Episode 1 - Wind To Shake The Stars: The whole of episode 1 is set on Tatooine, and fills in much of the backstory of Luke's difficult relationships with his Anchorhead friends. Rising to the challenge of a skyhopper race against the cocky Fixer, Luke wins the race and the respect of his peers. When Luke spots the capture of the Tantive IV by the Devastator in the Tatooine sky, his friends ridicule him. These scenes tie in closely with the cut Anchorhead scenes from the first Star Wars film, portraying a convincing picture of teenage life on a desert planet. Luke's relationship with Biggs is explored with emotion as they face the pain of parting.

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About Star Wars Radio: Star Wars was a thirteen-part expanded radio adaptation of the original Star Wars film, produced in 1981 and broadcast by National Public Radio as part of NPR Playhouse. The series was made with the full cooperation of George Lucas, who donated the rights and allowed the use of sound effects and music from the films. A New Hope follows a narrative much more closely aligned with the original film on which it is based. There are some small segments of action or dialogue which may be highlighted as treatments of Expanded Universe material, but the overall narrative does not diverge substantially from the original plot.