Having recently talked about my love of the movie tie-in novelization, I feel I would be remiss if I didn’t dive into the equally enjoyable Marvel Super Specials that often adapted those same movies, and brought them to life panel by panel – sometimes with stellar art, sometimes not, but always worth collecting. I remember…
Tag: return of the jedi
Star Wars: Rebels (2016) – Hera’s Heroes, The Last Battle, and Imperial Supercommandos
Hera (Vanessa Marshall) and Ezra (Taylor Gray) have their first face to face confrontation with Grand Admiral Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen) in Hera’s Heroes. With an original airdate of 15 October, 2016, this episode was written by Nicole Dubuc, and brings Timothy Zahn’s creation of the Admiral further into the developing story, and highlighting his interest…
Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu (1983) – L. Neil Smith
This week’s trip to a galaxy far, far away was the first Star Wars adventure released post-Return of the Jedi. The gambling scoundrel, Lando Calrissian is the hero of the tale, and it’s fun to dive into a story to see how his character has changed and developed over the years. Set a short time…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2011) – Carnage of Krell, Kidnapped, and Slaves of the Republic
“Our actions define our legacy.” The story arc of Jedi Master Krell (Dave Dennoy) comes to a conclusion this week with this episode penned by Matt Michnovetz. It originally aired on 18 November, 2011. Captain Rex (Dee Bradley Baker) and the rest of the 501st are shocked at Krell’s orders to execute Fives (Baker) and…
Star Wars: Han Solo at Star’s End (1979) – Brian Daley
Back in 1979 there wasn’t a lot in the way of Star Wars stories, there definitely wasn’t the Expanded Universe (now the Legends series) or the new canon series of novels. There were Marvel comics which were hokey but still fun, and before The Empire Strikes Back came along we had to use our imagination…
Star Wars: The Legends of Luke Skywalker (2017) – Ken Liu
Star Wars books are always fun, especially now that so much is being put into them to make sure that they fit into the new canon. No matter the age group they are aimed at, every time I pick one up, I turn into that young boy who was first enchanted in 1977 by the…
Star Wars: Aftermath – Life Debt (2016) – Chuck Wendig
Chuck Wendig takes us back to a galaxy far, far away with his second instalment in his Aftermath series. Covering the event and years after the events of Return of the Jedi, Wendig seems to be much more at home in the universe this time around, and crafts an involving stories as we catch…
Star Wars: Bloodline (2016) – Claudia Gray
Claudia Gray who wowed me with her young adult Star Wars novel, Lost Stars, returns to that galaxy, far, far away, this time centering on a story about Princess Leia Organa. Set twenty years after the destruction of the second Death Star at the Battle of Endor, and ten years before the events of…
Issues Vol. 16
It’s that time of the week again, and Kirk had everything set aside for me, and ready to go, including the new Star Wars (!!!) title, Shattered Empire. So, as always, I was quite happy to pop into what has fast become my favorite comic stop, West End Comics. So let’s dig in and see…
Battlestar Galactica… Has It Been 35 Years Already?
There are those who believe…that life here began out there, far across the Universe…with tribes of humans…who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians…or the Toltecs…or the Mayans…that they may have been the architects of the Great Pyramids…or the lost civilizations of Lemuria…or Atlantis. Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man…who…
The Mind Reels 