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STAR WARS: EPISODE IV A NEW HOPE - The Original 1981 Radio Drama.

I've combined all episodes of the original radio drama using excerpts from John Williams' original soundtrack and Ben Burt's sound effects for a more seamless blending from one episode to the next. This is how I want to experience this fantastic piece of work.

I hold no right to the material nor claim any credit for the final product. All content ownership remains with the proprietor of the original works. No breach or infringement of rights intended.

Star Wars was a thirteen-part (originally 6½ hour) expanded radio adaptation of the original Star Wars film. Produced and broadcast in 1981 by National Public Radio as part of NPR Playhouse in the US.

A reoccurring question is about the running time of the radio drama. "What has been cut to reduce the original running time? I have removed the narrated intros, outros and end credits from each episode to created the seamless story. This has reduced the over all running time for each complete drama.

Written by Brian Daley
Directed by John Madden
Exec. Producers Richard Toscan and Carol Titelman
Narrated by Ken Hiller

Episodes:

"A Wind To Shake The Stars"
"Points Of Origin"
"Black Knight, White Princess, And Pawns"
"While Giants Mark Time"
"Jedi That Was, Jedi To Be"
"The Millennium Falcon Deal"
"The Han Solo Solution"
"Death Star's Transit"
"Rogues, Rebels And Robots"
"The Luke Skywalker Initiative"
"The Jedi Nexus"
"The Case For Rebellion"
"Force And Counter Force"

Cast

Mark Hamill, Luke Skywalker
Ann Sachs, Princess Leia Organa
Perry King, Han Solo
Bernard "Bunny" Behrens, Obi-Wan Kenobi
Brock Peters, Lord Darth Vader
Anthony Daniels, C-3PO
Keene Curtis, Grand Moff Tarkin
John Considine, Lord Tion
Stephen Elliott, Prestor – more widely known as Bail Organa
David Ackroyd, Captain Antilles
Adam Arkin, Fixer
Kale Browne, Biggs Darklighter
David Clennon, Motti
Anne Gerety, Aunt Beru
Thomas Hill, Uncle Owen
David Paymer, Deak
Joel Brooks, Heater
John Dukakis, Rebel
Stephanie Steele, Cammie
Phillip Kellard, Customer #2

Support cast includes James Blendick, Clyde Burton, Bruce French, David Alan Grier, Jerry Hardin, John Harkins, Meshach Taylor, Marc Vahanian, John Welsh, and Kent Williams.

Here is a list of the additions / edits I incorporated to create Nigel's Edit of the Original 1981 Radio Drama.


Time: 0:25:00 – 0:25:45 / Ep 1 / Ep 2 transition
Time: 0:48:30 – 0:49:30 / Ep 2 /Ep 3 transition
Time: 1:11:20 – 1:11:45 / Ep 3 / Ep 4 transition
Time: 1:11:45 / Added R2D2 Beep
Time: 1:14:05 / Added Dewback noise
Time: 1:33:20 – 1:33:50 / Ep 4 / Ep 5 transition
Time: 1:57:45 – 1:33:50 / Ep 5 / Ep 6 transition
Time: 1:58:00 / Blended the sound of Luke’s Land Speeder
Time: 1:58:06 / Added an extra call to Luke from Ben
Time: 2:04:43 - 2:04:47 / Added Dewback noise
Time: 2:18:22 - 2:18:40 / Ep 6 / Ep 7 transition [used different music to original broadcast]
Time: 2:18:30 / Added Speeder sound effects
Time: 2:18:40 / Added Speeder sound effects
Time: 2:18:50 / Added Speeder sound effects
Time: 2:35:56 / Added C3PO “How Rude”
Time: 2:37:55 / Added Millennium Falcon Engine Effects
Time: 2:38:01 - 2:38:09 / Added Millennium Falcon Engine Effect as Ep 7 / Ep 8 transition
Time: 3:00:40 - 3:01:10 / Added Millennium Falcon Engine Effect as Ep 8 / Ep 9 transition
Time: 3:24:28 - 3:24:33 / Ep 9 / Ep 10 transition
Time: 3:43:33 / Added Death Star Door Effect as Ep 10 / Ep 11 transition
Time: 4:04:20 - 4:04:25 / Added Millennium Falcon Alert Sound Effect
Time: 4:04:36 / Ep 11 / Ep 12 transition
Time: 4:04:42 - 4:04:53 / Added Millennium Falcon Alert Sound and Engine Effect Jumping to light speed.
Time: 4:28:50 / Ep 12 / Ep 13 transition
Time: 4:47:20 - 4:47:25 / Added Death Explosion
Time: 4:47:47 - 4:48:08 / Added Millennium Falcon and X-Wing Sound Effects.
Time: 4:49:50 / Added Chewbacca laughing.

Please see the following links for details and history of the trilogy of recordings:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wa...)
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star...