Dom Nardi, Author at Legendarium

REVIEW: “Solo: A Star Wars Story”

May 29, 2018 Dom Nardi

As a kid, I always saw myself as Luke Skywalker, but I always wanted to be Han Solo. As I wrote when The Last Jedi came out, I identified with Luke’s awkwardness and compassion, but […]

REVIEW: “The Last Jedi” Novelization by Jason Fry

March 9, 2018 Dom Nardi

Jason Fry’s novelization of The Last Jedi is a retelling of Rian Johnson’s film, with a greater emphasis on the characters and less humor. Like most novelizations, the book sticks pretty close to the story we […]

The Last Jedi and Me

January 9, 2018 Dom Nardi

In the weeks since I shared my first impressions of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Episode VIII has become the most divisive film in the Star Wars canon. Professional reviewers, who tend to prioritize the […]

First Impressions of The Last Jedi through other Sci-Fi

December 17, 2017 Dom Nardi

The Legendarium team is excited about Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s success! Then again, most people predicted it would go beyond our expectations. Here’s what Legendarium contributor Dom Nardi has to say about the latest installment from […]

REVIEW: Blade Runner 2049

October 10, 2017 Dom Nardi

Ridley Scott’s 1982 classic Blade Runner helped me understand humanity. The film is rightly lauded for its detailed world-building and hypnotic score, but it is also a philosophical treatise about human identity (seriously, Ridley Scott’s oeuvre has […]

REVIEW: You Win or You Die: The Ancient World of Game of Thrones

August 29, 2017 Dom Nardi

Season 7 of HBO’s Game of Thrones just wrapped up, but the speculation and commentary still rages on. A few weeks ago, I reviewed a book about medieval warfare in Game of Thrones. This time, I take […]

REVIEW: Game of Thrones and the Medieval Art of War

July 27, 2017 Dom Nardi

Like Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings mythology, George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones is set in a world that looks like – and is clearly inspired by – our Middle Ages, but isn’t actually set in Europe between […]

REVIEW: War for the Planet of the Apes

July 22, 2017 Dom Nardi

Many things about the past few years have shocked me. 2007 me would never have believed that George Lucas would sell Star Wars to Disney, that I would come to love my cell phone, or that […]

May 4th Special: Guide to Star Wars books

May 4, 2017 Dom Nardi

Back in April 2014, Lucasfilm rebooted the Star Wars Expanded Universe, the hundreds of tie-in novels, comics, and games, in order to make way for the Sequel Trilogy. Lucasfilm declared that all tie-in stories from […]

Thrawn: My Favorite Star Wars Character

April 27, 2017 Dom Nardi

Star Wars fans who never read the Expanded Universe novels might not recognize Grand Admiral Thrawn, but he’s become one of the most popular characters in the franchise. Thrawn initially appeared in Timothy Zahn’s Heir […]