‘Veronica Mars’ team smoothly transforms skills for ‘iZombie’
First episode impressions (TV review): Thomas’ and Ruggiero’s style clicks with the horror-comedy form, too.
Author: John Hansen
First episode impressions: ‘The Returned’ (TV review)
“The Returned” (9 p.m. Central Mondays on A&E) takes “mystery” to a whole new level. Traditionally, a mystery show is something like “Gracepoint,” where we try to figure out whodunit over the course of a season. […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Purge’ (2005-13) (Comic book reviews)
As a kid, I imagined the Jedi Purge consisted of Darth Vader going from planet to planet slaughtering Jedi Knights. That’s what naturally springs to mind when we hear Obi-Wan’s line: “A young Jedi named […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin’ (2013) and ‘Cry of Shadows’ (2013-14) (Comic book reviews)
After writing the first two “Darth Vader” series, veteran “Star Wars” scribe Haden Blackman handed the reins to Tim Siedell for the final two entries. These two five-issue series follow the formula of the second Blackman entry, […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Darth Vader and the Lost Command’ (2011) and ‘Ghost Prison’ (2012) (Comic book reviews)
Disney is delving heavily into the dark side in its early “Star Wars” projects, from the novels “Tarkin” (2014) and “Lords of the Sith” (April) to the recently launched “Darth Vader” comic series that explores […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: Brian Wood’s ‘Star Wars’ Issues 13-20 (2014) and 2012-13 FCBD stories (Comic book reviews)
After the first 12 issues established Brian Wood’s “Star Wars” as a character-driven series that aspired to tell the definitive story of what happened between Episodes IV and V, it takes a slight step backward with Issues […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: Brian Wood’s ‘Star Wars’ Issues 1-12 (2013) (Comic book reviews)
As proven earlier this year when Marvel’s relaunch of the saga broke sales records, Issue No. 1s of series simply titled “Star Wars” draw a lot of interest. They also cause confusion for organizational purposes, […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Rebellion’ Issues 0-14 (2006-08) (Comic book reviews)
Last year’s creation of the Lucasfilm Story Group to make all future stories tie together was the biggest reorganizing of continuity in “Star Wars” history, but it wasn’t the first. Dark Horse did a soft […]
‘Star Wars’ Expanded Universe comes to mediocre conclusion with ‘Honor Among Thieves’ (Book review)
The “Empire and Rebellion” series was supposed to delve into the minds of Leia, Han and Luke, respectively, in three very loosely connected novels set between Episodes IV and V. 2013’s “Razor’s Edge” dropped the […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Darth Bane: Rule of Two’ (2008) (Book review)
Drew Karpyshyn’s “Darth Bane: Path of Destruction” put a tidy symbolic bow on two pieces of Sith lore that are known to the Jedi in “Episode I”: 1) That the Sith have been extinct for […]