star wars – Meditations

June 27, 2021

Review: Light of the Jedi, Charles Soule

Rating: 3 out of 5 Mr Soule seems to belong into the school of new Star Wars writers who have given character complexity a…

January 30, 2020

Review: Jedi Trial, David Sherman

Rating: 1 + 1 / 5 It is only my fond memories of reading this nigh 15 years ago that grant it the second…

March 11, 2019

Review: Thrawn: Alliances, Timothy Zahn

Rating: 4 out of 5 I think as with a number of other books, my impressions a few weeks after reading are vastly different…

February 17, 2019

Review: Thrawn, Timothy Zahn

Rating: 4 out of 5 The new Thrawn series was something of which I was aware though I did not know any details. With…

August 24, 2018

Review: Allegiance (Star Wars), Timothy Zahn

Rating: 4 out of 5 Mr Zahn’s entries into the now-Legends universe were always welcome; perhaps the main reason for this was that his…

June 16, 2018

Review: Revenge of the Sith, Matthew Stover

Review: 5 out of 5 It makes sense for one to try and re-read one’s long-lost favourites and it was with that attitude I…

February 19, 2013

‘Revenge of the Sith’, M. Stover

For some reason, I really enjoy the audiobook version of Matthew Stover’s ‘Revenge of the Sith’ novelization — and I might have realized why…

November 21, 2011

On the Multiple Qualities of Jar Jar Binks

It is an unfortunate consequence of watching the prequel trilogy that many people develop an intense dislike towards a character of great significance. Namely,…

June 5, 2011

‘Survivor’s Quest’, T. Zahn

Ah, the wonders of science-fiction. I yesterday (by now, the day before yesterday) finished a wonderful (rephrase: another wonderful) book by Timothy Zahn, this…