‘Droids’ (1985-86) continues adventures of C-3PO, R2-D2
‘Star Wars’ Legends flashback (TV review): Here’s a look back at “Droids,” which (along with “Ewoks”) brought the GFFA to weekly series TV.
Animation
Boba Fett makes ‘Star Wars’ debut in ‘Story of the Faithful Wookiee’ (1978)
‘Star Wars’ flashback (TV review): Future icon Boba Fett makes an inauspicious debut into the Expanded Universe in this Holiday Special cartoon.
‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ goes out on an incomplete, but high, note with ‘Lost Missions’ and story reels (TV review)
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 […]
First episode impressions: ‘Star Wars Rebels’ (TV review)
“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 […]
Series recovers with 4th film, animated ‘TMNT’ (2007)
‘TMNT’ flashback (Movie review): More than a decade after “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III,” the movie series continues, now in animated form.
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Ewoks’ Season 1 (1985) (TV review)
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.” […]
With ‘Veronica Mars’ and ‘Clone Wars,’ companies show different ways to treat fans (TV commentary)
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 […]
‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ gets mysterious heading into 5th-season finale (TV commentary)
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 […]
War — what is it good for? A few good plots, at least (TV commentary)
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). […]
‘Bunheads’ wins Summer TV gold medal (Commentary)
In the spirit of the Olympics, here are my medal picks for Summer TV 2012 (all times Central):