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‘Alien: Covenant’ balances creation saga with crowd-pleasing horror

Director and saga overseer Ridley Scott continues his process of linking “Prometheus” with “Alien” in the second of what’s supposed to be a “Prometheus” quadrilogy, “Alien:

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Clone Wars’ Issues 7-12 (2009-10) and ‘The Gauntlet of Death’ (2009) (Comic book reviews)

“The Clone Wars” numbered comics series had a surprisingly short run of only 12 issues, but it was a good one, with TV show writers Henry

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John’s top 40 ‘Star Wars’ books: The top 10

After at least 160 novels (more if you delve into children’s books) from 1976-2014, the Expanded Universe ended a few years ago, but it’s not

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John’s top 40 ‘Star Wars’ books: Nos. 20-11

Continuing the countdown of my top 40 “Star Wars” books leading up to the 40th anniversary on May 25, here are the books that just

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John’s top 40 ‘Star Wars’ books: Nos. 30-21

Continuing the countdown of my top 40 “Star Wars” books leading up to the 40th anniversary on May 25, let’s take it to the halfway

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John’s top 40 ‘Star Wars’ books: Nos. 40-31

Counting down to the 40th anniversary of the film on May 25, here are my top 40 “Star Wars” Legends books. It’s perhaps an odd

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Clone Wars Gambit: Siege’ (2010) (Book review)

By the time of Karen Miller’s third “Star Wars” book, “Clone Wars Gambit: Siege” (2010), we know the game: Strap in for a lot of words, but

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth’ (2010) (Book review)

As she did on “Clone Wars: Wild Space,” Karen Miller again shows she’s a master of delving into characters’ headspaces in “Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth” (2010), the

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Clone Wars: Wild Space’ (2008) (Book review)

Karen Miller’s “The Clone Wars: Wild Space” (2008) isn’t the first “trek through the jungle” novel, as it follows the likes of “Splinter of the Mind’s Eye,”

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Coruscant Nights III: Patterns of Force’ (2009) (Book review)

Following two solid lead-ins, “Patterns of Force” (2009) is a satisfying final chapter in Michael Reaves’ “Coruscant Nights” trilogy. It’s definitely pulpy (mostly in a good way)

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