Troy Denning

‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Invincible’ (2008) (Book review)

The “Legacy of the Force” series – which often featured excellent writing despite the flawed central premise of Jacen Solo turning evil – goes out

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Inferno’ (2007) (Book review)

“Inferno” (2007), the sixth book of the nine-book “Legacy of the Force” series, is the one where Jacen begins referring to himself as Darth Caedus in

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Tempest’ (2006) (Book review)

The “Legacy of the Force” series is a good collaboration between Aaron Allston, Karen Traviss and Troy Denning, but at the same time, there’s no

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Dark Nest III: The Swarm War’ (2006) (Book review)

Troy Denning wraps up his bridge trilogy between “The New Jedi Order” and “Legacy of the Force” in mostly satisfying fashion with “Dark Nest III: The

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen’ (2005) (Book review)

While the first volume set the groundwork and featured philosophizing about the Jedi Order’s relationship to the Galactic Alliance, “Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen” (2005) puts

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Dark Nest I: The Joiner King’ (2005) (Book review)

Call him the Stephen King of “Star Wars” authors. No other scribe has a bigger gap between his lows and highs than Troy Denning. I

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The New Jedi Order: Star by Star’ (2001) (Book review)

“Star by Star” (2001), the ninth book in the “New Jedi Order” series and the first “Star Wars” novel by Troy Denning, is a rough one.

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Tatooine Ghost’ (2003) (Book review)

With “Episode VII: The Force Awakens” appearing to return to the GFFA’s home planet later this year, it’s a good time to look back at “Tatooine

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Denning’s ‘Crucible’ perhaps paves the way for ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ (Book review)

I have an out-of-the-ordinary perspective on Troy Denning’s latest “Star Wars” novel, “Crucible” — I read it with an eye toward “Episode VII” and how it sets

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Star Wars Insider serves up short stories in Issues 62-88 (2003-06)

Because Lucasfilm is shifting its focus away from the Clone Wars era, we’re not likely to see a paperback anthology called “Tales from the Clone

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