Drawing from my memory of reading Roger MacBride Allen’s “The Corellian Trilogy” 19 years ago, I recalled Han’s nasty cousin Thrackan Sal-Solo (leader of the Human League, not to be confused with “Seinfeld’s” Human Fund), […]
As Bantam navigated its way through the post-“Return of the Jedi” timeline in the 1990s, not every writer they hired turned out to be a Zahn or a Stackpole. Some of them were one-and-done. The […]
The final installment in Michael P. Kube-McDowell’s “Black Fleet Crisis” trilogy, “Tyrant’s Test” (1997), achieves a curious combination. Like the first two books, it’s quite readable, and I’d venture to say it’s unfairly lumped in with […]
The first thing you’ll notice about “Shield of Lies” (1996), the second book in Michael P. Kube-McDowell’s “Black Fleet Crisis” trilogy, is that it’s split into three parts: Lando, Luke and Leia. This is a little intimidating, […]
Michael P. Kube-McDowell’s “Black Fleet Crisis” paperback trilogy, which starts with 1996’s “Before the Storm,” has so many common “Star Wars” elements that it blends in with other stories. There’s a missing fleet, which calls to mind […]
Scientists are searching further back in space and time toward the Big Bang to gain a fuller picture of our universe. In a way, “Star Wars” fans do the same thing with each novel and […]
Disney has been doing a great job of sucking the fun out of “Star Wars” since it purchased Lucasfilm in October 2012. First, it canceled “The Clone Wars,” leaving many storylines dangling. Now, to judge […]
There’s been some buzz in “Star Wars” fan circles about a new definitive canonicity that the newly formed Lucasfilm Story Group will release in advance of “Rebels” and the sequel trilogy. The Temple Archives podcast/website […]
Although not necessarily apocryphal, “Rebel Agent” (1998) – the second of William C. Dietz’s “Dark Forces” illustrated novel trilogy – features interpretations of Force users that seem to contrast with what George Lucas would establish in the […]
Later this year, the TV series “Rebels” will explore the Rebel Alliance – and quite possibly a Force user – in the time just before “A New Hope.” But as longtime “Star Wars” fans know, […]