- John Hansen
- November 6, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Podracing Tales’ (2000) (Comic book review)
Although we never got a “Tales of the Podracers” anthology of short stories in the vein of “Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina,” “Tales of
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- John Hansen
- November 5, 2014
Dark Horse’s ‘The Star Wars’ gives fascinating insight into Lucas’ writing process (Comic book review)
When I first heard Dark Horse was doing an adaptation of George Lucas’ May 1974 rough draft of “A New Hope,” I had two reactions:
- John Hansen
- November 4, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Cestus Deception’ (2004) (Book review)
Like “Shatterpoint,” its predecessor in the “Clone Wars” series, “The Cestus Deception” (2004) takes place on a single planet that’s in dispute between the Republic and the
- John Hansen
- November 3, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Heart of Fire’ (2001) and ‘Poison Moon’ (2002) (Comic book reviews)
Sometimes it seems like no matter how many “Star Wars” stories I read, I’m missing something. Part of this is because there are many unexplored
- John Hansen
- October 31, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: Star Wars Kids comics (1997-99), ‘Battle of the Bounty Hunters’ (1996), etc. (Comic book reviews)
Disney’s cancellation of the Expanded Universe earlier this year marked the first complete reboot of “Star Wars” lore, but there had been plenty of disagreements
- John Hansen
- October 30, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Jedi vs. Sith’ (2001) (Comic book review)
“Jedi vs. Sith” (2001) is the second of three pieces to the puzzle that tell the story of arguably the most important pre-movie event on the
- John Hansen
- October 29, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Tag & Bink’ (2001, 2006) (Comic book reviews)
Everyone knows about the “Robot Chicken” and “Family Guy” parodies on the boob tube, but the “Tag & Bink” comics are arguably even better. They are written
- John Hansen
- October 28, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: Hasbro comics (2002), ‘Brothers in Arms’ (2005) and ‘Routine Valor’ (2006) (Comic book reviews)
Dark Horse Comics bookended its 2002-06 phase of “Clone Wars”-era stories with issues that couldn’t be found in comic shops. Four 10-page stories were packaged
- John Hansen
- October 26, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Constancia Affair,’ ‘The Kashyyyk Depths,’ ‘Planet of Kadril’ and unpublished newspaper strips (1979-80) (Comic book reviews)
If you’ve read Dark Horse’s reprints of the 1979-84 newspaper strips – “Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures” (writer and artist Russ Manning), “Classic Star Wars: Han Solo
- John Hansen
- October 25, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Infinities: Return of the Jedi’ (2003-04) (Comic book review)
After imaginative “Infinities” yarns from Chris Warner (“A New Hope”) and Dave Land (“The Empire Strikes Back”), the series concludes with Adam Gallardo’s relatively disappointing