“The Walking Dead” (8 p.m. Central Sundays on AMC) rarely gets mentioned when lists of “most libertarian TV shows” are compiled, but that might change when the series ends and we see the full picture. Season […]
Disney’s cancellation of the Expanded Universe earlier this year marked the first complete reboot of “Star Wars” lore, but there had been plenty of disagreements about canon among various media throughout the years. In 1997, […]
“Jedi vs. Sith” (2001) is the second of three pieces to the puzzle that tell the story of arguably the most important pre-movie event on the “Star Wars” timeline: The end of the Sith (or so […]
Everyone knows about the “Robot Chicken” and “Family Guy” parodies on the boob tube, but the “Tag & Bink” comics are arguably even better. They are written by Kevin Rubio, who broke onto the “Star Wars” parody […]
Dark Horse Comics bookended its 2002-06 phase of “Clone Wars”-era stories with issues that couldn’t be found in comic shops. Four 10-page stories were packaged with Hasbro/Toys R Us “Episode II: Attack of the Clones” […]
If you’ve read Dark Horse’s reprints of the 1979-84 newspaper strips – “Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures” (writer and artist Russ Manning), “Classic Star Wars: Han Solo at Stars’ End” (writer Archie Goodwin and artist Alfredo Alcala) and […]
After imaginative “Infinities” yarns from Chris Warner (“A New Hope”) and Dave Land (“The Empire Strikes Back”), the series concludes with Adam Gallardo’s relatively disappointing four-issue “Infinities: Return of the Jedi” (2003-04). Despite the two previous […]
The original “Star Wars” trilogy was, above all, Luke’s story, especially after “A New Hope.” The beautifully told romance between Leia and Han gave them a significant presence in “The Empire Strikes Back,” but they […]
Dark Horse’s “The Star Wars,” an adaptation of an early draft of “A New Hope,” caused quite a buzz this past year, but it wasn’t the franchise’s first foray into “Infinities” – alternate stories of […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback (Comic book reviews): Timothy Zahn’s famous Thrawn Trilogy gets adapted to comics by Mike Baron and various artists in 1995-98.