Science Fiction

‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing: Solo Command’ (1999) (Book review)

Between the premature end of the “The Clone Wars,” rumors of a new animated series and a mysterious Facebook post of a TIE fighter from Dave Filoni, there’s been

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All 14 episodes of ‘Firefly’ (2002), ranked

Even in comparison to “Buffy” and “Angel” — which had already built up complex mythologies by the fall of 2002 — “Firefly” arrived as Joss Whedon’s most

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing: Iron Fist’ (1998) (Book review)

I didn’t remember a lot of details from the “X-Wing” series from my first readings back in the 1990s, but I did distinctly recall Ton

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing: Wraith Squadron’ (1998) (Book review)

“X-Wing: Wraith Squadron” (1998), the fifth book in the “X-Wing” series, introduces us to the misfits of a newly formed squadron whose pilots boast a mix of

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing: The Bacta War’ (1997) (Book review)

In “X-Wing: The Bacta War” (1997), the final book of the Rogue Squadron quadrilogy (but not the last book about the squadron, as it’ll pop up again

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing: The Krytos Trap’ (1996) (Book review)

Always one to look for a new challenge, Michael Stackpole follows up a novel about pilot culture (“Rogue Squadron”) and a novel about undercover work

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing: Wedge’s Gamble’ (1996) (Book review)

With “Wedge’s Gamble” (1996), the second book in the “X-Wing” series, Michael Stackpole may have inadvertently inspired Aaron Allston to create Wraith Squadron three books later. Here,

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20 observations about ‘Jurassic Park’ for 20th anniversary

“Jurassic Park,” released on June 11, 1993, was based on Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel, it revolutionized special effects, and it spawned two sequels filled with random

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‘Star Wars: Last Jedi’ doesn’t stand apart from all those other ‘last Jedis’ (Book review)

The title “The Last Jedi” should be more evocative than it is. If the Jedi Order was wiped out with Order 66 in “Revenge of the Sith,”

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With ‘Veronica Mars’ and ‘Clone Wars,’ companies show different ways to treat fans (TV commentary)

Two of my favorite franchises, “Star Wars” (which regular readers may have noticed I’m obsessed with) and “Veronica Mars” (my No. 6-ranked show of the Aughts, and on my

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