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Doctor Aphra Review

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  Doctor Aphra is the new Audio Drama written Sarah Kuhn and performed by a full cast. It focuses on adapting and expanding the comic appearances of Chelli Lona Aphra before the start of her own main series. It shows Aphra's initial relationship with Vader, as well as the introduction of 000 and Betee and it expands the relationship between Doctor Aphra and Sana Starros. Given that this is an adaptation of a comic series from 2015, I won't worry about spoilers, but I won't spoil any of the expanded material from the book. Doctor Aphra is one of my favorite characters of the new canon, and this book does her plenty of justice. Her voice actress, Emily Woo Zeller, is a fantastic choice to bring Doctor Aphra off the page and into the voiced realm (other then her short appearance in the From a Certain Point of View Audiobook, but still). She perfectly captures Aphra's flippancy, but also her depth. The choice to cast an Asian American woman as Aphra as well was critical in ...