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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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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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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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read this years ago, thought I'd revisit it, story still holds up.
couldn't finish it, the narrator has quite possibly got the most annoying voice in the known universe, he sounds like mini-me.
his phrasing and timing were ok but the character voices were more annoying than his own (if possible)
I'll be avoiding any titles with his name on it.

please stop talking

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Great story- abridged but it works well. The music and sound effects can be a little loud but I really enjoyed this. The chase is on for Boba Fett so Han Solo can be rescued but evil forces stir. Bounties for Luke Skywalker endanger the young jedi and trouble abounds. Add in the Rogue Squadron and plans for a major Empire building project its going to be a great ride.

In a Galaxy Far Far Away power struggles begin

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