![Star Wars: Comics In Canon – Doctor Aphra & Sana Starros Find A Nihil Path Engine, While Pursued By Vukorah While Just Lucky Runs Into Problems: The Engine Job (Doctor Aphra [2020] Vol 2: #6-10) – Ep 70](https://genuinechitchat.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/episode-71-artwork.jpg?w=1200)
APHRA FINDS A NIHIL PATH ENGINE!? For ep 70, Mike embarks on the second volume of the 2020 Doctor Aphra comics; The Engine Job, where Aphra searches for a device that could change the way the galaxy uses hyperspace, using tech that is over 200 years old! Aphra is joined by Sana Starros and together they search for the path engine while being pursued by Vukorah; head of the Unbroken Clan all while Just Lucky’s side story shows he’s having problems of his own! All of this, plus the many connections within this story are discussed, including ray shields, Corellia & more!
These comics are set after Empire Strikes Back but before Return Of The Jedi, in 3-4 ABY and lead into the War Of The Bounty Hunters crossover event (tackled in episode 60 of SWCIC).
All issues were written by Alyssa Wong, with Victor Olazaba as inker, Rachelle Rosenberg as colour artist, with Robert Gill & Ray-Anthony Height as pencillers on issue 6, Ray-Anthony Height also penciller on issue 10 and Minkyu Jung as penciller on issues 7, 8 & 9.
Issue 6 was released November 2020, issue 10 was released May 2021 and the trade paperback collection was released August 2021.
For the first volume of this run, check episode 67 of SWCIC and for the first run of Aphra comics, check out episodes 34, 36, 42, 46, 51, 55, 59 & 63, and don’t forget to check out the Vader episodes where she was first introduced; 15, 17, 19, 23 & 29! Also check episodes 60, 64 & 68 for the War Of The Bounty Hunters crossover. In the last episode of SWCIC, Mike embarked on Darth Vader comic arc; The Burning Seas, tackling plot points of Vader confronting Gial Ackbar & King Lee-Char on Mon Cala, hunting down an ex-jedi padawan, before he is then hunted by Tarkin and Annual 2 shows him discovering the true power of the Death Star, all in one great episode! Mike also gives more information on numerous connections including the inquisitorius, Mon Cala & their star cruisers, Tarkin and so much more!
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Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://www.bzthevoice.com
Intro theme arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at www.soundimage.org
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:12 Opening Crawl
03:37 Issue 6
13:38 Issue 7
19:51 Issue 8
25:15 Issue 9
30:42 Issue 10
34:20 Coming Up
41:01 Outro
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