Star Wars (book-and-record)

For other uses, see Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.

Star Wars was a book-and-record/book-and-tape adaptation of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, published in 1979 as part of Buena Vista Records' Read-Along Adventures series. It was produced by Jymn Magon and was one of the few works licensed by the short-lived Lucasfilm subsidiary Black Falcon It is unknown who narrated the record as credits were not provided along with the book or record.^[2]

Plot summary

This article's plot summary may be found on the article about the original work, Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.

The cassette tape version was re-released in a collection along with the other two original films' adaptations in 1984.^[4]

The same audio and text was used for the 1994 Classic Star Wars: A New Hope book-and-tape, with different packaging and interior photos.^[2]

In 1997, Walt Disney Records released an a new book-and-tape adaptation that included material from the Special Edition of A New Hope.^[5]

In the booklet of the original release in 1982, "Luke Skywalker" is translated into "Luke Skyganger," which means "Luke Cloudstrider."
"Darth Vader" is consistently mispronounced as "Dart Wader."
"Obi-Wan Kenobi" is repeatedly mispronounced as "Obi-Van Kanobi."
"Leia" is once mispronounced as "Laya."
The tape opens with "For lang tid siden i en fjern, fjern stjernetåge," meaning "A long time ago in a nebula far, far away."
The "Galactic Empire" is translated into "Galaksens Rige," which means "The Kingdom of the Galaxy."
In this play, the tractor beam does not pull but rather sucks the Falcon into the Death Star even though "tractor beam" itself is translated as "trækstråle," which means "pull-beam."
The tape wrongly states that Luke became the leader of the Rebellion.
X-wings are "W-winger."