A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

(C) 1993 HighBridge Audio and Lucasfilm Ltd.  George Lucas's original Star Wars (which was renamed Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981) has been adapted over the years in different media. In print, the adventures of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia Organa, Han Solo, Chewbacca the Wookiee, Ben (Obi-Wan Kenobi, R2-D2 and C-3PO are chronicled in novelizations, Marvel comic books, and Japanese manga.  More recently, Ian Doescher transformed A New Hope into an Elizabethan-era stage play in his 2013 book William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope.  There have also been a few audio-only versions of Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope. For instance, Twentieth Century Fox Records released an abridged retelling of the film in a 1978 album titled  The Story of Star Wars. This single LP recording used dialogue, music, and sound effects taken from the movie soundtrack and narration performed by actor Roscoe Lee Browne to tell the tale of Luke Skywalker's invol...

(C) 1981 Lucasfilm, Ltd. and National Public Radio.  Poster art by Celia Strain A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away there came a time of revolution, when Rebels united to challenge a tyrannical Empire. -  Introduction to every episode of Star Wars: The Radio Drama Back in the spring of 1981, National Public Radio aired "A Wind to Shake the Stars," the first episode of Brian Daley's 13-part radio adaptation of Star Wars. At the time, the notion of Star Wars - a movie known for its array of spectacular visual effects - as a radio drama seemed to be, in Obi-Wan Kenobi's words, "a damn fool idealistic crusade." But special effects scenes of space battles or a life-or-death lightsaber duel are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to why Star Wars  became a major cultural event; it had a classic coming-of-age/hero's journey plot, a brilliant score by John Williams, and the unforgettable sound effects by Ben Burtt. All of these were the ingredi...