One of the most beloved breakout characters in the Star Wars galaxy in recent years didn’t come from the movies, or even Disney+’s The Mandalorian — instead, Chelli Lona Aphra, better known as Doctor Aphra, debuted in Marvel Entertainment’s Star Wars: Darth Vader comic book series before spinning out into her own title. Now, she’s jumping media with a newly announced audiobook debut.
To be released this summer, Doctor Aphra: An Audiobook Original will adapt and expand the first comic book storyline featuring the character, as Aphra partners with Vader for a deal that really won’t work out the way she originally intended. Her far-from-faithful droids, Triple Zero and Bee-Tee — basically imagine a psychopathic C-3PO and R2-D2 and you’re 100 percent there — will also appear.
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Doctor Aphra will be written by YA novelist Sarah Kuhn, adapting the work of Kieron Gillen and Salvador Larroca, and will feature a voice cast to be announced.
This isn’t the first appearance outside comics for the character; in 2017, Doctor Aphra won a fan vote to be made into an action figure, an indicator of her popularity amongst the larger Star Wars fandom.
The announcement was made via StarWars.com, with Kuhn providing a video introduction to the project, which can be seen below. Doctor Aphra: An Audiobook Original is set to be released July 21.
