- John Hansen
- December 10, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘MedStar II: Jedi Healer’ (2004) (Book review)
While I disagree with the canceling of the Expanded Universe, one positive aspect of the new Disney canon is that all future projects will be
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- John Hansen
- November 29, 2014
The speculation begins as ‘Jurassic World,’ ‘The Force Awakens’ trailers debut (Movie commentary)
Trying to parse out the plot and character details of a movie based on a trailer – particularly a teaser trailer – is a ridiculous
- John Hansen
- November 27, 2014
Miller’s world building, Disney’s heavy hand clash in ‘Star Wars: A New Dawn’ (Book review)
John Jackson Miller was the perfect choice to pen “A New Dawn” (September, hardcover), the prequel to “Rebels” that launches the Disney era of “Star Wars” books,
- John Hansen
- November 20, 2014
‘Rebel Heist’ tells stories of heroes from point of view of ‘regular guys’ (Comic book review)
One of the pleasures of the TV series “Rebels” is seeing a small Rebel cell do its thing within the growing Rebellion. Hera knows their
- John Hansen
- November 19, 2014
‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ goes out on an incomplete, but high, note with ‘Lost Missions’ and story reels (TV review)
While I and most fans will always be irked that “The Clone Wars” wasn’t allowed to bring its character threads to natural conclusions, I have
- John Hansen
- November 18, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘MedStar I: Battle Surgeons’ (2004) (Book review)
In the Season 5 finale of “The Clone Wars,” Barriss Offee goes to the dark side, driven by her frustration with the corrupt Republic and
- John Hansen
- November 15, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Visionaries’ (2005) (Comic book review)
After the hard work of providing conceptual art for “Episode III: Revenge of the Sith,” 11 artists got to cut loose with short stories or
- John Hansen
- November 13, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Clone Wars: The Sith Hunters’ and ‘Darth Maul: Death Sentence’ (2012) (Comic book reviews)
While this year’s “Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir” is a continuation of Maul’s “Clone Wars” TV arc, taken directly from unproduced Season 6 scripts, Dark
- John Hansen
- November 12, 2014
Darth Maul’s ‘Clone Wars’ storyline continues in ‘Son of Dathomir’ (Comic book review)
“Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir,” a four-issue comic series now available in trade paperback, is both very cool and kind of disappointing. It’s the first continuation
- John Hansen
- November 7, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Sergio Aragones Stomps Star Wars’ (2000) (Comic book review)
“Sergio Aragones Stomps Star Wars” (2000) is one of those comics that inspires mixed feelings: On one hand, with all the unexplored corners of the