- John Hansen
- March 9, 2011
John’s top 10 ‘Clone Wars’ characters: No. 7 — Luminara Unduli (TV commentary)
I have an “Episode II” poster that says “A Jedi shall not know anger. Nor hatred. Nor love.” To that, a cynical fan might add
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- John Hansen
- March 8, 2011
Top 10 ‘Clone Wars’ characters: No. 8 — Count Dooku
Count Dooku is arguably the most “Star Warsy” among the pantheon of new prequel characters. In casting Christopher Lee, George Lucas wisely tapped into the
- John Hansen
- March 7, 2011
John’s top 10 ‘Clone Wars’ characters: No. 9 — Boba Fett (TV commentary)
Back in the 1980s and ’90s, Boba Fett was one of the most popular “Star Wars” characters. I remember “Star Wars” Galaxy Magazine conducted a
- John Hansen
- March 6, 2011
John’s top 10 ‘Clone Wars’ characters: No. 10 — Captain Wilhuff Tarkin (TV commentary)
Beginning the countdown of my top 10 characters from “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” (7:30 p.m. Central Fridays on Cartoon Network), let’s start with No. 10, the
- John Hansen
- February 24, 2011
‘Star Wars: Knight Errant’ has a hint of Asimov’s ‘Foundation’ saga (Book review)
Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation” books don’t get mentioned enough as influences on “Star Wars.” In addition to inventing a planet named Korellia, only one letter off
- John Hansen
- January 30, 2011
Darth Maul on ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’: Cyborg, ghost or clone? (TV commentary)
In the Jan. 21 episode of “The Clone Wars” (7:30 p.m. Central Fridays on Cartoon Network), the Nightsisters send Savage Opress off to the Outer Rim to
- John Hansen
- January 11, 2011
‘Star Wars’ fans: Are you OK with George Lucas rewriting established lore? (TV and movie commentary)
The fictional franchises I like most are the ones that have an ongoing, non-contradictory, canonical storyline — “Star Wars,” “Buffy” and “The X-Files” being my
- John Hansen
- December 31, 2010
A look back at 2010, and ‘2010: The Year We Make Contact’ (Movie commentary)
With 2010 winding down, I decided to take a look back at “2010,” the 1984 movie, to see how prescient Peter Hyams (the film’s director) and Arthur
- John Hansen
- November 13, 2010
Love hurts in a galaxy far, far away (TV and comic book commentary)
Two surprising love stories were revealed recently in “Star Wars” stories. In Friday’s “Clone Wars,” (8 p.m. Central Fridays on Cartoon Network), my favorite original “Clone
- John Hansen
- September 18, 2010
First episode (of new season) impressions: ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ (TV review)
Here are my first impressions of Season 3 of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” (8 p.m. Central Fridays, Cartoon Network). 1. I have a confession to make: