The Making of Star Wars For Radio: A Fable For the Mind's Eye

The Making of Star Wars For Radio: A Fable For the Mind's Eye is a radio documentary about the Star Wars radio drama. It was produced by Minnesota Public Radio, an affiliate of National Public Radio. NPR first aired it in February of 1981 to promote the upcoming series; some stations chose instead to air it the week after the final episode.

The half-hour program centers around interviews with members of the cast and production crew: Mark Hamill (Luke), Anthony Daniels (See-Threepio), Perry King (Han), executive producer Richard Toscan, director John Madden, and sound mixer Tom Voegeli. Ben Burtt, the sound designer for the film IV, is also interviewed about his design for different sound effects and their adaptation to the radio.

Besides the interviews, the documentary plays two unmixed scenes from the first episode, "A Wind to Shake the Stars," to show what the dialogue sounded like before Voegli combined it with the sound effects and music.

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