in Dark Horse’s tenure we