Fangirl Speaks Up: The Missing Demographic
Continuing the Fangirl Speaks Up series with a discussion of the importance of the fanfiction community to understanding what’s gone wrong with Star Wars novels.
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Fangirl Speaks Up: Star Wars Books and Me – Caught in a Bad Romance
In Honor of Valentine’s Day…
Read moreAppendix to Fangirl Speaks Up: Star Wars Books and Me
This appendix includes all adult Star Wars novels published in the modern Expanded Universe, to supplement the explanation given in the main blog post “Star Wars Books and Me — Caught in a Bad Romance.”
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Metaphors of Mortis
The notion of balancing the Force is central to our understanding of the myth at the heart of Star Wars.
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REVIEW: Legacy: War (Issues 1 and 2)
Review of the Legacy: War series by Dark Horse comics.
Read moreFun With Monsters
The Clone Wars episode “Monster” adds more fun, new layers to Star Wars storytelling.
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The Clone Wars episode “Nightsisters” brings a magical new twist to the Force by putting some witchcraft into the mix.
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Getting Tangled in the Star Wars EU
FANgirl discusses the lessons the Star Wars EU can apply from Disney’s approach to Tangled.
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REVIEW: Fate of the Jedi: Vortex by Troy Denning
FANgirl reviews the sixth book in the Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi series – Vortex by Troy Denning
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Twentieth Anniversary of Heir to the Empire
Especially for those of us who watched the Original Trilogy in the theaters in their initial releases, it’s hard to believe that 2011 marks the twentieth anniversary of the publication of Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn.
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