Radio Dramas

Okay, quick question... What are y'all's opinions on radio dramas for the prequels? Yay or nay? Has anyone out there besides me heard the OT dramatizations?

 

I really enjoyed the Radio dramas for the original trilogy, but I don't think that it would really work for the new ones.

 

Well, I didn't see any possible way that the OT would have worked as a radio drama, either, until I actually heard it. Brian Daly did wonders. I'm sure there's SOMEONE out there that could figure it out!

 

Well, also on a ratings note- not many people listen to the radio like they did a couple decades ago.

 

True, but the OT radio dramas didn't exactly come out during the "Golden Age" (1920's through 1950's) of radio, either, and yet they broke all kinds of radio-listening records. I think that they could still do well. And they'd probably do well when released on CD, too.

 

Also, the BBC is doing radio drama of the last three Hitchhiker's novels--why not SW, too?

 

I've got a radio drama script of TPM all written out whenever anyone wants to try it (and I'm working on an AOTC one, too).

 

The ANH one was great, and the Empire one was nearly as good. The ROTJ one was not as good as the previous two, but I did like the two EU references.

 

I have the ESB Radio drama, and also the Dark Empire and Dark Empire II audio dramas. I like all 3 a lot. I would probably pass on a TPM drama but I would go for an AOTC one.

 

I think that the radio dramas were done excellently well, and they're awesome to keep you company on long drives.

As an aspiring writer I fantasize about how I might get in touch with George Lucas about scripting PT radio dramas....anyone have any ideas, let me know...I'll cut you in for a piece.

As far as whether or not they'd go over...its all about marketing. At the time the OT Radio Dramas came out there was some nostalgia for the golden age of radio that fed into it. Now, I think you might have to do it differently and do it as a webcast or something, maybe some streaming audio from a star wars radio network on the official website or something...I then it would be groundbreaking and innovative, which is what Star Wars has always been.

 

So much of the prequel trilogy so far has been about eye candy and special effects. I wonder how all of that would translate into a radio drama. Would it even be interesting?

 

So much of the prequel trilogy so far has been about eye candy and special effects. I wonder how all of that would translate into a radio drama. Would it even be interesting?

A lot of the "eye candy" in the Prequel Trilogy has detracted from the overall story telling, IMO. I think it would be very possible to flesh things out a little more. Remember, ANH was a 2 hour movie expanded into a 13 hour radio play. Imagine what you could do with TPM and AOTC if you could expand the story to 6 times what it is now!

 

That's true, they did throw in a bunch of interesting stuff in the OT radio dramas. My comment was simply saying that if you strip the PT stories of the flashy special effects, there might not be much story to go by in radio fashion. I suppose you could elaborate quite a bit though, and that would be super.

 

Yeah, I'm envisioning scenes in TPM of little boy Anakin on Tattooine, his early pod races, maybe he was even plagued by nightmares way back then, as a foreshadowing of his fall to Vader...you could have a lot of fun with it.

I would do anything to write these...I wonder how Brian Daley got the job from George Lucas?

 

ANH was only a 6 hour radio play, not 13.

ROTJ was even shorter, at 3 hours, reportedly because it was more of an action film than the other two. I suspect any PT radio dramas would be of comparable length.

 

ANH was only a 6 hour radio play, not 13.

you are of course correct...I misspoke about the run time...it was 6 hours and 13 episodes.

Please excuse me while I wipe the egg from my face!

 

I'm not sure about PT radio dramas, especially without Brian Daley. He wrote the script for the first three, and I think RoTJ was pretty good. But then that's the only one I've heard. With him no longer with us, I feel any other author would have a lot to live up to.

 

I remember listening to the Star Wars radio dramas on NPR when I was a kid--we still listened to Prairie Home Companion, and it came on afterwards.

I would love to see the PT done as a radio drama. I would definitely love to listen to them. Anyone remember the books on tape of Dark Empire? Those were pretty good too--the sound effects were cool.

~Carr

 

Luceno's the likely choice, were they ever to make them, especially considering his friendship with Daley. If not him, then Stover.

I recall the DE ones, the writing fleshed out a lot of things from the comics barely touched upon, but the voice acting was....subpar.

 

I'd like to see them, especially if they were up to the standard of the OT ones.

Luceno would be a good choice, with someone to help him out with the scripts (I'm not sure if he has ever done any scripting before.)

He certainly knows the background to the PT through his work on the visual dictionaries, Labyrinth of Evil and Cloak of Deception. He also loves including EU references in his work, which is what we'd all like to see

 

I really enjoyed the OT radio dramas, and would like to see PT dramas as well.

The EU made some very decent audio dramas as well, like Tales of the Jedi and Dark Lords of the Sith, but I'd like to see the PT dramas be even better qualitywise

 

I agree. I really enjoyed the ANH radio drama, and the ESB radio drama played out well, and to mirror the films became my favorite of all 3. The ROTJ drama was my least favorite. I felt the voice acting was subpar and the script was rushed. I attribute that to the fact that Brian Daley was in poor health as well as the budget constraints that came into play.

On the whole though...I'd really like to see the PT become a radio drama. In fact...I really would love to script them...if only I could get in contact with LFL...but either way, I think it would be a worthwhile venture.

Actually, I stated above that they could be produced for webcasting...and while that was a good thought IMO, I think they could also be marketed strongly for Satellite Radio. I know XM Radio has an entire channel devoted to Radio Drama and its not half bad actually....maybe someone from LFL will read this and contact me...

*dreams of stepping into a galaxy far far away....
*sigh

 

I've been meaning to buy the Radio Dramas on CD...