While I am a bit surprised that today, in late 2017, gender biases still exist in some circles, as I pointed out in the middle post of this series: the more things change, the more they stay the same. Still, it is heartening to learn female fans of Star Wars care not one whit about what anyone thinks. We like what we like, and we make no...Star Wars News & Info
I am well aware that each of us has our individual list of favorite characters from the Star Wars Galaxy. We might like the same character for the same reasons – or even for vastly different reasons. Some of the reasons might revolve around major themes a character embodies, maybe traits we see in ourselves .
While no Star Wars...
July 21st, 2016118108
Aftermath: Life Debt is the second novel in Chuck Wendig's post Return of the Jedi trilogy, which continues the story of what happened to the galaxy once the second Death Star was destroyed by Lando Calrissian and the Rebel Alliance. As with the first novel, Aftermath, Life Debt follows the exploits of Norra Wexley and her assortment...
May 12th, 20162108
This is a review of Star Wars: Bloodline by Claudia Gray. It contains only minor spoilers.
Fed up with the stagnant Senate of the New Republic, and on the verge of stepping away from it all in favor of spending more time with her husband, Leia Organa, princess and senator, decides to undertake a new mission — Investigating...
May 3rd, 20161162
Claudia Gray brings her gifted pen back to the Star Wars universe with the much-anticipated book, Bloodline. The Princess Leia centered novel focuses on her role as a significant and powerful senator in the New Republic, and takes place years before The Force Awakens. Bloodline manages to do something exquisite and rare: it...
April 2nd, 20162132
The Force Awakens finally arrives on Blu-ray and digital HD download this week, and is everything fans of this brilliant entry into the Star Wars universe could hope for. The film was easily one of the most anticipated films in recent memory, and with the promise of deleted scenes, a number of bonus features, and the film...
After an, at times, almost agonizing wait for the next cinematic installment in the Star Wars saga, The Force Awakens premiered this weekend to a cultural euphoria that enveloped everyone. From the most casual fan to the most passionate of Star Wars consumers, The Force Awakens anticipation has surrounded us, penetrated us, and bound...
July 7th, 20150204
NOTE: Major Spoilers in this review! If you have not read Dark Disciple, you may want to finish the book before going further in the review.
Ever since Dark Disciple was announced last year, Star Wars fans have eagerly awaited the return of Asajj Ventress. Easily one of the most popular characters from The Clone...
Ian Doescher's final foray into the Original Trilogy, Shakespeare style, comes to us in the form of The Jedi Doth Return, and it may be the best of the three books. In the final chapter of the beloved saga, Doescher skilfully weaves the beloved story of Darth Vader's redemption at the hands of his son in the style of iambic...Book Reviews
Review of Razor’s Edge by Martha Wells
A not so long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, the Expanded Universe was created in the form of Splinter of the Mind’s Eye by Alan Dean Foster, and an extremely popular (if sometimes polarizing) genre was created. Since the time of the publication of this novel in 1978, the “Big...