- John Hansen
- October 23, 2013
Star Wars Insider serves up short stories in Issues 62-88 (2003-06)
Because Lucasfilm is shifting its focus away from the Clone Wars era, we’re not likely to see a paperback anthology called “Tales from the Clone
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- John Hansen
- October 16, 2013
Joke wears a little thin in ‘Machete Kills,’ but it’s still worth seeing (Movie review)
While it’s not as thematically rich as the brilliant immigration parody “Machete” — my No. 1 movie of 2010 — “Machete Kills” still delivers a lot of laughs and
- John Hansen
- October 16, 2013
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Mara Jade: By the Emperor’s Hand’ (1998-99) (Comic book review)
“Mara Jade: By the Emperor’s Hand” (1998-99) marked Timothy Zahn’s first foray into comics, but he apparently got good guidance from friend and collaborator Michael A.
- John Hansen
- October 14, 2013
‘Star Wars’ flashback: Ranking the 11 short stories from ‘Tales from the New Republic’ (1999) (Book review)
Thematically, “Tales from the New Republic” (1999) isn’t all that different from “Tales from the Empire” — both collections chronicle the little guy, either amid the galactic war or
- John Hansen
- October 11, 2013
‘Star Wars’ flashback: Ranking the 10 short stories from ‘Tales from the Empire’ (1997) (Book review)
Just by paging through “The Essential Reader’s Companion,” it’s obvious that short stories make up a significant chunk of “Star Wars” fiction. Yet while the novels are
- John Hansen
- October 9, 2013
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Bounty Hunter Wars Book 3: Hard Merchandise’ (1999) (Book review)
Readers just getting into the “Star Wars” EU might be concerned about novels that have plot holes brought about by conflicting events in the prequels
- John Hansen
- October 5, 2013
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Bounty Hunter Wars Book 2: Slave Ship’ (1998) (Book review)
In the ’90s, in almost every lengthy interview in advance of “Episode I,” George Lucas and prequel movie producer Rick McCallum warned that these new
- John Hansen
- October 2, 2013
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Bounty Hunter Wars Book 1: The Mandalorian Armor’ (1998) (Book review)
No doubt the “Bounty Hunter Wars” trilogy drew a lot of readers simply because of its subject matter: Finally, a chance to learn more about Boba Fett
- John Hansen
- October 1, 2013
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Classic Star Wars’ Issues 15-20 (Goodwin/Williamson newspaper strips, 1983-84) (Comic book reviews)
Because he didn’t know that “The Empire Strikes Back” was going to start with the Rebels on their new base on Hoth, Archie Goodwin didn’t get to
- John Hansen
- September 28, 2013
The top 20 people responsible for the success of the ‘Star Wars’ saga (Commentary)
A great debate recently popped up at my office: Who deserves credit for the success of “Star Wars?” Well, George Lucas, of course, because he