Star Wars: Han Solo – Review
Marvel’s five issue Han Solo mini-series, written by Marjorie Liu, was not only the first Marvel Star Wars series written by a woman, but it also rocked. Check out our review of the series over on FANgirl Blog!
Starter’s Guide to reading Marvel’s Star Wars Comics
Remember the time Princess Leia picked up a lightsaber to fight off Imperial troops? What about when Darth Vader began his ruthless hunt for the identity of the X-wing pilot who destroyed the Death Star? Not even the moment Han Solo earned the nickname ‘nerf herder’? If the answer is no, then most likely you…
Riffing on Star Wars: #15 – Chewbacca the Hero
The foundation of the Star Wars universe is built upon the heroic monomyth and unsurprisingly, filled with heroes and villains. In the original trilogy, we immediately think, Han, Luke, and Leia. In the prequel trilogy, which embodies the creation of a villain, we still have Padme, Qui-Gon, and Obi-Wan. Even in The Force Awakens, it’s…
Riffing on Star Wars: #14 – The Sadness of The Force Awakens
Tragedy is inherent in the Star Wars franchise, and this is never truer than in The Force Awakens.
Star Wars Aftermath: Life Debt by Chuck Wendig – Review
Just over a year ago, Chuck Wendig’s Aftermath hit the shelves of bookstores to overwhelming sales and the wailing of a distinct minority of fans who claimed Wendig had somehow ruined their beloved franchise. Their complaints encompassed everything from the use of present tense to the presence of gay characters, and thankfully, now with the…
Star Wars: Star Wars, Vols 4 – 6, – Review and Summary
If the first three issues of Marvel’s Star Wars were intended to simply introduce our characters, the next three push our main heroes, Luke, Han, and Leia, off onto paths which come to define them in the following films of the Original Trilogy. Luke continues his path to becoming a Jedi, while the building blocks…
In the New Star Wars Expanded Universe, Endor Connects Them All
Depending on whom you asked, one of the flaws of the Prequel Trilogy, and to an extent, the Legendary Expanded Universe, was this proclivity for every Star Wars character somehow knowing every other Star Wars character. The worse example of this would likely be Yoda knowing Chewbacca or Anakin Skywalker being the creator of C-3PO. …
Star Wars: Smuggler’s Run by Greg Rucka – Review
In 2015, the release of Star Wars books, new additions to the new Expanded Universe, picked up a hurried pace in thanks to The Force Awakens, which premiered in December, 2015. As part of this wave of releases were three Young Adult level books, each just under 200 pages in length, and each telling the…
Chewbacca’s Past in the Han Solo Film
On March 8th, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that Chewbacca would appear in the Han Solo anthology film currently being written by Lawrence and Jon Kasdan. Additionally, that the movie would serve as an origin story for both characters, presumably presenting on screen for the first time the story of how a life debt came…
Star Wars: Chewbacca, Vols 1 – 5 – Review
The beauty of illustration is the creative freedom it bestows upon the artist, providing him or her with an unlimited ability to explore anything and anywhere at anytime. As a result, it serves as the perfect vehicle for a cinematic franchise built on a mixture of science fiction and fantasy. Star Wars and comic books,…
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