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==''The Empire Strikes Back''==
{{Infobox radio show
| name          = The Empire Strikes Back
| image         = File:Empirestrikesback2.png
| image_size    = 250px
| alt           = The Empire Strikes Back Logo
| caption       = 
| other_names   = 
| format        = [[Radio drama]]
| runtime       = 4 hours 22 minutes
| country       = USA
| language      = English
| home_station  = [[NPR]]/[[KUSC]]
| syndicates    = 
| presenter     = 
| starring      = {{unbulleted list|
[[Mark Hamill]]|[[Anthony Daniels]]|[[Billy Dee Williams]]|Ann Sachs|[[Perry King]]|Bernard Behrens|[[Brock Peters]]}}
| announcer     = 
| creator       = 
| writer        = [[Brian Daley]]
| director      = [[John Madden (director)|John Madden]]
| senior_editor = 
| editor        = 
| producer      = Tom Voegeli
| exec_producer = Jon Bos
| narrated      = Ken Hiller
| rec_location  = [[A & R Recording|A&R Studios]], New York City
| first_aired   = {{Start date|1983|02|14}}  
| last_aired    = {{End date|1983|04|25}}
| num_series    = 
| num_episodes  = 10
| 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}} -->
}}
The success of the first series led to a 10-part (4 hour, 22 minute) series based on the 1980 film ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'', again written by Daley and directed by Madden. It was recorded in 1982 at A&R Studios, New York City.{{sfn|Sterling|2004|page=2206}}<ref>Daley, Brian.  ''Empire Strikes Back: The Original Radio Drama'', Mass-market paperback/Titan Books Ltd., 1995, p. 3.</ref> The series debuted on NPR on February 14, 1983.

Like the preceding series, ''The Empire Strikes Back'' expands on the movie's story and incorporates new scenes such an Imperial attack on a Rebel convoy taking place before the film's original opening scene and a tense conversation between Solo and Skywalker when the two are stranded in the [[Hoth]] wastelands.

National Public Radio's promoted the series in part by getting [[Craig Claiborne]] to create his version of [[Yoda]]'s rootleaf stew recipe, which the [[Jedi Master]] serves Luke in the hut on [[Dagobah]]. The recipe ran in magazines and newspapers across the country.<ref>{{cite web|title=Yoda's Incredible Herb Stew|url=http://www.mkescene.com/forums/eats-and-drinks/yoda's-incredible-herb-stew/?wap2|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150209120846/http://www.mkescene.com/forums/eats-and-drinks/yoda's-incredible-herb-stew/?wap2|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-02-09|access-date=2015-02-06}}</ref>

Episode titles: 
# "Freedom's Winter"
# "The Coming Storm"
# "A Question of Survival"
# "Fire and Ice"
# "The ''Millennium Falcon'' Pursuit"
# "Way of the Jedi"
# "New Allies, New Enemies"
# "Dark Lord's Fury"
# "Gambler's Choice"
# "The Clash of Lightsabers"

===Cast===
[[Billy Dee Williams]] reprised [[Lando Calrissian]], and [[John Lithgow]] played [[Yoda]] at the same time Madden was directing Lithgow in the play ''[[Beyond Therapy]]''. Hamill and Daniels returned to voice Luke and C-3PO.

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*[[Mark Hamill]] as [[Luke Skywalker]]
*[[Perry King]] as [[Han Solo]]
*Ann Sachs as [[Princess Leia]] Organa
*[[Billy Dee Williams]] as [[Lando Calrissian]]
*Bernard Behrens as [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]]
*[[Brock Peters]] as [[Darth Vader]]
*[[John Lithgow]] as [[Yoda]]
*[[Anthony Daniels]] as [[C-3PO]]
*[[James Eckhouse]] as Beta
*[[Peter Friedman]] as Dak
*Ron Frazier as Deck Officer
*Merwin Goldsmith as [[List of Star Wars characters#R|General Rieekan]]
*[[Peter Michael Goetz]] as [[Admiral Ozzel]]
*Gordon Gould as [[General Veers]]
*[[Paul Hecht]] as [[Palpatine|The Emperor]]
*Russell Horton as [[2-1B (Too-onebee)|2-1B]]
*James Hurdle as Controller
*[[Nicholas Kepros]] as [[Captain Needa]]
*[[David Rasche]] as [[Admiral Piett]]
*[[Alan Rosenberg]] as [[Boba Fett]]
*[[Jay O. Sanders]] as Imperial Pilot
*[[Don Scardino]] as [[Wedge Antilles]]
}}
The supporting cast again included [[David Alan Grier]] and also included [[Sam McMurray]], Steven Markle, Stephen D. Newman, [[John Pielmeier]], [[Geoff Pierson|Geoffrey Pierson]], Gary Tacon, and [[Jerry Zaks]]. Ken Hiller provides the narration.