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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Bounty Hunter Wars Book 1: The Mandalorian Armor’ (1998) (Book review)

No doubt the “Bounty Hunter Wars” trilogy drew a lot of readers simply because of its subject matter: Finally, a chance to learn more about Boba Fett

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Classic Star Wars’ Issues 15-20 (Goodwin/Williamson newspaper strips, 1983-84) (Comic book reviews)

Because he didn’t know that “The Empire Strikes Back” was going to start with the Rebels on their new base on Hoth, Archie Goodwin didn’t get to

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The top 20 people responsible for the success of the ‘Star Wars’ saga (Commentary)

A great debate recently popped up at my office: Who deserves credit for the success of “Star Wars?” Well, George Lucas, of course, because he

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Classic Star Wars’ Issues 8-14 (Goodwin/Williamson newspaper strips, 1982-83) (Comic book reviews)

Don’t get me wrong; I adore the Archie Goodwin/Al Williamson newspaper strips that were repackaged as the “Classic Star Wars” comics. But I wonder if we never

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Classic Star Wars’ Issues 1-7 (Goodwin/Williamson newspaper strips, 1981-82) (Comic book reviews)

Dark Horse’s new series simply titled “Star Wars” got a lot of hype earlier this year, but it’s just the latest in a long line of

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Jedi Academy Trilogy Volume 3: Champions of the Force’ (1994)

I tried to be an apologist for some aspects of the first two books of Kevin J. Anderson’s “Jedi Academy Trilogy,” but that becomes harder to do

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing Rogue Squadron’ Issues 25-35 (1997-98) (Comic book reviews)

The “X-Wing Rogue Squadron” comic series closes out its run by delving into one of the most popular EU characters, Baron Soontir Fel, who was introduced in

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing Rogue Squadron’ Issues 13-24 (1996-97) (Comic book reviews)

And now we’re off and flying. The middle batch of the 35-issue “X-Wing Rogue Squadron” comics series — “The Warrior Princess” (1996-97), “Requiem for a Rogue” (1997) and “In the Empire’s Service” (1997)

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Jedi Academy Trilogy Volume 2: Dark Apprentice’ (1994) (Book review)

“Dark Apprentice” (1994), the second book in Kevin J. Anderson’s “Jedi Academy Trilogy,” is quite a page-turner. About the only thing slowing me down was that I stopped

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Jedi Academy Trilogy Volume 1: Jedi Search’ (1994) (Book review)

Kevin J. Anderson contributed many of the most essential post-Endor elements to the EU, going forward with the same ideas George Lucas would go “backward”

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