Through the years, I’ve been tempted to label authors other than Timothy Zahn as my favorite “Star Wars” scribe — Michael Stackpole for his plotting, Aaron Allston for his humor, Karen Traviss for her characters […]
For a reader, one of the fun parts of the explosion of “Star Wars” spinoff literature in recent years is finding meanings in the names of all the new Darths. Darth Vader, famously, stood for […]
In researching for my blog post on the “Luke Skywalker Must Die” controversy awhile back, I was surprised to find out that the “Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi” series has gotten a lot of […]
An entertaining “Star Wars” fandom debate broke out recently, prompted by FANgirl’s provocatively titled blog post “Luke Skywalker Must Die.” Jason at The ForceCast podcast blasted her post a couple episodes ago (May 20) and then he and his […]
I found “Star Wars: Red Harvest” (December 2010, hardcover) to be a disappointment both as a “Star Wars” fan and as a horror fan. Despite short chapters that should’ve made it an even breezier read […]
Long before the prequels started filming, George Lucas announced that R2-D2 and C-3PO would be in all six “Star Wars” films, so we had time to accept the huge coincidence that these two droids just […]
You hear a lot about how women always go for the bad boy, but in “Vortex” (November 2010, hardcover), the sixth in the nine-book “Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi” series, it’s Ben Skywalker who […]
TV commentary: John’s list of the 10 best “Clone Wars” characters concludes with one of George Lucas’ most amusing creations of recent years: Ziro the Hutt.
TV commentary: John’s countdown of his 10 favorite “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” characters continues with No. 2, bounty hunter Cad Bane.
In the “Star Wars” universe, it’s almost impossible for a character to quietly, slowly emerge as a fan favorite. Most characters on this list arrived with a lot of hype behind them (Ahsoka) or they […]