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John’s top 40 ‘Star Wars’ comic book stories: Nos. 40-31

Earlier this year, I ranked my top 40 “Star Wars” books. But the 40th anniversary year isn’t over yet, so over the next four days,

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‘Life’ is another ‘Alien’ ripoff – but it’s one of the better ones (Movie review)

It’s hard to review “Life” (March 2017) — which I recently saw via Redbox – without entering into apologia. It is undeniably in the “Alien”

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‘Prometheus’ reviews

John’s “Prometheus” review, johnvhansen.com, June 9, 2012 John’s “Prometheus” flashback review, johnvhansen.com, Oct. 14, 2012

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‘Serenity’ reviews

John’s “Serenity” review, Brainerd Dispatch, Oct. 6, 2005 John’s “Serenity” flashback review, johnvhansen.com, May 18, 2013

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‘Revenge of the Sith’ reviews

John’s “Revenge of the Sith” review, Brainerd Dispatch, May 20, 2005 John’s “Revenge of the Sith” flashback review, johnvhansen.com, Sept. 6, 2016

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Supernova

‘Supernova’ reviews

John’s “Supernova” flashback review, May 28, 2021 John’s “Supernova” review, NDSU Spectrum, January 2000

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‘The Phantom Menace’ reviews

John’s “Phantom Menace” 10th anniversary commentary, johnvhansen.com, May 19, 2009 John’s “Phantom Menace” 3D release review, johnvhansen.com, 2012

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‘Valerian’ serves up grand adventure while showing how its source material influenced ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Avatar’ (Movie review)

I consider myself to be an amateur “Star Wars” historian, but until recently, I didn’t know about the influence of the “Valerian and Laureline” comics on

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Soldier

‘Soldier’ reviews

John’s PKD flashback review of “Soldier,” Sept. 14, 2020 “Soldier” – “Rambo” meets “The Terminator” meets “Blade Runner” with a twist: The soldiers of the

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Contact

‘Contact’ reviews

John’s Throwback Thursday review of “Contact,” May 20, 2021 “Contact” – In the wake of big-budget toy commercials such as “Batman and Robin,” “Contact” is

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