Tag: Luke Skywalker

Review: Dark Force Rising

Timothy Zahn’s  Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy books may not be canon anymore, but they still hold a special place in the hearts of folks like me who remember what it was like to wait for almost a decade to find out what happened after Return of the Jedi. I reviewed the first book of the trilogy

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Lost In Sci-Fi: Episode 9: The Force

You can listen to this episode on our Lost In Sci-Fi channel at Anchor.fm! This week Elizabeth and Leland discuss the almighty Force from Star Wars: A binding, metaphysical, ubiquitous power or a space herpe? Which do you prefer? We talk about how it was once an awesome concept and how Episode One made it a

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Review: Heir To The Empire

“You’re not the last of the old Jedi, Luke, you’re the first of the new.” After twenty-four years of Star Wars books, it’s hard to put into words just how excited fans were when the first Star Wars novel post-Return of the Jedi was announced. Sure we’d had comic books and TV shows set in the

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Review: Splinter of the Mind’s Eye

Only seventeen more days until Star Wars: The Force Awakens is finally released! To celebrate, all of the book reviews in December will be Star Wars themed. There’s over thirty years of novels to choose from after all, so there shouldn’t be any trouble finding material. And it seems only fitting to start by going all the way back

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