So I've got this uploading to Demonoids torrents right now, but can't get upload permission over at myspleen. I know Zion has a set of these, he can vouch for the quality, wondering if anyone else would like to get em. I don't know how you talk the myspleen people into giving you uploads permission, but if someone HERE has uploads permission (and I know someone here does) maybe they'd be willing to throw it up there as well?
Here's the nfo file from the demonoid torrent:
Star Wars Radio Dramas: Special Edition.
No, I didn't edit in Greedo shooting first or Vader saying "Alert my Star Destroyer,"
or any of the more typical fanboy complaints. When I first got my hands on the Radio
Dramas in 1998, I loved em, but being an impatient kid, it bugged me when the narrator told me
stuff I already knew, and him piping up every 30 minutes to tell me what I'd just heard
and what I was about to hear just sort of got in the way of the universe that was unfolding
in my head.
So, in 2000, with a copy of the soundtracks, some isolated sound effects, and a copy of Cool
Edit Pro, I edited together a more cinematic version of the Radio Dramas. There is
no narration anymore. The individual 30 minute episodes have been trimmed up and rejoined
as 70-80 minute "parts." The opening credits kick off part 1, and the closing credits are
the last thing you hear on the final part. Thus making "A New Hope" go from 13 half hour
episodes to 4 seventy-minute parts. "Empire" goes from 10 half hours to 3 parts, and Jedi
goes from 6 half hours to 2 parts. I hope you find this new listening experience a little
more immersing and enjoyable.
Thanks to National Public Radio, George Lucas for selling KUSC-FM the rights to the
station for all of one dollar, Brian Daley and John Madden (not that one) for writing
and directing, Ben Burtt, John Williams, and the voice talent:
Mark Hamill - Luke Skywalker (ANH and ESB)
Joshua Fardon - Luke Skywalker (ROTJ)
Ann Sachs - Princess Leia
Perry King - Han Solo
Brock Peters - Darth Vader
Bernard Behrens - Obi Wan Kenobi
John Lithgow - Yoda
Anthony Daniels - C-3P0
David Birney - Anakin Skywalker
Keene Curtis - Grand Moff Tarkin
Billy Dee Williams - Lando Calrissian (ESB)
Arye Gross - Lando Calrissian (ROTJ)
Paul Hecht - The Emperor
John Considine - Lord Tion
Stephen Elliott - Bail Organa
David Ackroyd - Captain Antilles
Merwin Goldsmith - General Riekaan
Alan Rosenburg - Boba Fett (ESB)
Ed Begley Jr. - Boba Fett (ROTJ)
Ed Asner - Jabba The Hutt
Adam Arkin - Fixer
Kale Browne - Biggs
David Clennon - Motti
Anne Gerety - Aunt Beru
Thomas Hill - Uncle Owen
David Paymer - Deak
Stephanie Steele - Cammie
Meschach Taylor - Wedge (ANH)
Don Scarino - Wedge (ESB)
Jon Matthews - Wedge (ROTJ)
Peter Michael Goetz - Admiral Ozzel (ESB)
Gordon Gould - General Veers
David Rasche - Admiral Piett
Peter Dennis - Moff Jerjerrod
Samantha Bennett - Arica/Mara Jade
David Dukes - Bib Fortuna
Peter Michael Goetz - General Madine (ROTJ)
Natalija Nogulich - Mon Mothma
Mark Adair Rios - Admiral Ackbar
Peter Friedman - Dak
Ron Frazier - Deck Officer
Tom Virtue - Major Derlin
James Eckhouse - Beta
Joel Brooks - Heater
Yeardley Smith - EV 9D9
Russell Horton - Too-Onebee
Also starring David Alan Grier, Nia vardalos, John Kapelos,Sam McMurray, James Blendick,
Clyde Burton, Bruce French, Jerry Hardin, Marc Vahanian, John Welsh, Kent Williams,
Stephanie D. Newman, John Pielmeier, Geoffrey Pierson, Gary Tacon, Jerry Zacks, Ron West,
Karl Johnson, Paul Mercier, Steven Petrarca, Ron LePaz, Sherman Howard, Jonathen Penner,
and Gil Segel.
Special Thanks to Ken Hiller, who although he bugged me and I chopped him out of this
"Special Edition," did a great job as the narrator.
Enjoy and seed.
Anyone interested at all? It's all in mp3 form and fits comfortably on one cd-r, complete with bonus features like the making of, radio ads, and some deleted scenes.