The Story of Star Wars


The Story of Star Wars is a 1977 record album presenting an abridged version of the events depicted in the film Star Wars, using dialogue and sound effects from the original film. The recording was produced by George Lucas and Alan Livingston, and was narrated by Roscoe Lee Browne. The script was adapted by E. Jack Kaplan and Cheryl Gard-Wornson. The album was released on 20th Century Fox Records and came with an illustrated 16-page souvenir photo book.
The original film became a hit in the days before home video, so for many fans at the time, this album was the closest to owning a copy of the film they could revisit whenever they wanted. The album was also released on compact cassette, 8-track tape, and 4-track reel-to-reel audio tape. It was a commercial success and achieved Gold Record status.

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''The Story of Star Wars'' in other languages

Foreign language versions of the album were recorded and produced in French, German, Spanish, Mexican Spanish and Japanese.

Sequel albums

The sequel films were also recreated into truncated audio adaptations of their original soundtracks; The Empire Strikes Back was adapted for records by RSO Records, the album of that film was released as The Empire Strikes Back: The Adventures of Luke Skywalker with narration provided by Malachi Throne, and Return of the Jedi was also produced by Walt Disney Productions into an abridged recording for audio, and released that film's album as The Story of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi through its Buena Vista Records label with narration done by Chuck Riley.