There is an Audio Drama adaptation of Dark Empire but not the Thrawn Trilogy.

[MithrandirOlorin]

My curiosity about the old EU has increased, I know a lot of the gist of what happened. Thing is I don't feel like actually reading this stuff, I like my Star Wars to be mediums tangible enough to at least require acting.

With my DC Superhero fandom I've found a lot of interesting both Fanmade and Official Audio Drama adaptations of major comic story-line. But it looks like there hasn't been as much of that done with Star Wars. Maybe someone should get on that.

What is the Chronological Order of old post ROTJ EU story-lines that actually feature the OT's main cast?

[hammerofglass]

Check Audible. Pretty much every major novel has full unabridged audiobooks with music and sound effects. The Thrawn Trilogy ones are quite good. The Plaguis one works especially well because the performance helps it come off like the man himself telling his story.


youtu.be/dgRbUd9xil0

[sayla0079]

My curiosity about the old EU has increased, I know a lot of the gist of what happened. Thing is I don't feel like actually reading this stuff, I like my Star Wars to be mediums tangible enough to at least require acting.

With my DC Superhero fandom I've found a lot of interesting both Fanmade and Official Audio Drama adaptations of major comic story-line. But it looks like there hasn't been as much of that done with Star Wars. Maybe someone should get on that.

What is the Chronological Order of old post ROTJ EU story-lines that actually feature the OT's main cast?

When you say thrawn trilogy if you mean Heir to the empire and them there is an audio book I used to have it.

[Mecha82]

It would be odd if Thrawn Trilogy wouldn't have as audio drama while Dark Empire has. I mean Thrawn Trilogy is pretty much most beloved part of Legends and one of those rare bright spots in it.

[MithrandirOlorin]

Audiobooks aren't the same, I don't want one dry narrator, I want difference voice actors for different characters.

[Kinky Vorlon]

The audiobook of the Thrawn trilogy does use different characters IIRC. The results vary as there's a part where they go to the wookie planet and I had to skip through it as wookie talk sounds like a broken vacuum cleaner with emphysema

[Yukaphile]

I sincerely doubt you have read majority of the older EU, Mecha82, thus you are in no position to say this is "one of the few rare bright spots," or in other words, "majority of it was shit." At least I'm getting around to doing so. And while I'm critical of the new material, in no way would I say majority is shit. Hell, if anything, I've consistently praised its innovation in doing something fresh, new. It's merely the attitudes of those in charge I criticize, and that goes way back to 2008, long before the Disney buyout.

[MithrandirOlorin]

I guess I'll give the Thrawn Audios books a try then. I already found them on YouTube.

From skimming Wikipedia, it seems like most stuff set between ROTJ and the Thrawn books were written later. So with that in mind I guess I won't feel like I'm missing anything.

[Yukaphile]

What I liked about the old EU is that it was exactly what Lucas wanted it to be. Experimental. That doesn't mean pandering to what people want, that means failure sometimes. They can't fail now. They've got too much money invested in this to let it fail. It's why I'm hesitant about Legends coming back. Because they don't wanna experiment. Because even if they do, it won't be like the EU we knew.

[MithrandirOlorin]

I think The Mandalorian qualifies as Experimental.

So it seems like in these Audios Books Mara Jade is voiced by the same guy who does everyone else. That almsot defeats the point.