Dark Horse’s “The Star Wars,” an adaptation of an early draft of “A New Hope,” caused quite a buzz this past year, but it wasn’t the franchise’s first foray into “Infinities” – alternate stories of […]
Issue 32 of “Star Wars: Republic” marks the start of John Ostrander’s epic run as the primary writer of this ongoing series. Starting here, he writes 19 straight issues, taking the series up to the start of […]
In the midst of re-reading the “Star Wars: Republic” ongoing series, I decided to peek ahead on the timeline in search of more information about Aurra Sing in “The Bounty Hunters: Aurra Sing.” And for […]
When we last checked in with the heroes and villains of “Star Wars: Republic,” the title had built up serious narrative momentum: Quinlan Vos and Aayla Secura had become central characters, but not only did we not […]
The third and fourth arcs of “Star Wars: Republic” — “Emissaries to Malastare” (1999-2000) and “Twilight” (2000) – continue the trend of one mediocre arc followed by one great arc. Despite being written by Tim Truman, author […]
As with the first series simply titled “Star Wars” (Marvel’s, from 1977-86), the second series by that name (Dark Horse’s, from 1998-2006) also gets off to a slow start. (To avoid confusion, I’ll call this […]
On my initial viewings of “The Phantom Menace,” it struck me as odd that Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan refer to Darth Maul as “it,” rather than “he.” But that pronoun makes sense if you consider (as […]
“Episode I: The Phantom Menace” (1999) introduced us to Jedi at the height of their powers sitting around in a circle and being philosophical. That’s all well and good, especially since we figured to get […]