TheBoost said:
DarkFather said:
When Vader comes aboard the Tantive IV to retrieve the stolen plans, a listener will begin to realize that this is a new spin on the villain from the film. While much of the dialogue and actions are the same, the tonality he uses when speaking gives us a villain with a different personality. His voice remains calm. While choking Antilles, Vader talks like an adult asking a child where the remote control to the television was hidden.

So this Vader isn't so much the brute from the film, but a more sophisticated and stoic villain.

Obviously any actor (except Rich Little) is going to bring their own take on the character, but I also think that the radio actor's performance is clearly inspired by the James Earl Jones performance in ESB more than the much angrier and more expressive performance Jones gave in Star Wars.

The Ulic Quel Droma story, all three Dark Empires, and the Dark Forces games were also adapted to full-cast "radio dramas," with (IMHO) less success.

I sure wish they'd do the PT as radio dramas. With a solid writer to flesh out the characters and motivations, that could be awesome.

I like the NPR Darth Vader, don't get me wrong.