Hera (Vanessa Marshall) heads back to her home world of Ryloth with the Ghost crew in Homecoming. Steven Melching penned this episode which first debuted on 17 February, 2016. Arriving home leads to the inevitable confrontation with Hera’s father, Cham Syndulla (Robin Atkin Downes) who was first introduced in The Clone Wars. We also catch…
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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) – Donald F. Glut
After Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, we were treated to two more novels, Han Solo at Star’s End, and Han Solo’s Revenge both written by Brian Daley. Both novels debuted in 1979, and I read them last year on vacation. And my sister I both owned one, I had Star’s End, she had Revenge. But…
Star Wars: Rebels (2014/2015) – Path of the Jedi, Idiot’s Array, and Vision of Hope
Path of the Jedi first aired on 20 December 2014, and was written by Charles Murray. Following last week’s episode that saw young Ezra (Taylor Gray) dip a little into the Dark Side, Kanan (Freddie Prinze Jr.) takes his young apprentice on a search for a Jedi temple where they can perform a test to…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2014) – The Lost One, Voices, Destiny, and Sacrifice
“What is lost is often found.” The final episodes of season six begin, and the season itself comes to a conclusion this week, as I continue my exploration of The Clone War. The final episodes of the season work very hard to tie the series in as completely with The Prequel Trilogy as they can,…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2012) – Tipping Points, The Gathering, and A Test of Strength
“Disobedience is a demand for change.” The Onderon arc which opened the storyline for the fifth season of The Clone Wars comes to its conclusion this week in an episode written by Chris Collins. It first debuted on 27 October, 2012. A full scale battle erupts on Onderon as the people elect to fight back…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2012) – Massacre, Bounty, Brothers, and Revenge
“One must let go of the past to hold onto the future.” We close out season four of The Clone Wars this week, and the first episode up is Massacre. Written by Katie Lucas, it first debuted on 24 February, 2012. Asajj Ventress (Nika Futterman) returns to Dathomir to complete her training as a Nightsister….
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2009) – Holocron Heist, Cargo of Doom, Children of the Force
“A lesson learned is a lesson earned.” Season two of The Clone Wars got underway with this episode on 2 October, 2009. It was written by Paul Dini, and overseen by series writer, Henry Gilory, and supervising writer, Scott Murphy. We are introduced to a new bounty hunter, Cad Bane (Corey Burton) who has been…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008/2010) – Clone Cadets, Supply Lines, and Ambush
“Brothers in arms are brothers for life” After the introduction of the series in the previous cluster of episodes, we get a look at the training and the lessons clones (Dee Bradley Baker) have to go through before they can join their brothers on the battlefield. The training is overseen by the Jedi Shaak Ti…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008/2009/2010) – Cat and Mouse, Hidden Enemy, and The Movie
I’ve been trying to find a reason to give the Clone wars, and after I finished War of the Worlds I decided to scratch that itch. However, with this series I will not be watching them in broadcast order, but chronological order, as the first few seasons especially bounced back and forth through the Clone…
Star Wars: Year by Year – A Visual History (Updated and Expanded Edition, 2016) – Ryder Windham
Oh DK books, you really do fire my imagination and allow me to wander the recollections of my youth. If there was book better suited to do that for me than the Star Wars: Year by Year coffee table book that IĀ found myself enjoying this week (the updated version, as my Mom had previously given…