Star Wars’ High Republic Strikes Back in an Exclusive Audio Drama Clip

Although she’s solely performed a small function within the Star Wars: The High Republic saga to this point, we all know a couple of issues in regards to the Nihil’s Tempest Runner Lourna Dee. She’s extremely opportunistic, preferring to solely have interaction in fights she’s assured she will be able to win. She’s merciless to the purpose of sadism. She’s additionally extremely self-aggrandizing, on condition that she named her ship after herself (and kills anybody who requested her about it). Now, Dee is taking the middle stage in a brand new audio drama from creator Cavan Scott, however the Nihil warrior might have chosen this specific battle… poorly.

Actually, primarily based on the official description for The High Republic: Tempest Runner, we will be fairly assured Dee (who will probably be voiced by award-winning audiobook narrator Jessica Almasy) tousled:

In this Star Wars audio unique, delve into the cutthroat world of one of many High Republic’s biggest foes, the cruel Lourna Dee. The Nihil storm has raged by means of the galaxy, leaving chaos and grief in its wake. Few of its raiders are as vicious because the Tempest Runner Lourna Dee. She stays one step forward of the Jedi Order on the helm of a vessel named after one of many deadliest monsters within the galaxy: the Lourna Dee. But nobody can outrun the defenders of the High Republic eternally. After the defeat of her crew, Lourna falls into the arms of the Jedi—however not earlier than she hides her identification, turning into simply one other Nihil convict. Her captors fail to know the beast they’ve cornered. Just like each idiot she’s ever buried, their first mistake was maintaining her alive.

Lourna is set to make underestimating her their final. Locked onto a Republic correctional ship, she’s dragged throughout the galaxy to restore the very harm she and her fellow Tempest Runners inflicted on it. But as Lourna plans her superb escape, she makes alliances that develop dangerously near friendships. Outside the Nihil—separated from her notorious ship, her terrifying arsenal, and her feared title—Lourna should carve her personal path. But will it result in redemption? Or will she emerge as a deadlier risk than ever earlier than?

Our unique excerpt from Tempest Runner chronicles the start of that ill-fated battle between Lourna Dee within the Lourna Dee versus a (seemingly) helpless Republic relay outpost:

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Audio excerpted courtesy of Penguin Random House Audio from STAR WARS: TEMPEST RUNNER (THE HIGH REPUBLIC) by Cavan Scott, read by a full cast. Copyright 2021 Lucasfilm, Limited; All rights reserved.

Cavan Scott’s The High Republic: Tempest Runner is the third Star Wars audio drama to be launched, and the primary to be set within the High Republic period. Giving that it focuses on one of many Nihil’s most essential commanders, it must also be certainly one of our greatest appears—er, listens—but on the evil space-anarchists. You can discover out your self when Tempest Runner turns into accessible on August 31.

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