Science Fiction

‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel’ (2008) (Book review)

“Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel” (2008), the meaty fourth book in Karen Traviss’ five-book “Commando” saga, is an example of a story that was wiped

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First episode impressions: ‘Mars’ (TV review)

“Mars” (9 p.m. Mondays, National Geographic Channel), the year’s most hyped science show, fails to capture the wonder of 2014’s “Cosmos,” which brought science to mainstream

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Eighties nostalgia is strong with ‘Stranger Things’ Season 1

The 1980s nostalgia is strong with the 2016 Netflix series “Stranger Things.” The eight-episode first season, which came out in July and rates a staggering 9.0 on

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Republic Commando: True Colors’ (2007) (Book review)

Karen Traviss entered the ranks of “Star Wars” authors despite lacking a deep knowledge of the saga, but by her third book, “Republic Commando: True Colors” (2007),

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Republic Commando: Triple Zero’ (2006) (Book review)

Karen Traviss’ “Republic Commando” series started off with a pulpy war mission novel, “Hard Contact,” which also snuck in the notion of clones as thinking,

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Gals take lead in mediocre ‘Batman’ spinoff ‘Birds of Prey’ (2002-03)

On somewhat of a “Batman” kick while enjoying the latest strong season of “Gotham,” I decided to explore some other corners of the Bat-verse. While

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Republic Commando: Hard Contact’ (2004) (Book review)

Watching the clone troopers arrive with Yoda on Geonosis in “Attack of the Clones” in 2002, it was easy to think of them as organic

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First episode impressions: ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Season 3 (TV review)

Now in its third season, “Star Wars Rebels” (8:30 p.m. Saturdays on Disney XD) has almost entirely caught up to “The Clone Wars” in production value. Even

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The 5 best and 5 worst Special Edition/DVD/Blu-ray changes to the ‘Star Wars’ films (Movie commentary)

As longtime fans are well aware, the “Star Wars” films as we know them from the 2011 Blu-ray release are different in several small but

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It’s logical that Anakin appears as ghost of younger self

When George Lucas replaced Sebastian Shaw with Hayden Christensen in the Force ghost scene for the 2004 DVD of “Return of the Jedi” (and therefore the 2011

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