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==''Star Wars''==
{{Infobox radio show
| name          = Star Wars
| image         = File:Star Wars Logo.svg
| image_size    = 250px
| alt           = Star Wars Logo
| caption       = 
| other_names   = ''The New Hope''
| format        = [[Radio drama]]
| runtime       = 5 hours 56 minutes
| country       = United States
| language      = English
| home_station  = [[NPR]]/[[KUSC]]
| syndicates    = [[BBC Radio 1]]
| presenter     = 
| starring      = {{unbulleted list|[[Mark Hamill]]|[[Anthony Daniels]]|Ann Sachs|[[Perry King]]|[[Bernard Behrens]]|[[Brock Peters]]}}
| announcer     = 
| creator       = 
| writer        = [[Brian Daley]]
| director      = [[John Madden (director)|John Madden]]
| senior_editor = 
| editor        = 
| producer      = 
| exec_producer = Richard Toscan<br/>Carol Titelman
| narrated      = Ken Hiller
| rec_location  = [[Westlake Recording Studios]], West Hollywood, CA
| first_aired   = {{Start date|1981|03|02}}<ref name="Encyclopedia of Radio" />
| last_aired    = {{End date|1981|05|25}}

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| num_episodes  = 13
| audio_format  = [[Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]
| opentheme     = [[Music of Star Wars|''Star Wars'' Main Theme]]
| othertheme    = 
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| sponsor       = 
| website       = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} -->
| podcast       = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} -->
}}
'''''Star Wars''''' is a 13-part (5 hour, 56 minute) radio serial originally broadcast on [[National Public Radio]] on March 2, 1981.<ref name="Encyclopedia of Radio" /><ref name=kansas/> It was adapted by Brian Daley from the 1977 film, and directed by [[John Madden (director)|John Madden]], with music by [[John Williams]] and sound design for Lucasfilm by [[Ben Burtt]]. The serial was recorded in 1981 at [[Westlake Recording Studios]] in West Hollywood, California.

Daley adapted the script partly using material from earlier drafts of Lucas's scripts, and restored several scenes cut from the final edit of the film, as well as adding original new scenes created specially for the audio version. The narrative of the first two episodes takes place entirely before the opening scene of the 1977 film, and expands the background to events leading up to the capture of the ''[[Tantive IV]]'' spacecraft above the planet [[Tatooine]]. Episode 1, largely based on cut scenes from the original, explores the life of [[Luke Skywalker]] on [[Tatooine]]. During the story, Luke's skyhopper (a vehicle seen in the background in Luke's garage during the film) is damaged during a desert race; Luke sees the distant [[Star Destroyer]] battle in the sky; and he is reunited with his childhood friend, [[Biggs Darklighter]]. Episode 2, made up of material written entirely by Daley, provides [[backstory]] to [[Princess Leia]]'s acquisition of the [[Death Star]] plans from agents of the [[Rebel Alliance]] on the planet Toprawa. In scenes set on the planet [[Alderaan]], Leia discusses the plans with her father, [[Prestor Organa]], and determines to go in search of [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]]. Later episodes mostly follow the storyline of the film, but additional scenes expand the narrative. In one scene, [[Han Solo]] has a meeting with an agent of [[Jabba the Hutt]] called Heater; this dialogue is based on a scene in which Solo meets a humanoid Jabba in the docking bay, cut from the original film but later [[Changes in Star Wars re-releases|reinstated in the 1997 Special Edition]] in modified form. In another episode, Daley inserts a conversation in which Admiral Motti attempts to convince [[Grand Moff Tarkin]] to leverage the Death Star as a political tool.{{sfn|Robb|2012}}<ref>{{cite book|first=Brian|last=Daley|title=Star Wars: The Original Radio Drama|publisher=[[Titan Books]]|location=New York City|date=1995|isbn=978-1852866280|page=7}}</ref>

When the series was re-issued on NPR several years later, it was retitled '''''The''' New Hope'' (as opposed to the official alternate title, '''''A''' New Hope''), keeping in line with the subtitles of the episodes of the original trilogy films.

Episode titles:
# "A Wind to Shake the Stars"
# "Points of Origin"
# "Black Knight, White Princess, and Pawns"
# "While Giants Mark Time"
# "Jedi that Was, Jedi To Be"
# "The Millennium Falcon Deal"
# "The Han Solo Solution"
# "Death Star's Transit"
# "Rogues, Rebels and Robots"
# "The Luke Skywalker Initiative"
# "The Jedi Nexus"
# "The Case for Rebellion"
# "Force and Counter Force"

===Cast===
Several actors reprised their roles in the film. [[Mark Hamill]] and [[Anthony Daniels]] returned to reprise their roles as [[Luke Skywalker]] and [[C-3PO]], respectively.

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*[[Mark Hamill]] as [[Luke Skywalker]]
*Ann Sachs as [[Princess Leia]] Organa
*[[Perry King]] as [[Han Solo]]
*[[Bernard Behrens]] as [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]]
*[[Brock Peters]] as [[Darth Vader]]
*[[Anthony Daniels]] as [[C-3PO]]
*[[Keene Curtis]] as [[Grand Moff Tarkin]]
*[[John Considine (actor)|John Considine]] as Lord Tion
*[[Stephen Elliott (actor)|Stephen Elliott]] as Prestor ([[Bail Organa]])
*[[David Ackroyd]] as Captain Antilles
*[[Adam Arkin]] as Fixer
*[[Kale Browne]] as [[Biggs Darklighter]]
*[[David Clennon]] as Motti
*[[Anne Gerety]] as Aunt Beru
*[[Thomas Hill (actor)|Thomas Hill]] as Uncle Owen
*[[David Paymer]] as Deak
*[[Joel Brooks]] as Heater
*[[John Dukakis]] as Rebel
*Stephanie Steele as Camie
*Phillip Kellard as Customer No. 2
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The supporting cast included [[James Blendick]], Clyde Burton, [[Bruce French (actor)|Bruce French]], [[David Alan Grier]], [[Jerry Hardin]], [[John Harkins (actor)|John Harkins]], [[Scott Jacoby (actor)|Scott Jacoby]], [[Meshach Taylor]], Marc Vahanian, [[John Welsh (actor)|John Welsh]], and [[Kent Williams (actor)|Kent Williams]]. Ken Hiller provides the narration.