Dr. Aphra is a story set between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back when Vader is trying to find out who the rebel who blew up the Death Star is. This is also a time when he is in trouble with the Emperor and actively scheming behind the Emperor's back. One of the people whom he uses to figure out Luke's identity is Doctor Chelli Lona Aphra, who has a doctorate in archeology and is kind of a bounty hunter who hunts information as opposed to people. She is joined by two droids with a taste for murder, (and any murder will do) Triple-Zero (the same model protocol droid as C3P0) and Beetee. Aphra is snarky, smart-mouthed, and selfish, which definitely does not endear her to Vader, and is always looking for an angle to get the upper hand on whomever she is dealing with.
The book is written as a script and is basically a narration of a recording Aphra is making for her ex detailing her dealings with Vader (should she be killed in the process). Some of the legacy characters including Luke, Leia, Han, Chewbacca, C3P0, and R2 make appearances in the book, some for very short periods of time and some more extended. Aphra's description of them at the beginning is pretty hilarious. Basically, the book details exactly how Vader found out that Luke was alive and that Obi-Wan (and others) made it seem like Padme was still pregnant when she died. The book is just under 300 pages but is a relatively quick read (as I think the books that are written as a script tend to be). If you are one that reads (or listens to) some, but not all, of the canon books, this one is definitely worth the time to read.
The book is written as a script and is basically a narration of a recording Aphra is making for her ex detailing her dealings with Vader (should she be killed in the process). Some of the legacy characters including Luke, Leia, Han, Chewbacca, C3P0, and R2 make appearances in the book, some for very short periods of time and some more extended. Aphra's description of them at the beginning is pretty hilarious. Basically, the book details exactly how Vader found out that Luke was alive and that Obi-Wan (and others) made it seem like Padme was still pregnant when she died. The book is just under 300 pages but is a relatively quick read (as I think the books that are written as a script tend to be). If you are one that reads (or listens to) some, but not all, of the canon books, this one is definitely worth the time to read.
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