A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

(C) 1997 HighBridge Audio and Lucasfilm Ltd. (LFL) Fast Friends Cast: Han Solo: Perry King Boba Fett: Ed Begley, Jr. Jabba the Hutt: Edward Asner Lando Calrissian: Arye Gross Princess Leia Organa: Ann Sachs Luke Skywalker: Joshua Fardon Bib Fortuna: David Dukes See-Threepio (C-3PO): Anthony Daniels Skiff Guards: Various Sail Barge Guards: Various Barada: Martin Jarvis Narrator: Ken Hiller Sound/FX Roles Chewbacca Gamorrean #1 Gamorrean #2 Rancor Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2) Sarlaac Salacious Crumb: Ian Gomez 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's script  was  recorde...

The HighBridge Audio Compact Disc set's cover art. (C) 1993 HighBridge Audio and Lucasfilm Limited    On February 14, 1983, thousands of listeners across the nation tuned in to their local National Public Radio (NPR) stations to hear Freedom's Winter, the first episode of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, a 10-part radio drama adapted by Brian Daley from the original 1980 screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan. The series was also the sequel to NPR's 1981 Star Wars, which was also adapted for radio by Daley and directed by British stage, radio, TV, and film director John Madden. Madden, along with post-production engineer/sound mixer Tom Voegeli, production coordinator/casting director Mel Sahr, and narrator Ken Hiller reprised their behind-the-scenes roles in the new radio drama. They were joined in the recording studio by a cast that included three actors from the film version of The Empire Strikes Back ( Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, and Billy Dee Willi...

"You can't win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine." (C) 1977 20th Century Fox Film Corporation The Jedi Nexus Cast Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) See-Threepio (Anthony Daniels) Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (Bernard "Bunny" Behrens) Han Solo (Perry King) Princess Leia Organa (Ann Sachs) Chewbacca Artoo-Detoo Lord Darth Vader (Brock Peters) Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin (Keene Curtis) Comm Voice 1st Trooper 2nd Trooper 3rd Trooper Narrator (Ken Hiller) Announcer: OPENING CREDITS 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.  Sound: Death Star up in background.  Narrator: Now many strands in the web of galactic events have come together onboard the Empire's ultimate weapon, an enormous spacegoing fortress called the Death Star. At large in its vast interior, pursued by Imperial stormtroopers, is...

"We've got to figure out a way to get into that detention block."   (C) 1977 20th Century Fox Film Corporation The Luke Skywalker Initiative Cast Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) See-Threepio (Anthony Daniels) Han Solo (Perry King) Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (Bernard "Bunny" Behrens) Princess Leia Organa (Ann Sachs) Artoo-Detoo Chewbacca 1st Crewman 2nd Crewman 1st Trooper 2nd Trooper Officer 2nd Officer 3rd Officer Soldier Console Voice Narrator (Ken Hiller) 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. In the Rebellion's most desperate crisis, plans vital to the defeat of the Empire were hidden in the memory banks of the astrodroid Artoo-Detoo. Artoo and his companion droid, See-Threepio, have come into the hands of young farmer Luke Skywalker and the veteran Jedi Knight Ben Kenobi. Having ...