- John Hansen
- June 30, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Crimson Empire’ (1997-98) (Comic book review)
“Crimson Empire” (1997-98) is one of the most popular Dark Horse “Star Wars” titles, and I suspect it gets a ton of mileage out of the
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- John Hansen
- June 29, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Planet of Twilight’ (1997) (Book review)
In my re-read of the Bantam novels, I thought I was saving the worst for last with “Planet of Twilight” (1997). My 18-year-old self hated this
- John Hansen
- June 25, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Crystal Star’ (1994) (Book review)
Vonda N. McIntyre’s “The Crystal Star” (1994) often appears on lists of the worst “Star Wars” novels, so I went into this re-read with low expectations and
- John Hansen
- June 24, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Corellian Trilogy Book 3: Showdown at Centerpoint’ (1995) (Book review)
Roger McBride Allen wraps up his “Corellian Trilogy” with “Showdown at Centerpoint” (1995), another installment that’s padded despite leaving a lot of interesting ideas on the table,
- John Hansen
- June 10, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Corellian Trilogy Book 2: Assault at Selonia’ (1995) (Book review)
“Assault at Selonia” (1995) has the same attributes as the first book in Roger MacBride Allen’s “Corellian Trilogy.” While it’s a brisk and easy read, not
- John Hansen
- June 9, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Corellian Trilogy Book 1: Ambush at Corellia’ (1995) (Book review)
Drawing from my memory of reading Roger MacBride Allen’s “The Corellian Trilogy” 19 years ago, I recalled Han’s nasty cousin Thrackan Sal-Solo (leader of the
- John Hansen
- June 5, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The New Rebellion’ (1996) (Book review)
As Bantam navigated its way through the post-“Return of the Jedi” timeline in the 1990s, not every writer they hired turned out to be a
- John Hansen
- May 28, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Black Fleet Crisis Book 3: Tyrant’s Test’ (1997) (Book review)
The final installment in Michael P. Kube-McDowell’s “Black Fleet Crisis” trilogy, “Tyrant’s Test” (1997), achieves a curious combination. Like the first two books, it’s quite readable,
- John Hansen
- May 25, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Black Fleet Crisis Book 2: Shield of Lies’ (1996) (Book review)
The first thing you’ll notice about “Shield of Lies” (1996), the second book in Michael P. Kube-McDowell’s “Black Fleet Crisis” trilogy, is that it’s split into three
- John Hansen
- May 19, 2014
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Black Fleet Crisis Book 1: Before the Storm’ (1996) (Book review)
Michael P. Kube-McDowell’s “Black Fleet Crisis” paperback trilogy, which starts with 1996’s “Before the Storm,” has so many common “Star Wars” elements that it blends in with