Star Wars (radio)

An expanded radio dramatization of the original Star Wars trilogy was produced in 1981, 1983, and 1996. The first two radio series, based on and ', were produced and broadcast by National Public Radio as part of NPR Playhouse. A dramatization of ' was produced by most of the same team and also broadcast on NPR.

Other broadcasts and releases

• NPR's second broadcast of the series had some small timing cuts to allow for a full credit roll at the end of each episode. 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 1 broadcast the series in the UK, with a key scene in the final episode clumsily cut for timing.
• All three series were released on tape and CD in the US, in a version retaining NPR's cuts.