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Title: The Original Star Wars Cast - The Complete Star Wars Trilogy (Original Radio Dramas)
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1996, Spoken Word, Radio Drama and Science Fiction, Los Angeles, California 9/26
Matrix #: HBP 49261
Condition: VG (LM) | Members: Original Star Wars Cast (N/A) | Writer: Brian Daley | Director: John Madden
Cultural Facts:

1. George Lucas Lore: Lucas allowed the original Star Wars radio adaptation to be produced for just $1, giving the rights to USC public-radio station KUSC and opening the door for an unusually ambitious NPR production.
2. Original Cast: Mark Hamill returned as Luke Skywalker and Anthony Daniels as C-3PO, while later installments brought in actors including Billy Dee Williams and John Lithgow, who voiced Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back radio drama.
3. Radio Phenomenon: The first Star Wars radio series generated roughly 50,000 letters and phone calls in a single week and reportedly increased NPR listenership by around 40%, making it one of the network’s biggest early popular-culture successes.