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Clone Wars in theaters soon

August 6th, 2008 by Bernard Doddema

I’m pretty excited about this. Although I’m a huge Star Trek fan, I’m sort of a Star Wars nut as well. I have to get every novel that is released and heaven forbid if I don’t read them in order! I remember my parents taking me to Star Wars: A New Hope when it first came out. We went to the drive-in (now those are memories). I think I almost peed my pants when I saw Darth Vader for the first time but I was from then on hooked on sci-fi.

The latest SW movie should be no different.  It may be animated but I imagine the storyline is anything but childish.  The past minisodes of Clone Wars met with rave reviews.  I expect nothing less with this movie.

Following the movie, the animated TV series.  Yes, that’s right!  This is going to blow the droids cartoon back in the 1980’s out of the water!  Of course, only those hard-core and older fans remember the made-for-TV SW movie aired during the Christmas season.  I can’t remember if it was late 70’s or early 80’s (kinda a blur).

Don’t let this event pass you by.  As I mentioned, it may be a cartoon but the story is anything but.

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Too hot to handle

September 5th, 2007 by Bernard Doddema

InfernoHave you read the latest installment of Star Wars? Wow! Words are hard to describe what I felt in that book. I was frustrated, scared crapless, angry, and at one point wanted to throw the book against the wall and vow to never read a SW book again. Why?

It’s just that good. Believe it or not, this was the sixth volume in the mega series entitled Legacy of the Jedi. It keeps getting better as time goes along. Unfortunately I have to wait until November for the next novel to come out.

Until then, I’m going to dream of Luke kicking the crap out of his nephew!

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Stars Wars: Sacrifice

August 27th, 2007 by Bernard Doddema

sacrifice1.jpgThe fifth installment in the Legacy of the Force series, Sacrifice knocks your socks off. It doesn’t pull any punches or spare your feelings.

Unlike Star Trek where main characters hardly ever die, Star Wars authors seem to take killing off main characters as an art form. Remember Chewbacca having a frackin moon fall on him during the Vong Wars? How about little Anakin biting it to save his teammate’s bacon? Jacen tortured.

In steps Sacrifice and true to its title, somebody dies so Jacen can ascend to the Dark throne. Remember little Jacen from the Young Jedi Academy books. That little quiet kid has become a real jerk. He continues to look at his grandfather’s flawed decisions and believes himself better but as the reader, we get to see that’s just not so.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the series but I also love the characters. They’re the embodiment of Star Wars. Who’s going to replace these characters if we keep killing them off and the younger generation gets darker? So far, the young ones haven’t really been popping out any kids and it doesn’t seem to be going to happen any time soon either. So where is it going?

Obviously, I’m going to read the next novel. Who wouldn’t? Luke is torqued and someone is going to feel his wrath.

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