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The Adventures of Luke Skywalker

Heard
2000
Episodes
2
Language
English

This audio drama is a period live recreation of a live 1940's radio broadcast of the Lux Radio Theater. It retells the story of George Lucas's 1977 film Star Wars, with added narration and recast with the stars of the 1940's, with the likes of:

More about it

Mickey Rooney as Luke Skywalker Humphrey Bogart as Han Solo Katharine Hepburn as Princess Leia Jack Benny as Uncle Owen Mae West as Aunt Beru Laurel and Hardy as the droids And on and on... Over 30 classic actors' voices were portrayed, from Bela Lugosi to the Three Stooges. The Adventures of Luke Skywalker was performed by the Lux Radio Theater group. Sound effects were performed live by a crew of foley artists who used everything from generator flashlights, 8mm film cameras and one-dollar coins to a metal filing cabinet to masterfully create the ambient noises needed to reinforce the settings. The original Star Wars sound effects by Ben Burtt and the musical score by John Williams were 'remastered' in 1940's quality on computer. Just enough was added to give flavor, like a little B-17 Bomber drone to the Millennium Falcon's engines and a 'big band' version of the Cantina music. The show originally 'aired' Thanksgiving weekend of the year 2000 at LosCon 27, the annual science fiction convention hosted by the Los Angeles Science/Fantasy Society. The entire 90-minute performance was released as a two-disc CD set

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. Part 1

    No date given · 45 min

  2. Part 2

    No date given · 42 min

Where it comes from 1

The archive items its episodes are played from, best first, with each one’s rights as its archive states them. An episode two sets both hold is played from the first.

  1. The Adventures of Luke Skywalker (Audio Drama)

    Listeners' uploads · Lux Radio Theater · 2 episodes here · archive.org

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

Uploaded to the Internet Archive by the person named, outside its radio collections.

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