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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back’ (2002) (Comic book review)

The original “Star Wars” trilogy was, above all, Luke’s story, especially after “A New Hope.” The beautifully told romance between Leia and Han gave them

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Infinities: A New Hope’ (2001) (Comic book review)

Dark Horse’s “The Star Wars,” an adaptation of an early draft of “A New Hope,” caused quite a buzz this past year, but it wasn’t

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‘Star Wars’ Thrawn Trilogy makes jump to comics (1995-98)

Somewhat surprisingly, only five “Star Wars” books have been adapted into comics: “Han Solo at Stars’ End” (adapted as a comic strip and later reorganized

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Shatterpoint’ (2003) (Book review)

“Shatterpoint” (2003) has a number of firsts to its credit: It was the first published “Clone Wars” novel and the first story to explore Mace Windu

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing Rogue Squadron’ special issues (1995-2005) (Comic book reviews)

If you’ve devoured Michael Stackpole’s 35-issue “X-Wing Rogue Squadron” comics series but are a completest who wants to gather up all the ancillary stories, you’ll

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: The top 10 comedic stories in ‘Star Wars Tales’ (1999-2005) (Comic book reviews)

While there were a fair number of good dramatic stories in “Star Wars Tales” (1999-2005), the series’ most notable contribution to the franchise was its comedy stories,

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: The top 25 dramatic stories in ‘Star Wars Tales’ (1999-2005) (Comic book reviews)

Earlier this year, Disney announced that its Lucasfilm Story Group would make sure every new story fits with the new Disney timeline. The opposite approach

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Empire’ Issues 29-40 (2005-06) (Comic book reviews)

“Empire” wraps up its run (well, sort of – the storylines will continue in “Rebellion”) with a pair of five-issue epics that take advantage of established

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Empire’ Issues 20-28 (2004) and ‘A Valentine Story’ (2003) (Comic book reviews)

Rather than tread ground already covered by Marvel’s “Star Wars” and Goodwin and Williamson’s “Classic Star Wars,” I suspect part of the aim of “Empire” was to

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Empire’ Issues 10, 11, 13, 14 and 16-19 (2003-04) (Comic book reviews)

The early issues of “Empire” explored old favorites (Vader, Leia and Boba Fett) and a cult favorite (Biggs). Up next, the title puts the spotlight on characters

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