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The series fleshes out the storyline by adding a great deal of back story that had probably been created but not used by Lucas. For instance, there is a speeder race between Luke Skywalker and his friends that takes place days or weeks before the events of the movie.
Many of the actors involved in the movie were unavailable to reprise their roles ( Harrison Ford, for instance, was committed to the first Indiana Jones movie), but Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels returned to reprise Luke Skywalker and C-3PO respectively. Han Solo was played by Perry King , Princess Leia by Ann Sachs , Ben KenobiGeneral Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi is a Jedi Knight in the fictional Star Wars universe. He taught both Anakin and Luke Skywalker in the ways of the Force. In Episodes IV through VI, Kenobi was played by Alec Guinness. In the prequels, Episodes I through III, h by Bernard Behrens , and Darth VaderDarth Vader is a fictional character and villain from Star Wars''. In film, he is portrayed in voice by James Earl Jones, in costume by David Prowse (for a majority of the scenes) and Peter Diamond (in stunt sequences), and his face (as his redeemed self) by Brock PetersBrock Peters (born July 2, 1927) is an American actor, probably best known for his role as Tom Robinson, the accused man in To Kill a Mockingbird''. Other roles include: Sergeant Brown in Carmen Jones (1954 film version) Crown in Porgy and Bess (1959 film.
NPR's rerunRerun van Pelt is the name of Linus and Lucy's younger brother in the comic strip Peanuts''. Fred "Rerun" Stubbs was a character played by Fred Berry on the 1970s television show What's Happening! . A rerun (or sometimes, repeat is a re-airing of an episos of the series had some small timing cuts. Perhaps the most telling of these involves some dialogue in which Leia tells her father about a walk she took in the countryside on Alderaan, which makes the planet's eventual fate seem more of a personal tragedy to her.
BBC Radio 1BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station, specialising in popular music aimed at a young audience (children, teenagers and young adults). Radio 1 was launched at 7am on September 30, 1967 as a direct response to the popularity of illegal pirate radio statio broadcast the series in the UK, but a key scene in the final episode was clumsily cut for timing.The success of the series led to another, 10-part, series based on , again written by Daley and directed by Madden. Billy Dee WilliamsBilly Dee Williams (b. April 6, 1937) was an American actor whose most famous role was that of Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars series; the character made appearances in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi''. Williams has appeared in numerous reprised Lando CalrissianLando Calrissian a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, is a former smuggler and friend of Han Solo who owns and runs a floating city and Tibanna Gas Mine on the planet Bespin. After betraying Solo when threatened by Darth Vader in The Empire St, and John Lithgow played Yoda.
It was not until 1996 that a 6-part adaptation of was made by Highbridge Audio (the company that had released the first two series on tape and CD), using many of the original radio cast but with Joshua Fardon taking over as Luke Skywalker. Edward Asner guest-stars as Jabba the Hutt — speaking only in grunts! Sadly scriptwriter Brian Daley died before the series went to air.
All three series were released on tape and CD in the US. Unfortunately NPR's cuts to the first series were retained.