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'Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - The Radio Drama' Episode Review: 'Tatooine Haunts'

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(C) 1996 HighBridge Audio and Lucasfilm Ltd. (LFL) Tatooine Haunts Cast  See-Threepio (C-3PO): Anthony Daniels Luke Skywalker: Joshua Fardon Darth Vader: Brock Peters Emperor Palpatine: Paul Hecht Bib Fortuna: David Dukes Jabba the Hutt: Edward (Ed) Asner Ninedenine (9D9) Yeardley Smith Arica (Mara Jade):Samantha Bennett Oola (actor not listed) Boussh (Leia): Ann Sachs Han Solo: Perry King Narrator: Ken Hiller  Sound/FX Roles Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2) Gamorrean #1 Gamorrean #2 Max Rebo's Band Salacious Crumb: Ian Gomez Power Droid Rancor Chewbacca Reviewer's Note: All quoted material is from the 1996 book Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - The National Public Radio Dramatization.  This edition contains Brian Daley's complete radio play, which differs slightly from the version of the Radio Drama which aired on National Public Radio in 1996 and the original 1990s HighBridge Audio cassette and compact disc editions. The version in Daley'

Audiobook Box Set Review: 'The Complete Star Wars Trilogy: The National Public Radio Dramas - Limited Collector's Edition'

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Photo Credit: Nathan Patrick Butler. © 2012 Nathan Patrick Butler. Star Wars logos and content © 1977 Lucasfilm Ltd.  Pros:  Contains all three of NPR's  Star Wars  radio dramas; impressive presentation and nice extras Cons:  None A long time ago, in a bedrooom not very far away, I was a bored and somewhat restless teenager in one of those  I've done all my chores and my homework assignments for my high school classes, there's nothing good on TV, and I really don't have anything to do  moods that 18-year-olds without much of a social life often get into. At the time, I had a small black-and-white TV set and a radio in my room; VCRs were still very expensive and the only one I'd seen was at a friend's house, so watching a video was not an option. I also didn't yet have an Atari 2600 console...nor cable TV...and my friends didn't yet have cars, so my options for getting out of that feeling of "mindless tedium" were to read, li

'Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - The Radio Drama' Episode Review: 'The Clash of Lightsabers'

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Concept art by Ralph McQuarrie for The Empire Strikes Back. (C) 1980 Lucasfilm Ltd. (LFL) The Clash of Lightsabers Cast: Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) Princess Leia Organa (Ann Sachs) See-Threepio (Anthony Daniels) Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams) Artoo-Detoo Chewbacca  Lord Darth Vader (Brock Peters) Too-Onebee (Russell Horton) PA System  Narrator (Ken Hiller) Reviewer's Note: All quoted material is from the 1995 Del Rey book  Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - The National Public Radio Dramatization.  This edition contains Brian Daley's complete radio play, which differs slightly from the version of the Radio Drama which aired on National Public Radio in 1983 and the original 1990s HighBridge Audio cassette and compact disc editions. The version in Daley's script  was  recorded, but as with the original 1981  Star Wars Radio Drama,  edits were made at the request of NPR due to the needs of the radio format. The longer version  is  availabl