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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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First episode impressions: ‘Star Wars Rebels’ (TV review)

October 4, 2014April 18, 2021 John Hansen Star Wars (Disney)

“The Clone Wars” it ain’t. But to be fair, “The Clone Wars” wasn’t the great show we now know and love in its formative episodes in 2008, so perhaps I should give “Star Wars Rebels” a few […]

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TMNT 2007

Series recovers with 4th film, animated ‘TMNT’ (2007)

April 15, 2014April 17, 2025 John Hansen Movies

‘TMNT’ flashback (Movie review): More than a decade after “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III,” the movie series continues, now in animated form.

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Ewoks’ Season 1 (1985) (TV review)

December 8, 2013April 18, 2021 John Hansen Star Wars (Legends)

Being on the tail end of the “Star Wars” Generation (born in ’78), I loved “Ewoks” — and, among the films, “Return of the Jedi” — before I loved “A New Hope” and “The Empire Strikes Back.” […]

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With ‘Veronica Mars’ and ‘Clone Wars,’ companies show different ways to treat fans (TV commentary)

March 18, 2013August 14, 2025 John Hansen Featured

Two of my favorite franchises, “Star Wars” (which regular readers may have noticed I’m obsessed with) and “Veronica Mars” (my No. 6-ranked show of the Aughts, and on my to-do list for “rewatching and reviewing the classics”) showed different […]

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‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ gets mysterious heading into 5th-season finale (TV commentary)

February 24, 2013April 18, 2021 John Hansen Star Wars (Disney)

Although the four-part “droids in the void” arc was by far the worst in the series’ run, “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” Season 5 (8:30 a.m. Central Saturdays on Cartoon Network) nonetheless ranks as the best season […]

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War — what is it good for? A few good plots, at least (TV commentary)

October 14, 2012April 17, 2021 John Hansen Fringe

We’re in a curious situation right now where 94 percent of the country supports pro-war presidential candidates yet other polls show that the majority of people are against war (although most of Congress is pro-war). […]

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‘Bunheads’ wins Summer TV gold medal (Commentary)

August 11, 2012April 16, 2021 John Hansen Bunheads

In the spirit of the Olympics, here are my medal picks for Summer TV 2012 (all times Central):

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First episode impressions: ‘Futurama’ Season 7 (TV review)

June 25, 2012April 17, 2021 John Hansen Futurama

“Futurama” (9 p.m. Central Wednesdays on Comedy Central) has been around long enough now that it’s starting to contradict its own backstories. Since most “Futurama” fans are also “Simpsons” fans, we’re accustomed to this. Notoriously — […]

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On ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars,’ how in the world is Darth Maul still alive? (TV commentary)

March 12, 2012April 18, 2021 John Hansen Star Wars (Disney)

The “Star Wars” saga has a weird tendency to tell stories out of order. Most notably, the film saga started with Episode IV. The books and comics are rife with stories that fill in the […]

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