All 14 episodes of ‘Firefly’ (2002), ranked
TV review: Joss Whedon’s third TV series takes its place as one of the all-time great one-season wonders.
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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing: Iron Fist’ (1998) (Book review)
I didn’t remember a lot of details from the “X-Wing” series from my first readings back in the 1990s, but I did distinctly recall Ton Phanan’s death scene in the sixth book, “Iron Fist” (1998). This was […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing: Wraith Squadron’ (1998) (Book review)
“X-Wing: Wraith Squadron” (1998), the fifth book in the “X-Wing” series, introduces us to the misfits of a newly formed squadron whose pilots boast a mix of piloting and commando skills, along with author Aaron Allston, who […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing: The Bacta War’ (1997) (Book review)
In “X-Wing: The Bacta War” (1997), the final book of the Rogue Squadron quadrilogy (but not the last book about the squadron, as it’ll pop up again in “X-Wing” Book 8, “Isard’s Revenge”), the Rogues truly go […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing: The Krytos Trap’ (1996) (Book review)
Always one to look for a new challenge, Michael Stackpole follows up a novel about pilot culture (“Rogue Squadron”) and a novel about undercover work (“Wedge’s Gamble”) with a novel featuring courtroom drama and a […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘X-Wing: Wedge’s Gamble’ (1996) (Book review)
With “Wedge’s Gamble” (1996), the second book in the “X-Wing” series, Michael Stackpole may have inadvertently inspired Aaron Allston to create Wraith Squadron three books later. Here, the members of Rogue Squadron spend more time as undercover […]
‘Star Wars: Last Jedi’ doesn’t stand apart from all those other ‘last Jedis’ (Book review)
The title “The Last Jedi” should be more evocative than it is. If the Jedi Order was wiped out with Order 66 in “Revenge of the Sith,” then a tale about one rogue Force-user who slipped through […]
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’ flashback: ‘X-Wing: Rogue Squadron’ (1996) (Book review)
Michael A. Stackpole’s “X-Wing: Rogue Squadron” (1996) was the first adult “Star Wars” novel to not feature any of the main characters from the films. Today, with so many novels set well before the film heroes were […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Dark Empire II’ and ‘Empire’s End’ (1994-95) (Comic book reviews)
“Dark Empire II” and “Empire’s End” (1994-95) are the comics where the Emperor turns into a cartoon. But while “The Clone Wars” is currently doing a great job portraying Palpatine, I mean “cartoon” in a derogatory sense across […]