Timothy Zahn started his “Star Wars” career with five books dealing with the big picture of galactic war and politics, but his last five entries have been more personal, including two about Outbound Flight, one about stormtroopers and […]
Timothy Zahn’s Han Solo-centered “Scoundrels” was recently published, and like every book about the smuggler, his Wookiee sidekick and his faster-than-she-looks ship, it will have a high bar to clear. I’m probably not alone among “Star Wars” […]
On the heels of the excellent “Clone Wars” four-parter featuring younglings Byph, Gungi, Ganodi, Zatt, Petro and Katooni, I decided to finally dive into Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta’s 14-book “Young Jedi Knights” series that ran […]
I’ve been doing occasional “Star Wars Flashback” entries, but I thought I’d take a break here and give a rundown of my top 10 “Star Wars” novelists. For geeks like me, it might provide a […]
Drew Karpyshyn delivers a fun, fast-paced — and mostly forgettable — addition to “Star Wars” lore with the inexplicably titled “Annihilation” (November, hardcover), the fourth book overall, and Karpyshyn’s second, in the “Old Republic” series. Like most […]
Even though I’m an entertainment geek, and entertainment and technology often go hand-in-hand, I’m a technological laggard. There are problems with this, of course, but also some underrated perks, notably the ability to pick up […]
Following journeys to a theme park in the desert, the barren wilderness of Alaska, a computerized skyscraper and the bottom of the ocean, Lincoln Child explores yet another fascinating corner of the Earth — and […]
Aaron Allston had already secured his spot in the “Star Wars” author hall of fame with his work on four of the first nine “X-Wing” books (1996-99), where he masterfully blended complex stealth plots with […]
As I kind of expected — but don’t really understand — the consensus in the world of fans and punditry in the wake of the “Star Wars — Episode VII” announcement is that the sequels will almost […]
This might be a sign that I’m obsessed: I just bought a “Star Wars” book about “Star Wars” books. To a non-fan, this might seem as silly as Kramer’s coffee table book about coffee tables […]