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Star Wars (Legends)

‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Millennium Falcon’ (2008) (Book review)

January 4, 2015April 18, 2021 John Hansen Books

When the “Episode VII — The Force Awakens” teaser trailer came out a couple months ago, it wasn’t Rey or Finn or Poe or the Sith lord who got the most buzz. The “character” people were most […]

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Force Unleashed II’ (2010) (Book and comic review)

December 29, 2014April 18, 2021 John Hansen Books

Out of all the Legends stories that went unfinished due to Disney’s rebooting of the timeline, none is more of a cliffhanger than the “Force Unleashed” saga. At the end of 2010’s “The Force Unleashed […]

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Star Wars Droids

‘Droids’ (1985-86) continues adventures of C-3PO, R2-D2

December 26, 2014June 20, 2021 John Hansen One-Season Wonders

‘Star Wars’ Legends flashback (TV review): Here’s a look back at “Droids,” which (along with “Ewoks”) brought the GFFA to weekly series TV.

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Boba Fett makes ‘Star Wars’ debut in ‘Story of the Faithful Wookiee’ (1978)

December 25, 2014April 17, 2025 John Hansen Christmas

‘Star Wars’ flashback (TV review): Future icon Boba Fett makes an inauspicious debut into the Expanded Universe in this Holiday Special cartoon.

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Force Unleashed’ (2008) (Book and comic reviews)

December 24, 2014April 18, 2021 John Hansen Books

“The Force Unleashed” (2008) – the multimedia project highlighted by a video game, novel and comic — despite being a fairly recent endeavor, is among the first Legends material to be wiped out by the new Disney canon (specifically […]

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John’s top 10 TV shows of 2014

December 23, 2014April 16, 2021 John Hansen Bates Motel/Psycho

These were my 10 favorite shows of 2014: 1. “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” (Season 6, Netflix) – “The Clone Wars” saves the best for last with arcs delving into the Order 66 brainwashing, Palpatine’s manipulations to […]

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Yoda: Dark Rendezvous’ (2004) (Book review)

December 16, 2014April 18, 2021 John Hansen Books

Throughout the entire George Lucas “Star Wars” reign, we never got Yoda’s backstory, partly because it was declared off limits and partly because few authors would be brave enough to tackle such a responsibility. However, […]

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘MedStar II: Jedi Healer’ (2004) (Book review)

December 10, 2014April 18, 2021 John Hansen Books

While I disagree with the canceling of the Expanded Universe, one positive aspect of the new Disney canon is that all future projects will be connected to each other. On the other hand, part of […]

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‘Rebel Heist’ tells stories of heroes from point of view of ‘regular guys’ (Comic book review)

November 20, 2014April 18, 2021 John Hansen Comic Books

One of the pleasures of the TV series “Rebels” is seeing a small Rebel cell do its thing within the growing Rebellion. Hera knows their contact, code-named Fulcrum (the obvious candidate is Bail Organa), but […]

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‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ goes out on an incomplete, but high, note with ‘Lost Missions’ and story reels (TV review)

November 19, 2014April 18, 2021 John Hansen Star Wars (Disney)

While I and most fans will always be irked that “The Clone Wars” wasn’t allowed to bring its character threads to natural conclusions, I have to admit that “The Clone Wars: The Lost Missions”(2014), released in […]

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