LexX said:
I'm looking forward to this project. I haven't listened any of those audio stories so I'm new to these. I only have the movie stories that were translated here (in 1995).
Welcome LexX and thank you for your interest in this project. The 7" record are I guess a little bit of an oddity in the Star Wars world. First of all a little background information on each record.
Taken from Wikipedia.org. All titles were sold under the Buena Vista Records branding unless otherwise noted. The Narration is done by either Chuck Riley or William Woodson with Anthony Daniels donning the role of C-3PO yet again.
| 150DC | Star Wars | Star Wars, Read-Along Adventures | Chuck Riley | R2-D2 Beep | 1979 |
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| 151DC | The Empire Strikes Back | Star Wars, Read-Along Adventures | Chuck Riley | R2-D2 Beep | 1980 |
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| 153DC | Star Wars - The Further Adventures: Droid World | Star Wars, Read-Along Adventures | Chuck Riley | R2-D2 Beep | 1983 |
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| 154DC | Star Wars - The Further Adventures: Planet of the Hoojibs | Star Wars, Read-Along Adventures | Chuck Riley | R2-D2 Beep | 1983 |
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| 155DC | Return of the Jedi | Star Wars, Read-Along Adventures | Chuck Riley | R2-D2 Beep | 1983 |
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| 167DC | The Ewok Adventure | Star Wars, Read-Along Adventures | Chuck Riley | Chimes ring |
1984
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| 180DC | Star Wars: Adventures in Colors & Shapes | Star Wars, Adventures in Learning Fun |
William Woodson and Anthony Daniels as C-3PO |
R2-D2 Beep | 1984 | |
| 181DC | Star Wars: Adventures in ABC | Star Wars, Adventures in Learning Fun | William Woodson and Anthony Daniels as C-3PO | R2-D2 Beep | 1984 |
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Now as far as the dialogue, these records were very abridged and designed for children so several things had to be considered. One nothing too violent should be contained within the recordings, two each record runs approx 12 minutes so dialogue is not entirely true to the movies. Third, voice actors were hired to read the spoken passages. This results in some really funny readings from Luke, Leia, han and Darth Vader. This alone is worth preserving. The latter books get the voices pretty darn close but C-3PO sound hilarious.
For actual dialogue and music straight from the movie see the fantastic Story Of albums that 7FN did. Otherwise these books are an important part of Star Wars nostalgia. Hope this info helps.
Cheers,
Adam