Episode 8 - Death Star's Transit: In episode 8 Princess Leia is held aboard the Star Destroyer Devastator on approach to the Death Star. In a chilling exchange, Darth Vader invites Leia to gaze on the Death Star through the viewing portal of the ship, offering her one last chance to reveal her Rebel connections before she is tortured by several different devices, including the injection arm, aboard the Death Star. Nevertheless, Vader displays a certain respect for his royal prisoner, ordering his captain to treat her courteously.

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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.