ReviewBooks
Creating The Worlds Of Star Wars: 365 Days by John Knoll with JW Rinzler (book review).
In assembling ‘Creating The Worlds Of Star Wars: 365 Days’, John Knoll set himself an enormous task. Over the course of 365 pages,…
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May 2016
ReviewBooks
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: The Original Topps Trading Card Series Volume Two by Gary Gerani (book review).
Following on from Abrams’ collected Topps trading cards for both ‘Star Wars’ the original movie and the ‘Star Wars Galaxy’ art cards comes…
April 2016
ReviewBooks
Star Wars Galaxy: The Original Topps Trading Card Series by Gary Gerani (book review).
After the delight of being able to read and appreciate ‘Star Wars: The Art Of The Force Awakens’, I was grateful to look…
January 2016
ReviewBooks
Star Wars: Battlefront: Twilight Company by Alexander Freed (book review).
‘Star Wars: Battlefront’ has been a phenomenally successful game for Electronic Arts in conjunction with Dice and Lucasfilm. By the end of March…
ReviewBooks
Star Wars: The Force Awakens by Alan Dean Foster (book review).
I’ve tried to be spoiler-free for this review, but I do recommend you watch ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ before looking at the…
ReviewBooks
The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens by Phil Szostak (book review).
In late October 2012, just after Disney announced the acquisition of Lucasfilm and that ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ would be coming soon, Doug…
ReviewBooks
Doctor Who: The Time Lord Letters by Justin Richards (book review).
2015’s ‘Doctor Who’ whimsical hardback cash-in title is ‘The Time Lord Letters’ in which Justin Richards imagines letters written by the Doctor and…
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens (a film review by John Rivers).
After some three years of waiting, speculation and rumour ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ finally arrives on cinema screens. Created at a cost…
December 2015
ReviewMagazines
Star Wars: Jedi Master Magazine (magazine review).
I can’t deny that this is a pretty kick-ass looking painting of Yoda flying towards me on the cover of ‘Star Wars: Jedi…
ReviewBooks
Luke Skywalker Can’t Read And Other Geeky Truths by Ryan Britt (book review).
Ryan Britt is an essayist who has specialised in writing on the idiosyncrasies of SF and Fantasy culture. In ‘Luke Skywalker Can’t Read…
ReviewBooks
Dark Side Of The Mind: Star Wars Psychology edited by Travis Langley (book review).
‘Dark Side Of The Mind: Star Wars Psychology’ is a collection of short essays that provide points-of-view on various aspects of the ‘Star…
September 2015
ReviewFantasy
The Story Of Kullervo by JRR Tolkien, edited by Verlyn Flieger (book review).
This year’s addition to the ever-growing list of JRR Tolkien’s list of posthumously published books is ‘The Story Of Kullervo’, an early attempt…