- John Hansen
- July 25, 2009
5 random odds and ends (Commentary)
1. In “Return of the Jedi,” when the Ewok (I believe it’s Paploo, but I can’t check it because I don’t have my “Star Wars”
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- John Hansen
- July 23, 2009
So much for the Jedi Purge: In ‘No Prisoners,’ Traviss introduces more spin-off Jedi (and I’m not complaining) (Book review)
I’m not going to argue that the “Star Wars” prequel movies are as good as the original trilogy. They aren’t. However, the prequel era has
- John Hansen
- July 8, 2009
‘Fate of the Jedi: Outcast’ a great launch of new ‘Star Wars’ series (Book review)
Aaron Allston has been among my favorite “Star Wars” authors since his “X-wing” Wraith Squadron books from about a decade ago. “Star Wars” novels tended
- John Hansen
- June 3, 2009
Matthew Stover gives Luke Skywalker his due in ‘Star Wars’ novel ‘Shadows of Mindor’ (Book review)
Matthew Stover goes back to the beginning with “Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor” (December 2008, hardcover). Not the beginning of the “Star Wars”
- John Hansen
- May 19, 2009
Maybe ‘The Phantom Menace’ was ‘just a movie’ after all (Commentary)
Ten years ago today, I was waiting in a sun-drenched line at West Acres Cinema in Fargo, N.D., to buy a ticket for the midnight
- John Hansen
- May 11, 2009
The new ‘Star Trek’ is actually kind of cool (Movie review)
Director J.J. Abrams makes “Star Trek” respectable again with this origin tale that sets up everything we’ve seen in six TV series — I’m including the underappreciated