When this series was first broadcast on National Public Radio in 1981, it generated the largest response in the network's history: 50,000 letters and phone calls in a single week, an audience of 750,000 per episode, and a subsequent 40-percent jump in NPR listenership. This landmark production, perhaps the most ambitious radio project ever attempted, began when Star Wars creator George Lucas donated the story rights to an NPR affiliate. Writer Brian Daley adapted the film's highly visual script to the special demands and unique possibilities of radio, creating a more richly textured tale with greater emphasis on character development. Director John Madden guided a splendid cast—including Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels, reprising their film roles as Luke Skywalker and the persnickety robot See Threepio—through an intense 10-day dialogue recording session. Then came months of painstaking work for virtuoso sound engineer Tom Voegeli, whose brilliant blending of the actors' voices, the music, and hundreds of sound effects takes this intergalactic adventure into a realm of imagination that is beyond the reach of cinema.

Star Wars

Humor & Entertainment

LUCAS, George

Daniels, Anthony

National Public Radio

Lucasfilm, Ltd.

Radio

HighBridge Audio

When this series was first broadcast on National Public Radio in 1981, it generated the largest response in the network's history: 50,000 letters and phone calls in a single week, an audience of 750,000 per episode, and a subsequent 40-percent jump in NPR listenership.This landmark production, perhaps the most ambitious radio project ever attempted, began when Star Wars creator George Lucas donated the story rights to an NPR affiliate. Writer Brian Daley adapted the film's highly visual script to the special demands and unique possibilities of radio, creating a more richly textured tale with greater emphasis on character development. Director John Madden guided a splendid cast-including Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels, reprising their film roles as Luke Skywalker and the persnickety robot See Threepio-through an intense 10-day dialogue recording session. Then came months of painstaking work for virtuoso sound engineer Tom Voegeli, whose brilliant blending of the actors' voices, the music, and hundreds of sound effects takes this intergalactic adventure into a realm of imagination that is beyond the reach of cinema.

Star Wars: The Original Radio Drama

Children's Books

Biographies

This set is a great way to relive the movie. There are 12 cds - The first one offers 13 episodes on 7 compact discs. The first of these 7 has front inserts, the other 6 do not, as issued. They all have their back and side inserts- All back inserts are present which list each  Track - The next in this set is 10 episodes on 5 compact discs. The first of these 5 has front insert, all have back with track info, and the last cd is:REMEMBERING STAR WARS EXPERIENCE. An interview with George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Lawrence Kasdan and Jeff Mann (with front insert.)

Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back: The Radio Drama (Collector's Limited Edition- 5000 numbered copies)

GEORGE LUCAS

Highbridge Co

-- NPR has over 17 million listeners who tune in to more than 550 member stations throughout the country. Award-winning programs include All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Fresh Air, Car Talk, and Piano Jazz. -- This best of format collects the highlights of NPR's extensive library of recordings. -- Some of the interviews and programs included in this collection feature such notables as Frank McCourt (Angela's Ashes), Mary Karr (The Liar's Club), Wynton Marsalis, Mandy Patinkin, and Rosemary Clooney. -- Proceeds from the sale of these tapes support NPR programming.NPR, founded in 1971 with the mandate to produce and distribute news, cultural, and informational programming for radio in a non-commercial format, educates and delights millions of listeners throughout the country. Now, in this new series of thematically organized tapes, NPR presents some of its best interviews and other recorded material over the last 25 years.

The Best of NPR: A Life in the Arts

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Hachette Audio

The Best of NPR: Biography & Autobiograpy

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

The Best of NPR: On Creativity

A collection of interviews from the archives of National Public Radio highlights some of the key events and historical moments of the past twenty-five years.

The Best of NPR: Eyewitness to History

A collection of interviews from the last twenty-five years of National Public Radio broadcasts includes discussions with John McPhee, Joan Didion, Walter Mosley, Anne Lamott, Roddy Doyle, and Norman Maclean.

The Best of NPR: Writers on Writing

The Best of NPR: Correspondents' Pick

The Best of NPR: Around the World

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