Heir to the Empire continues! This week we dig into audiobook characterizations vs our own, the twist of force-fate bringing all the characters together and long time standing Star Wars-isms that Zahn introduces!! Enjoy!

Join Rob Zacny, Natalie Watson, Ali Acampora, and Austin Walker
as they dive headfirst into the fall (and aftermath) of the Galactic Republic.
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Heir to the Empire continues! This week we dig into audiobook characterizations vs our own, the twist of force-fate bringing all the characters together and long time standing Star Wars-isms that Zahn introduces!! Enjoy!
Quite the experience to start drafting a post about Greg Costikyan riffing on lotus sutras as the starting point of the Jedi code to listening further where Austin also digs it up. Did y’all know Timothy Zahn said in an interview that him and the other Star Wars novel writers got handed the sourcebooks to use to write the stories too?
If you goal was to have me yell, "gay" every two seconds at that entire audiobook excerpt: you succeeded.
There's an annotated 20th anniversary edition - the ebook is still available - that gives you a glimpse into Zahn's mind.
A bit of a Zahn zone, if you will.
Oh my god, Karrde is ABSOLUTELY a Hank Scorpio, how did I not realize it sooner....