Episode 3 - Black Knight, White Princess, And Pawns: Episode 3 begins on board the Tantive IV. Droids C-3PO and R2-D2 meet in the droid pool. The Tantive IV emerges from hyperspace over the planet Toprawa and receives the transmission of the secret Death Star plans. The ship is pursued by the Imperial Cruiser Devastator through hyperspace to Tatooine. Before Leia can locate General Kenobi, the Tantive IV is attacked and boarded. Desperate to get the data tapes [sic] off the ship, Leia resorts to loading the data into a droid—Artoo Detoo—instructing him to take an escape pod down to Tatooine and bring the Death Star plans to General Kenobi.

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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.