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Star Wars (Legends)

‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘MedStar I: Battle Surgeons’ (2004) (Book review)

November 18, 2014April 18, 2021 John Hansen Books

In the Season 5 finale of “The Clone Wars,” Barriss Offee goes to the dark side, driven by her frustration with the corrupt Republic and Jedi Order. It came as a surprise to most viewers, […]

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Visionaries’ (2005) (Comic book review)

November 15, 2014April 18, 2021 John Hansen Comic Books

After the hard work of providing conceptual art for “Episode III: Revenge of the Sith,” 11 artists got to cut loose with short stories or other works of their choosing for the trade paperback “Visionaries” (2005), a […]

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Clone Wars: The Sith Hunters’ and ‘Darth Maul: Death Sentence’ (2012) (Comic book reviews)

November 13, 2014April 18, 2021 John Hansen Comic Books

While this year’s “Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir” is a continuation of Maul’s “Clone Wars” TV arc, taken directly from unproduced Season 6 scripts, Dark Horse Comics also released two Maul stories in 2012 that […]

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Darth Maul’s ‘Clone Wars’ storyline continues in ‘Son of Dathomir’ (Comic book review)

November 12, 2014April 18, 2021 John Hansen Comic Books

“Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir,” a four-issue comic series now available in trade paperback, is both very cool and kind of disappointing. It’s the first continuation of “The Clone Wars” outside of the canceled-too-soon TV series, […]

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Star Wars Top 10 Song Parodies

The top 10 ‘Star Wars’ song parodies of all time

November 8, 2014August 14, 2025 John Hansen Featured

Music commentary: After the prequels wrapped, YouTube burgeoned with parodies and original “Star Wars”-inspired songs.

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Sergio Aragones Stomps Star Wars’ (2000) (Comic book review)

November 7, 2014April 18, 2021 John Hansen Comic Books

“Sergio Aragones Stomps Star Wars” (2000) is one of those comics that inspires mixed feelings: On one hand, with all the unexplored corners of the actual lore, why is Dark Horse spending time on a […]

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Podracing Tales’ (2000) (Comic book review)

November 6, 2014April 18, 2021 John Hansen Comic Books

Although we never got a “Tales of the Podracers” anthology of short stories in the vein of “Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina,” “Tales of the Bounty Hunters” and “Tales from Jabba’s Palace,” we got […]

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Dark Horse’s ‘The Star Wars’ gives fascinating insight into Lucas’ writing process (Comic book review)

November 5, 2014April 18, 2021 John Hansen Comic Books

When I first heard Dark Horse was doing an adaptation of George Lucas’ May 1974 rough draft of “A New Hope,” I had two reactions: 1) How cool!, and 2) In retrospect, how obvious! Laurent […]

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Cestus Deception’ (2004) (Book review)

November 4, 2014April 18, 2021 John Hansen Books

Like “Shatterpoint,” its predecessor in the “Clone Wars” series, “The Cestus Deception” (2004) takes place on a single planet that’s in dispute between the Republic and the Separatists. But while “Shatterpoint” is an epic cost-of-war novel, Steven […]

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Heart of Fire’ (2001) and ‘Poison Moon’ (2002) (Comic book reviews)

November 3, 2014April 18, 2021 John Hansen Comic Books

Sometimes it seems like no matter how many “Star Wars” stories I read, I’m missing something. Part of this is because there are many unexplored areas of lore in the Legends timeline, but part of […]

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