- John Hansen
- January 9, 2015
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Allegiance’ (2007) (Book review)
As “Rebels” moves the Disney timeline into the era of non-clone stormtroopers, it’s a good time to look back at the definitive novel about Legends
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- John Hansen
- January 8, 2015
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘A New Hope’ radio drama (1981) (Review)
Because watching the six episodic “Star Wars” films for the ump-hundredth time isn’t always appealing, it’s fun to approach those familiar stories from less-notable angles
- John Hansen
- January 4, 2015
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Millennium Falcon’ (2008) (Book review)
When the “Episode VII — The Force Awakens” teaser trailer came out a couple months ago, it wasn’t Rey or Finn or Poe or the Sith lord
- John Hansen
- January 3, 2015
‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ looks great, doesn’t have much of a point
“Guardians of the Galaxy” (2014) has such gorgeously detailed production design in every frame that I almost want to watch it again on mute. There probably
- John Hansen
- December 29, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Force Unleashed II’ (2010) (Book and comic review)
Out of all the Legends stories that went unfinished due to Disney’s rebooting of the timeline, none is more of a cliffhanger than the “Force
- John Hansen
- December 26, 2014
‘Droids’ (1985-86) continues adventures of C-3PO, R2-D2
There are two categories of old “Star Wars” stuff: That which you consume as entertainment, and that which you consume purely for nostalgia. “Droids,” the 1985-86 animated
- John Hansen
- December 25, 2014
Boba Fett makes ‘Star Wars’ debut in ‘Story of the Faithful Wookiee’ (1978)
Ah, Christmas Day. For a “Star Wars” fan, that means listening to Chewbacca croon “Silent Night”and watching the “Star Wars Holiday Special” on YouTube, right? On
- John Hansen
- December 24, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Force Unleashed’ (2008) (Book and comic reviews)
“The Force Unleashed” (2008) – the multimedia project highlighted by a video game, novel and comic — despite being a fairly recent endeavor, is among the first Legends material
- John Hansen
- December 16, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Yoda: Dark Rendezvous’ (2004) (Book review)
Throughout the entire George Lucas “Star Wars” reign, we never got Yoda’s backstory, partly because it was declared off limits and partly because few authors
- John Hansen
- December 11, 2014
Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’ blends science and spirituality
“Interstellar” follows in the footsteps of “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) and “Contact” (1997) in the way it blends hard science and spirituality. Actually, the point