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Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

By: Steve Perry
Narrated by: Anthony Heald
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Shadows of the Empire illuminates the shadowy outlines of a criminal conspiracy that exists in the background of the events in the movies, ruled by a character new to us. Prince Xizor is a mastermind of evil who dares to oppose one of the best-known fictional villains of all time: Darth Vader. The story involves all the featured Star Wars movie characters, plus Emperor Palpatine and, of course, Lord Vader himself.© and (P)1996 Lucasfilm Ltd. and TM. Adventure Fantasy Genre Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Science Fiction Space Opera Star Wars Fiction Interstellar Bounty Hunter
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This abridged version of the book misses some off the funny parts of the original. The sound effects are OK, but there are several parts where the audio misses the effects - especially in the Darth Vader voice parts. Also, all voices sounds similar and there are times where a character voice is different at different points of the book. On the other hand, the story is very good, although a bit childish at times.

Abridged and some poor audio

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if you are a classic Star wars fan you will enjoy this book. Tells the story between Empire Strikes Back & Return of the Jedi.

Enjoyable story

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Loved it, narrator was very good, could see they cared for the story and character's. Do love the audio drama bits.

Great bit of star wars

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needs full unabridged version as several parts were missing including important character development, action and important plot points but still enjoyable just too short

needs full version

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This novel takes place between episodes 5 and 6 and gives a proper tribute to our beloved characters from the original films while introducing some intresting new ones for them to interact with, meanwhile explaining the trials and travels of our characters that acts as a small break In the search for Han Solo. Making the movies more enjoyable knowing what happenes inbetween and setting up the ideas and themes even more so for Return Of The Jedi. I would greatly recommend listening.

An explanation for the pause in Han Solos rescue

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