Doctor Aphra Is the Star ofStar Wars‘ Next Step Into the Audio Drama World

Star Wars and audio have gone hand in hand for years , in audiobooks for the Galax urceolata far , far away’slibrary of tie - in read . But the worldly concern of audio dramas has always mat up like it was a small out of grasp … until now , as a very cool Star Wars heroine is helping bring the galaxy far , far away to an unfamiliar medium .

StarWars.comhas give away that Del Rey has tappednovelist Sarah Kuhnto write Doctor Aphra : An Audiobook Original , a unexampled full - cast audio play that brings the smuggler - archaeologist of Marvel Comics ’ Star Wars output to life beyond the varlet of her own ongoing serial .

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Doctor Aphra is making the leap from comic book to audio drama.

Doctor Aphra is making the leap from comic book to audio drama.Image: Del Rey

Although the cast of the dramatic event has yet to be unveiled , the fib itself is not whole an “ original ” as the title may imply . alternatively , Kuhn has created an expanded adaptation of the plot line from Kieron Gillen and Salvador Larroca ’s unbelievable Darth Vader : intensity 1 comic serial . In that ( downright excellent ) series , the Dark Lord of the Sith made an accomplice of Aphra — and her good friends , the killer droids Triple-0 and BT-1 — as he endeavor to hunt down Luke Skywalker in enigma after learning that the pilot creditworthy for destroy the Death Star wars in fact his son . Here ’s a message recorded by Kuhn about her participation to go with the reveal :

This is n’t the first late dabbling into the world of audio fiction beyond audio books for Star Wars . Theexcellent prequels - prequelDooku : Jedi Lost , by Cavan Scott was ab initio debuted as an audio dangerous undertaking that was part sound recording book , part full - mould drama , with narration interwoven between groups of thespian provide the dialogue successiveness . But this Doctor Aphra tale , even if it ’s one we ’ve go through before in comic record form , marks a big step forward , in that it ’s a full - cast drama rather than a reading of a novel , or a mishmash of both plaster cast and exclusive - person audio dramas like Dooku was . It ’s a coolheaded new style to go through a great slicing of Star Wars , and hopefully the sign of more thing like it to come .

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