- John Hansen
- August 21, 2016
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Blood Ties’ (2010-12) (Comic book reviews)
George Lucas’ revelation in 2002’s “Attack of the Clones” that Boba Fett was the clone son of Jango Fett opened up a new vein of
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- John Hansen
- August 19, 2016
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Invincible’ (2008) (Book review)
The “Legacy of the Force” series – which often featured excellent writing despite the flawed central premise of Jacen Solo turning evil – goes out
- John Hansen
- August 15, 2016
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Revelation’ (2008) (Book review)
With “Revelation” (2008), the eighth book in the nine-book “Legacy of the Force” series, Karen Traviss again delivers a novel that’s so well-written that it overcomes the
- John Hansen
- August 6, 2016
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Fury’ (2007) (Book review)
“Fury” (2007), the seventh entry in the nine-book “Legacy of the Force” saga, is an example of a great book within a wider storyline that’s not
- John Hansen
- August 3, 2016
‘Star Trek Beyond’ is distractingly loud and stupid (Movie review)
In 2009, J.J. Abrams rebooted the “Star Trek” movie franchise by making a “Star Wars”-style movie with “Star Trek” trappings. The second entry, “Star Trek
- John Hansen
- August 1, 2016
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Inferno’ (2007) (Book review)
“Inferno” (2007), the sixth book of the nine-book “Legacy of the Force” series, is the one where Jacen begins referring to himself as Darth Caedus in
- John Hansen
- July 25, 2016
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice’ (2007) (Book review)
Before this re-read, I had thought of “The New Jedi Order” as the dark and grim “Star Wars” saga, but “Legacy of the Force” surpasses
- John Hansen
- July 19, 2016
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Exile’ (2007) (Book review)
Aaron Allston delivers the best book so far in the “Legacy of the Force” series with “Exile” (2007), the fourth of the nine-novel saga. Whereas earlier books
- John Hansen
- July 17, 2016
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Tempest’ (2006) (Book review)
The “Legacy of the Force” series is a good collaboration between Aaron Allston, Karen Traviss and Troy Denning, but at the same time, there’s no
- John Hansen
- July 10, 2016
This week, we celebrate our ‘Independence Day’: ‘ID:R’ novelization (2016) (Book review)
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of “Independence Day” and the release of the sequel, “Resurgence,” this week I’m looking back at the various spinoff comics