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'Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - The Radio Drama' Episode Review: 'So Turns a Galaxy, So Turns a Wheel'

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(C) 1997 HighBridge Audio and Lucasfilm Ltd. (LFL)   S o Turns a Galaxy, So Turns a Wheel Cast Luke Skywalker (Joshua Fardon)  Emperor Palpatine (Paul Hecht) Lord Darth Vader (Brock Peters) Han Solo (Perry King) See-Threepio (Anthony Daniels) Princess Leia Organa (Ann Sachs) Imperial Commander Imperial Scout #1 Imperial Scout #2 Major Derlin (Tom Virtue) Narrator: Ken Hiller Sound / FX Roles Artoo-Detoo Chewbacca Ewoks Teebo Vine Ewok Logray Cub Ewok Wicket  Paploo Reviewer's Note: All quoted material is from the 1996 Del Rey 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's script  was  recorded, but as with the original 1

'Star Wars The Radio Drama' Episode Review: 'Death Star's Transit'

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"This station is now the ultimate power in the Universe..." (C) 1977 20th Century Fox Film Corporation Death Star's Transit Cast Lord Darth Vader (Brock Peters) Princess Leia Organa (Ann Sachs) Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin (Keene Curtis) Imperial Star Destroyer Captain Star Destroyer Navigator Imperial Commander 2nd Officer Commander Tagge Admiral Conan Antonio Motti (David Clennon) Imperial Guard Announcer: OPENING CREDITS. Music: Opening theme. Narrator: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, there came a time of revolution, when Rebels united to challenge a tyrannical Empire. The Princess Leia Organa, an Imperial Senator from the planet Alderaan, is also a leader in the secret councils of the Rebel Alliance. But her most daring mission, to deliver the plans for the Empire's most awesome weapon, the Death Star, has failed. In a last desperate bid to get the information into Rebel hands before being captured, she has placed it into the