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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows’ (2008) (Book review)

Michael Reaves steps up his game in “Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows” (2008), which has more of a true mystery plot than the trilogy’s first book

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight’ (2008) (Book review)

If you’re following the EU in chronological order, Michael Reaves’ “Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight” (2008) is an oddity for a couple reasons. First, rather than trying

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader’ (2005) (Book review)

We knew Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader were the same person since 1980, but it wasn’t until after “Revenge of the Sith” came out that

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Jedi Trial’ (2004) (Book review)

“Jedi Trial” (2004) isn’t on anyone’s list of the great EU novels, and indeed, I did put off my re-read for a while, recalling it to

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‘Labyrinth of Evil’ (2005) goes to brink of ‘Revenge of the Sith’

James Luceno’s “Labyrinth of Evil” (2005) is one of the EU books that was most ravaged by the continuity changes that came from the “Clone Wars” TV

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Clone Wars’ (2008) launches in a small way on the big screen (Movie review)

Disney’s “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” is getting a lot of buzz, an odd contrast to the last time a “Star Wars” film outside

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Clone Wars’ movie novelization (2008) (Book review)

Having just read Karen Traviss’ first four “Republic Commando” novels, it’s abundantly clear that she’s handcuffed on “The Clone Wars” movie novelization (2008). She tries to do

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Cerebral alien visitation yarn ‘Arrival’ lacks a satisfying payoff (Movie review)

Like many alien visitation films before it, “Arrival” asks “What is their purpose on Earth?” After the requisite opening where the world tenses up as 12 giant

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‘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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