Science Fiction

‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Tatooine Ghost’ (2003) (Book review)

With “Episode VII: The Force Awakens” appearing to return to the GFFA’s home planet later this year, it’s a good time to look back at “Tatooine

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ radio drama (1983) (Review)

“The Empire Strikes Back” radio drama (1983) is a notable step down from the “Star Wars” radio drama from two years prior. If you read between

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Purge’ (2005-13) (Comic book reviews)

As a kid, I imagined the Jedi Purge consisted of Darth Vader going from planet to planet slaughtering Jedi Knights. That’s what naturally springs to

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin’ (2013) and ‘Cry of Shadows’ (2013-14) (Comic book reviews)

After writing the first two “Darth Vader” series, veteran “Star Wars” scribe Haden Blackman handed the reins to Tim Siedell for the final two entries. These two

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Darth Vader and the Lost Command’ (2011) and ‘Ghost Prison’ (2012) (Comic book reviews)

Disney is delving heavily into the dark side in its early “Star Wars” projects, from the novels “Tarkin” (2014) and “Lords of the Sith” (April)

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: Brian Wood’s ‘Star Wars’ Issues 13-20 (2014) and 2012-13 FCBD stories (Comic book reviews)

After the first 12 issues established Brian Wood’s “Star Wars” as a character-driven series that aspired to tell the definitive story of what happened between Episodes IV

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: Brian Wood’s ‘Star Wars’ Issues 1-12 (2013) (Comic book reviews)

As proven earlier this year when Marvel’s relaunch of the saga broke sales records, Issue No. 1s of series simply titled “Star Wars” draw a

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Rebellion’ Issues 0-14 (2006-08) (Comic book reviews)

Last year’s creation of the Lucasfilm Story Group to make all future stories tie together was the biggest reorganizing of continuity in “Star Wars” history,

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‘Star Wars’ Expanded Universe comes to mediocre conclusion with ‘Honor Among Thieves’ (Book review)

The “Empire and Rebellion” series was supposed to delve into the minds of Leia, Han and Luke, respectively, in three very loosely connected novels set

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Darth Bane: Rule of Two’ (2008) (Book review)

Drew Karpyshyn’s “Darth Bane: Path of Destruction” put a tidy symbolic bow on two pieces of Sith lore that are known to the Jedi in

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