Timothy Zahn

‘Heir to the Empire,’ the book that jump-started the ‘Star Wars’ Expanded Universe, celebrates 20 years (Book commentary)

Sometime in the late 1990s, I was at Paradox Comics in Fargo, N.D., talking with the proprietor about “Star Wars.” I mentioned Timothy Zahn’s novels,

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Timothy Zahn proves he’s still got it with ‘Star Wars: Choices of One’ (Book review)

Through the years, I’ve been tempted to label authors other than Timothy Zahn as my favorite “Star Wars” scribe — Michael Stackpole for his plotting,

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How crucial is continuity in franchise storytelling? (Commentary)

I’m curious to hear from my readers on this one: How important is it to you that a franchise has continuity between each of its

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Have Excedrin handy: This post is about ‘Terminator’ continuity (Movie and TV commentary)

What happened to Derek Reese and Cameron? And why does Kate Connor look so young? The “Terminator” timeline(s) is (are) complex enough without these unanswered

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