Star Wars: The Original Radio Drama
Star Wars NPR, 1
Creator(s): Brian Daley | George Lucas |
Franchise: Star Wars | Star Wars Expanded Universe |
Medium: radio |
Date Reviewed: 30 March 2025
Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤
I think I got this in an NPR Humble Bundle, and I’ve been meaning to relisten to it for a while. It’s a real mix of good and bad: Thanks to John Williams and Ben Burtt, it’s got some great audio to work with; however, it does a lot of awkward “tell since we can’t show.” It sometimes feels like it’s reaching to fill in an extra four hours, but also it maybe demonstrates that Star Wars could maybe be a miniseries with some better writing? It’s not great, but it’s good for what it is, and I enjoyed it:
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The NPR radio adaptation of Star Wars is just as great—and just as terrible—as you would think. Totally worth a listen.
The NPR radio adaptation of Star Wars would be a lot worse if the movie’s sound design and music weren’t so dang good.
Listening to the NPR audio adaptation of Star Wars emphasizes just how important John Williams and Ben Burtt are to making that universe work.
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