That’s a cost that can be reduced, but not eliminated. When planning an attack on Coruscant, it is made explicit that innocent people will be hurt. A struggle for legitimacy that goes beyond black and white morality. An Empire in disarray, a Rebellion now forced to defend as well as attack. This is the Star Wars I grew up with, and it still has the hallmarks I associate with the franchise. The X-Wing series was always a favourite of mine when I first read the Expanded Universe, and now that I am listening to the Essential Legends collection, that joy is still there. I’d always mentally pronounced Zsinj as close to ‘singe’ for example, where Thompson (who presumably has a full guide), reads it as closer to ‘ginger.’Īll of this is new and great, but the original story is superb on its own. Having a narrator also reveals pronunciation I hadn’t given much thought to before. Thompson’s Ackbar impression remains a high point, but there are no lows. Even with a cast of more than a dozen central characters, there’s never a moment of doubt as to who is speaking. Giving the Crackens an Irish accent would never have occurred to me, but it absolutely works. Then there’s the narration itself, in which Marc Thompson manages to up his already stellar game. Yet everything here is perfectly balanced, surrounding the narrative rather than smothering it. With the boatload of sound effect ranging from the whine of engines and the dripping of water in the background, to the roar of blaster fire and the clashing of vehicles, it would be easy to lose track of the narration. For one thing, the production levels of these audios is second to none. Revisiting the early days of the Star Wars Expanded universe in audio continues to be a rewarding experience. But with a traitor in their own ranks, what hope do the Rogues have of avoiding a trap. The New Republic has its eyes set on Coruscant, the world also known as Imperial Centre. The newly reformed Rogue Squadron have won their first victory, but it is only a stepping stone to a greater prize. Part of the Expanded Universe/Legends canon.

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