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On ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars,’ how in the world is Darth Maul still alive? (TV commentary)

The “Star Wars” saga has a weird tendency to tell stories out of order. Most notably, the film saga started with Episode IV. The books

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Courtship of Princess Leia’ (1994) (Book review)

With the planet Dathomir and its notorious natives, the Nightsisters, figuring prominently in recent episodes of “The Clone Wars,” it’s a good time to re-read “The

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Cloak of Deception’ and ‘Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter’ (2001) (Book review)

Welcome to a new feature where I revisit old “Star Wars” novels when inspired by new works. The inspiration for this first entry is James

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‘Phantom Menace’ in 3D: Now THIS is podracing (Movie review)

In the 1983 documentary “From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga,” George Lucas talks about how a lot of movies like to

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‘Star Wars’ fans get 3 Darths for the price of 1 in ‘Darth Plagueis’ (Book review)

“Darth Plagueis” (January, hardcover) is arguably the most hyped-up “Star Wars” novel since 1996’s “Shadows of the Empire,” with the ForceCast (which plans an upcoming “Darth

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After ‘Slaves of the Republic,’ what story would you like to see adapted to ‘The Clone Wars’ next? (Comic book review)

“Star Wars: The Clone Wars” (7 p.m. Central Fridays on Cartoon Network) is currently in the midst of its first-ever adaptation from another medium: It has

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Time to meet another Darth — sort of — in Drew Karpyshyn’s ‘Star Wars: The Old Republic – Revan’ (Book review)

“Star Wars” novels have been on quite a Darth kick lately. “The Old Republic: Deceived” introduced us to Darth Malgus, and the much-hyped upcoming “Darth

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Dash Rendar returns in ‘Star Wars: Shadow Games.’ Yay? (Book review)

Is there a “Star Wars” character that evokes a less passionate response than Dash Rendar? Boba Fett will get a “Love him,” Jar Jar will

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In ‘Riptide,’ the ‘Star Wars’ Expanded Universe and ‘The Clone Wars’ finally work together (Book review)

Sometimes it seems like the “Star Wars” Expanded Universe is under attack by “The Clone Wars,” what with the premature killing off of Even Piell

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Oh my god, they killed Otis! (and thoughts on falls to the dark side) (TV and movie commentary)

Kind of a jerk move by Shane to kill Otis on Sunday’s episode of “The Walking Dead” (8 p.m. Central Sundays on AMC), huh? But also a

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