Books A/V Doctor Aphra: An Audiobook Original

The one big flaw on the audios are the length. Structuring them into an expicitly episodic structure instead of one 6-7 hour block.

I ran it through OpenAudible to get 53 tracks but it's still a bit unwieldy

 

I like to read with background music so an audiobook really wouldn't work. If I did a lot of driving or was commuting by train I'd probably make use of them though.

 

Ding ding ding! Same here. And that's the big problem - each of these is 6-7 hours!

 

I think that's why it's not a format that appeals to me. When I'm reading I usually have the radio on at the same time, especially if I'm winding down before bedtime.

 

Can't argue with that, although doctor was not at her worst at the time (her highest level of chaotic evilness was during the Worst Among Equals arc).

IMO, the biggest missed opportunity in this audiobook - lack of expanded conversation between Aphra and Emperor. The biggest revelation - the fact that Aphra knows about Vader being Luke's father, although that has not so far been mentioned again.

 

I suspect there were limits on how much they could expand.

 

Listening to this now. And just finished. I really like the fourth wall breaks and I usually don’t. Have they ever done something like this an adaptation of a comic book into a “book” it’s interesting but I love it.

Doctor Aphra is a good listen!

 

Does it adapt a comic book story? Haven't gotten to this one yet.

I can see 4th wall breaking working well for an Aphra story.

 

Yep it adapts the first Vader comic run and the first mainline Star Wars comic run as well. Basically following Aphra and her thoughts during those comic runs.

there are new things thrown in as well that make it worth the listen even if you have read both comics.

 

Pretty neat. Pretty sure that's never been done.

 

Wow. Big praise!

 

The script book is nice to have but the audio version does things that can't be replicated. It uses the medium very effectively.

 

I just have the script version just to have it. Plus I think it was gifted to me.

but I think for tempest Runner, Jedi Lost and Aphra you need to listen to them. Don’t read it.

if you have to get it in one media get it in audiobook

 

Agreed but a neat suggestion is to listen with the scriptbook, might help keep a sense of who's who.

 

That was my plan, but I have so far just listened to Dooku Jedi Lost and Aphra while driving. They call to me as a driving audio book. Don’t ask me why.

I’ll probably do it with tempest runner.

 

Jedi Lost was fantastic.

Interesting we're getting these full cast audio dramas now.

Back to early Star Wars roots, actually! I love those radio dramas.

 

One big missed opportunity is not making the older ones from the 90s as easily available MP3 files.

 

I think I actually did listen to them on my phone. Been a while. Don't remember how I did that. They have to be somewhere to download, I'd guess. (I don't mean illegally either)

*Edit: I probably borrowed them from the library