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that there are official radio adaptations of the Star Wars original trilogy released in 1981, 1983, and 1996 with Mark Hamill and several other stars returning to do the voice acting

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Fun Fact: that there are official radio adaptations of the Star Wars original trilogy released in 1981, 1983, and 1996 with Mark Hamill and several other stars returning to do the voice acting

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