Science Fiction

‘Star Wars’ fans get 3 Darths for the price of 1 in ‘Darth Plagueis’ (Book review)

“Darth Plagueis” (January, hardcover) is arguably the most hyped-up “Star Wars” novel since 1996’s “Shadows of the Empire,” with the ForceCast (which plans an upcoming “Darth

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After ‘Slaves of the Republic,’ what story would you like to see adapted to ‘The Clone Wars’ next? (Comic book review)

“Star Wars: The Clone Wars” (7 p.m. Central Fridays on Cartoon Network) is currently in the midst of its first-ever adaptation from another medium: It has

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Time to meet another Darth — sort of — in Drew Karpyshyn’s ‘Star Wars: The Old Republic – Revan’ (Book review)

“Star Wars” novels have been on quite a Darth kick lately. “The Old Republic: Deceived” introduced us to Darth Malgus, and the much-hyped upcoming “Darth

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Dash Rendar returns in ‘Star Wars: Shadow Games.’ Yay? (Book review)

Is there a “Star Wars” character that evokes a less passionate response than Dash Rendar? Boba Fett will get a “Love him,” Jar Jar will

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What happened to ‘The Walking Dead’s’ Sophia? (and 6 other burning TV questions) (Commentary)

Part of why it’s been a great TV season is that there are so many compelling questions that keep us watching from week to week.

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In ‘Riptide,’ the ‘Star Wars’ Expanded Universe and ‘The Clone Wars’ finally work together (Book review)

Sometimes it seems like the “Star Wars” Expanded Universe is under attack by “The Clone Wars,” what with the premature killing off of Even Piell

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Oh my god, they killed Otis! (and thoughts on falls to the dark side) (TV and movie commentary)

Kind of a jerk move by Shane to kill Otis on Sunday’s episode of “The Walking Dead” (8 p.m. Central Sundays on AMC), huh? But also a

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The new fall shows — not too shabby so far (TV commentary)

I’ve done “first episode impressions” of the noteworthy new shows this season, and many TV critics have done the same. We do this because it’s

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In ‘Fate of the Jedi: Ascension,’ Vestara emerges as one of the best ‘Star Wars’ Expanded Universe characters (Book review)

If the “Fate of the Jedi” series wasn’t your cup of tea up to this point, it still isn’t; much of the plotting involves political

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First episode impressions: ‘Fringe’ Season 4 (TV review)

Most shows are naturally constrained by their narrative — sort of like a choose-your-own-adventure book where every choice is locked in once it happens. But

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