Star Wars: Scoundrels by Timothy
Zahn
Han Solo and Chewbacca are hanging
out in a cantina when they are approached by a guy about a job. (Sound familiar at all?) Of course they take the job. To pull off the heist they need to assemble a
merry band of scoundrels. And it’s an
interesting bunch. If you like mystery
books that are told from the point of view of the thieves and how they pull off
“impossible” robberies you’ll enjoy all the trials, tribulations, mishaps and
luck that go into pulling this one off.
If you are a Star Wars fan and
haven’t yet listened to a Star Wars audiobook – you should! I was a little skeptical at first since the
story stars Han Solo, Lando Calrissian and Chewbacca but the reader does great
voices for all the characters including a convincing Harrison Ford and Billy
Dee Williams. The audiobook producers
were smart and use sound bites from the movies to “voice” Chewbacca. The only disturbing things about the
recording were the electronic beeps and background noise that accompanied parts
of the audiobook. I got used to it, but
at first it was hard to determine what was on the disc and what was not. One of the electronic noises sounded
disturbingly like the warning beeps from my car!
