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The first two radio series, based on Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back, were produced and broadcast by National Public Radio (NPR) as part of NPR Playhouse. A dramatization of Return of the Jedi was produced by most of the same team and it was also broadcast on NPR.
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Creation of the radio version of Return of the Jedi was delayed 13 years due to Congressional cuts in spending for public broadcasting. While NPR did not have funding to produce the drama, high sales for the compact disc and cassette releases of the original Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back radio dramas convinced executives at Highbridge Audio to take the initiative to produce the drama of Return of the Jedithrough their studio instead. The bulk of the production crew and core cast from...
Production
Return of the Jedi was recorded at the same pace as its two predecessors: one episode per day, for a total of six rather grueling days. The cast and crew returned to Westlake Audio Studios in Los Angeles, where the first Star Warsdrama had been recorded. Tom Voegeli again realized the sound mixing at his home base in St Paul, Minnesota. He and his team again had access to the sounds and music from the films. The dialogue for Chewbacaca, Artoo, Nien Nunb, and the Ewoks all came from Ben Burtt'...
NPR broadcast the first episode, "Tatooine Haunts," on November 5, 1996, with subsequent episodes airing weekly on Tuesdays. The finale "Blood of a Jedi" aired on December 10. Some local stations followed different schedules. Before the end of the year, HighBridge released a Collector's Limited Edition of the entire radio trilogy. The radio drama's...
Editions
1. November 5–December 10, 1996; National Public Radio; Radio broadcast 2. ISBN 9781565111585; December 10, 1996; HighBridge Audio; Compact disc 3. ISBN 1565111575; December 10, 1996; HighBridge Audio; Cassette tape 4. ISBN 9781598876338; 2009; HighBridge Audio; Digital download
"Daley's Legacy: Jedi Radio Play" — Star Wars Galaxy Magazine7"Anthony Daniels: Remembering That Galaxy Far, Far Away" — The Lucasfilm Fan Club Magazine1"Around the Galaxy" — Star Wars Galaxy Magazine9Return of the Jedi on HighBridge Audio's official website(backup link)Channeling the Force: Star Wars Radio Collectibles on Hyperspace (content obsolete and backup link not available)The Return of the Jedi audio drama was made much later (1996). NPR didn't fund it, the company that sold the cassettes and CDs of the first two did it on their own. It probably had a lower budget. But it did include a few tidbits that the EU had added by that time.
Return of the Jedi: The National Public Radio Dramatization contains the original, unabridged script of the radio adaptation of Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. The introduction, written by Anthony Daniels, recounts the production of the radio play from his casting to the end of recording.
Return of the Jedi was written in six episodes for a running time of about three hours. The core production team of Daley, Madden and Voegli reassembled, as did most of the principal cast members, though notably not Mark Hamill or Billy Dee Williams, whose roles had to be recast.
Jan 1, 1996 · Brian Daley. A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, there came a time of revolution when Rebels united to challenge a tyrannical Empire. Experience the epic scope and power of the classic movie, Return of the Jedi, in this six-episode radio production. (3 hours) 4 pages, Audio CD. First published January 1, 1996.
Apr 14, 2023 · STAR WARS: EPISODE VI RETURN OF THE JEDI - The Original 1996 Radio Drama. Return of the Jedi is a six-part radio adaptation of the original film, made by HighBridge Audio, produced in 1996 and broadcast on National Public Radio in the US. Written by Brian Daley. Directed by John Madden.
