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Mark Hamill V/O on Star Wars Novel Advert

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Came across this on youtube today. I hadn't seen it before. Thought it was quite cool of him to do it:

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I also saw this recently. I also remember seeing it on tv way back when and thinking a few things. Firstly, of course, is how cool it was that they got Mark Hamill to do voice over. Secondly was how odd it was seeing footage from the OT when I knew that the NJO would bring us a vastly different enemy with purely organic technology, etc. Thirdly was how they used the sith theme from ROTJ, when this was not going to be the sith they were facing in these books (but that music is still great and fits the epic tone of how the NJO was promised). And lastly, well, it was a tv commercial for a Star Wars novel! How often do you see those?! The only ones I can remember were for The Hutt Gambit and Rebel Dawn a year earlier.

Yea, I bought into the hype. The big heavy of the novel (I won't spoil it, just in case) actually made the Style section of The Washington Post. I got the hardback and finished it, read onslaught and then skipped ahead to balance point when it was printed in paperback. I just couldn't get into the story, and I figure that not having read any of the post-ROTJ EU (with the exception of Heir to the Empire) might've been the reason. Later on I heard about how the latter part of the NJO transpired, and it honestly sounded pretty cool. I read Rogue Planet as soon as it came out and I definitely caught a little reference to the Yuuzhan Vong, so when that planet ended up becoming an integral part of the NJO story it was neat to see the prequel and sequel eras connected. There's even more of that going on now in the Legacy of the Force series, from what I've heard, what with Boba Fett and Taun We showing up.

oh yea, was this commercial not aired until 2000? the book was published in October/November of '99.