This is a really fun recreation of Star Wars (Episode IV – A New Hope) done in the style of an Old-Time Radio broadcast of Lux Radio Theater, using voice talent to recreate a cast that would have been appropriate for the 1940s. These are of course talented people doing voice reproductions for these fine actors below.
Here is a list of the Cast:
Luke Skywalker………….Mickey Rooney
Han Solo……………………Humphrey Bogart
Princess Leia……………..Katharine Hepburm
Grand Moff Tarkin……..Eric Von Strohelm
Obiwan Kenobi………….Jimmy Stewart
C3PO………………………..Oliver Hardy
R2D2………………………..Stan Laurel
Chewbacca………………..Rin-Tin-Tin
Darth Vader……………….Bela Lugosi
Uncle Owen……………….Jack Benny
Aunt Beru………………….Mae West
General Dodonna………..JackWebb
Red Leader…………………John Wayne
Red Two (Wedge)……….Henry Aldridge
Red Three (Biggs)……….Ronald Coleman
Red Six (Porkins)………..Orson Wells
Red Nine…………………….Groucho Marx
Red Seven…………………..Harpo Marx
Red Ten……………………..Chico Marx
Gold Leader……………….Curly Howard
Gold Two…………………..Larry Fine
Gold Five…………………..Moe Howard
Admiral Motti…………….Edward G. Robinson
Commander Togge……..Peter Lorre
Imperial Commander….Basil Rathbone
Imperial Officer…………Claude Rains
Imperial Announcer……Boris Karloff
Dr. Evazan………………..Ed Wynn
Greedo……………………..Keye Luke
Bartender………………….Sheldon Leonard
Technician………………..Gale Gordon
Narrator……………………Tadoo Tomomatsu
Host…………………………Cecil B. DeMille
This is from a CD that was available from the web site www.luxtheater.com for a short time, and was a Live Broadcast recording. The discs are no longer available and neither is the web site. I have created the two files and made them into one for ease of listening. I wanted to share this with everybody that has never heard it and those that have heard it and want to hear it again if they did not get a hold of it. I bought it from the site years ago and continue to listen to them several times a year.
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