We’re back to finish reviewing the radio drama for Return of the Jedi! In this episode we’re looking at the sixth and final episode of the Jedi radio drama, ‘Blood of a Jedi’. Some of the topics that Steve covers during the show include: Does this episode cram in all that’s left of the story effectively? Steve writes his own scene for the episode and includes it. Some bit part players sound really bored. The staff that work in the sound effects library need a holiday. Threepio appears in some od...
Jun 10, 2023•59 min•Season 3Ep. 6
In a special bonus, we present an episode from Steve's other podcast, 'Ben & Steve's Video Store'. In this episode, Steve and Ben discuss their thoughts on Return of the Jedi, as we fast approach the 40th Anniversary of the final part of the original Star Wars trilogy. We hope you enjoy the episode. If you like what you hear, check out more 'Ben & Steve's Video Store' wherever you find your pods. Steve will be back with a regular episode of the show very soon, looking at the sixth and fi...
May 13, 2023•2 hr 28 min•Ep. 31
We’re back to continue reviewing the radio drama for Return of the Jedi! In this episode we’re looking at episode five of the Jedi radio drama, ‘So Turns a Galaxy, So Turns a Wheel’. Some of the topics that Steve covers during the show include: · CANON! CANON! How does Leia remember her mother? Steve gets nit-picky! · Steve gets very angry when one of his favourite scenes from ROTJ gets ruined! · Brock Peters sounds bored. · Some major revelations for Luke and Leia, and some great performances f...
Mar 22, 2023•50 min•Season 3Ep. 5
We’re back to continue reviewing the radio drama for Return of the Jedi! In this episode we’re looking at episode four of the Jedi radio drama, ‘Pattern and Web’ Some of the topics that Steve covers during the show include CANON! CANON! There is yet another reference to ‘Shadows of the Empire' A link between Star Wars and Star Trek: The Next Generation Adapting the speeder bike chase for radio, with mostly successful results The show reaching out to Mark Hamill, with no success at all Threepio h...
Feb 17, 2023•42 min•Season 3Ep. 4
We’re back to continue reviewing the radio drama for Return of the Jedi! In this episode we’re looking at episode three of the Jedi radio drama, ‘Prophesies and Destinies’ Some of the topics that Steve covers during the show include: Princess Leia getting all ‘John McClane’ on Jabba’s ass’ A great new additional scene on the Millennium Falcon CANON! CANON! Steve talks about a reference to ‘Shadows of the Empire’ An interesting way in which Brian Daley takes a scene from the start of the movie an...
Jan 19, 2023•42 min•Season 3Ep. 3
We’re back to continue reviewing the radio drama for Return of the Jedi! In this episode we’re looking at episode two of the Jedi radio drama, ‘Fast Friends’ Some of the topics that Steve covers during the show include: Why Jabba the Hutt is exactly the same as Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party The reproductive life cycle of the Hutts If a Sarlacc has a bad curry, does it take 1,000 years to digest? Why the key members of the Rebel Alliance would be AWFUL Bothan Spies How do you adapt a n...
Sep 08, 2021•45 min•Season 3Ep. 2
We’re back to review the radio drama for Return of the Jedi! Obviously, we will start with episode one, ‘Tatooine Haunts’. Before breaking down the episode, Steve gives a brief history of the Jedi radio drama and how it came to be 13 years after The Empire Strikes Back aired on NPR. Some of the topics that Steve covers during the show include: His complicated relationship with The Rise of Skywalker How Brian Daley weaves in some of the Star Wars expanded universe into the canon of the radio dram...
Mar 29, 2020•36 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Before we move onto the Return of the Jedi radio drama, it’s time for a look back on Empire, with a retrospective episode. Here, Steve is joined by special guest Scott Alden for a spoiler filled chat about The Rise of Skywalker, before we move on to discuss our favourite and least favourite things about the Empire radio drama. Steve & Scott discuss the amazing work that went into the Hoth battle in the episode ‘Fire & Ice’ as well as the great work the first few episodes of the radio dra...
Dec 29, 2019•1 hr 42 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Join Steve as he reviews the tenth and final episode of The Empire Strikes Back radio drama, ‘The Clash of Lightsabers’. Luke Skywalker & Darth Vader continue their lightsaber duel in Cloud City (along with some cringe inducing dialogue) as Lando, Leia, Chewie, Artoo and Threepio attempt to escape Imperial clutches. Steve discusses how the radio drama handles one of the biggest revelations in modern popular culture, how Artoo saves the day more than once and Steve also strangely manages to c...
Oct 12, 2019•39 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Join Steve as he reviews the ninth episode of the Empire Strikes Back radio drama, 'Gambler's Choice'. Han Solo has been turned into a coffee table, Leia, Chewbacca & Threepio are about to be turned over to Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker and Artoo are coming to the rescue. Meanwhile, Lando Calrissian is beginning to discover what it means to strike a deal with the Dark Lord of the Sith. And Luke Skywalker is finally heading to a confrontation with the man who killed his father, his mentor an...
Oct 05, 2019•36 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Join Steve as he breaks down the eighth episode of The Empire Strikes Back radio drama, 'Dark Lord's Fury'. In this episode, our heroes in Cloud City fall foul of Darth Vader, who is in a pretty grumpy mood, spouting evil rhetoric all over the place and is generally being a bad ass. Steve discusses what could well be his favourite scene in the Empire radio drama, as Han and Chewie consider taking Vader on in a fight around the dining table, in a scene that was written especially for radio and do...
Jul 14, 2019•44 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Join Steve as he reviews the seventh episode of The Empire Strikes Back radio drama, ‘New Allies, New Enemies’ Before talking about the episode, Steve briefly talks about the teaser trailer for The Rise of Skywalker and the return of Emperor Palpatine. In this episode of the radio drama, Billy Dee Williams joins the cast as Lando Calrissian and it’s good to hear the old smoothie. Steve also talks about the challenges of adapting significant scenes for radio, the lack of health and safety regulat...
Apr 25, 2019•38 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Join Steve as he reviews and breaks down the sixth episode of The Empire Strikes Back radio drama, 'Way of the Jedi'. Steve talks about asking John Lithgow how it feels to be the only actor to play both Yoda & Winston Churchill, as well as The Graham Norton Show (possibly) stealing his question. Steve also talks about Yoda's mischievous side being missing from the Star Wars prequels, as well as the introduction of The Emperor in the Radio Drama. There are also the usual tangents, with one lo...
Feb 10, 2019•43 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Join Steve as he reviews the fifth episode of The Empire Strikes Back NPR Radio Drama, 'The Millennium Falcon Pursuit'. Han, Leia & Threepio get the lions share of the action and dialogue this week, as our heroes escape the battle of Hoth and go headfirst into tangling with Imperial TIE Fighters, Star Destroyers, Asteroid fields and 'Space Slugs'. Steve talks about Han coming across as a bit of a sleazeball, Darth Vader acting like a teenager and some of the best dialogue written for the rad...
Jan 25, 2019•43 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Join Steve as he reviews the fourth episode of The Empire Strikes Back radio drama, 'Fire and Ice'. In this episode the Empire launch an all out attack on the Rebel Base on Hoth. Hear Steve discuss his feelings on Brock Peter's performance as Darth Vader, along with his thoughts on the wonderful editing and sound design of the major battle scenes. There is also a new alert to listen out for: PANTO VILLAIN ALERT! You can email the show at ashowtoshakethestars@gmail.com We're on Twitter: @showshak...
Nov 27, 2018•39 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Join Steve as he reviews the third episode of The Empire Strikes Back radio drama, 'A Question of Survival'. Steve tackles some thorny issues this week, including a killer medical droid that could be roaming Echo Base, Threepio flirting with another droid and Leia engaging in questionable conduct with her brother. Although, to be fair she doesn't know it is her brother. Ugh. Also, Darth Vader makes his debut in the Empire radio drama! You can follow the show on Twitter, our handle is @showshakes...
Oct 20, 2018•36 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Join Steve as he reviews the second episode of The Empire Strikes Back radio drama, 'The Coming Storm'. Steve goes off on tangents this week and talks about unused music from the films score being used in the radio drama, as well as discussing a brand new scene featuring Han & Luke going camping in the frozen Hoth wastelands. It's not quite like that but you get the idea. Han gets all officious with a poor Deck Officer, and Artoo & Threepio (a.k.a The Loose Wiring Brothers) must learn ho...
Sep 23, 2018•36 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Join Steve as he reviews the first episode of The Empire Strikes Back radio drama, ‘Freedom’s Winter’. Before Steve breaks down the episode, he is joined by very special guest Mark Newbold from Fantha Tracks, where they discuss the radio dramas, The Phantom Menace nearly 20 years on and lots of other things all Star Wars related. (Some Star Trek too) Then Steve resumes his usual incoherent ramblings by giving a brief history of the Empire radio drama and then reviewing the first episode. Steve t...
Sep 01, 2018•1 hr 33 min•Season 2Ep. 1
This week Steve is joined by special guests Steve 'The Ginger Prince' and Phil Genery in a retrospective episode that looks back specifically at the Star Wars radio drama. We discuss various topics such as meeting Darth Vader at Tesco, James Earl Jones reading the dictionary and Luke having a serious man crush on Biggs We also talk about how some elements of the radio drama closely tie in with the new modern era Star Wars movies and acknowledging the genius of Ben Burtt. Also, which scene do we ...
Aug 16, 2018•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Join Steve as he reviews the final episode of the Star Wars National Public Radio Drama, 'Force & Counterforce'. It's squeaky bum time as the Rebel Alliance launch a desperate attack on the Death Star as it approaches Yavin IV with the sole goal of wiping the rebels from existence. Hear Steve discuss squeaky bums (a lot), the change of Tarkin's character in the radio drama, as well as the writers of Star Trek: The Next Generation stealing some of Brian Daley's dialogue. Before we move on to ...
Jul 22, 2018•45 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Join Steve as he discusses the 12th episode of the Star Wars NPR Radio Drama, 'The Case for Rebellion'. After 'narrowly' escaping the Death Star, our heroes set a course for the Rebel Base, with the Imperial battle station on their tail. Steve discusses Luke playing in an old style Atari Star Wars arcade game, Threepio being far too polite and Han being totally selfish as usual. Also Chewie still hasn't got the hint and likes to hang around while Han washes himself. You can email the show ashowt...
Jun 16, 2018•39 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Join Steve as he reviews the eleventh episode of the Star Wars National Public Radio Drama, 'The Jedi Nexus', which has nothing to do with Star Trek Generations or cars. Hear Steve repeat himself (a lot) by talking about the difficulty of adapting dialogue free scenes for Radio, as well as talking about Luke & Leia's growing relationship. Steve also looks at how the radio drama handles the death of Obi-Wan Kenobi (Here's a clue, he hates it) You can email the show ashowtoshakethestars@gmail....
May 27, 2018•48 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Join Steve as he looks at the tenth episode of the Star Wars National Public Radio Drama, 'The Luke Skywalker Initiative' In this episode, Luke and the gang get pulled into the Death Star, where they make far too much noise while trying to be stealthy and piss about trying to rescue Princess Leia. Hear as Steve struggles to say the words 'Detention Block', as well as getting unnecessarily angry on Luke's behalf over being patronised by Ben Kenobi. Han also spouts some Star Trek: TNG type 'tech b...
May 12, 2018•36 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Join Steve as he looks at the ninth episode of the Star Wars NPR Radio Drama, 'Rogues, Rebels & Robots'. In this episode Steve creates a new Star Wars NPR drinking game (quite so), and discusses what happens when millions of oysters cry out in terror. As usual, Han Solo gets all the best lines. A Show to Shake the Stars will return with 'The Luke Skywalker Initiative' You can email the show at ashowtoshakethestars@gmail.com We're on Twitter: https://twitter.com/showshakestars @showshakestars...
Apr 29, 2018•38 min•Season 1Ep. 9
This week Steve discusses and reviews 'Death Star's Transit', the eighth episode of the Star Wars NPR Radio Drama. This episode is all about the Empire, as we catch up with Darth Vader and the captured Princess Leia, as well as meeting Governor Tarkin for the first time. Hear Steve give his opinions on a new scene which shows us what poor Princess Leia went through while being tortured by Vader, as well as Tarkin's loyalty to the Emperor being tested but a treasonous Admiral Motti. Steve also co...
Apr 01, 2018•43 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Join Steve as he looks at and reviews episode seven of the Star Wars National Public Radio Drama, 'The Han Solo Solution'. There are chuckles aplenty in this episode, as well as the introduction of two new characters, Heater & Squeak. They're a bit like bubble & squeak, except they're not. Steve reflects on how this episode really expands the story, and maybe not for the better as well as looking at the affection Brian Daley clearly has for Han Solo. You can email the show at ashowtoshak...
Mar 17, 2018•37 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Join Steve as he reviews the sixth episode of the NPR Radio Drama, 'The Millennium Falcon Deal'. This episode introduces Han Solo, played by Perry King, who is arguably just as good as Harrison Ford in the role as everyone's favourite scoundrel. Steve clarifies his comments on 'Faster, More Intense' from the last episode, as well as going off on his usual tangents and talks about how the radio drama is structurally very different to the movie. You can email the show on ashowtoshakethestars@gmail...
Feb 24, 2018•40 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Join Steve as he reviews the fifth episode of the Star Wars NPR, 'Jedi That Was, Jedi To Be'. In this Episode, we finally meet Obi-Wan Kenobi, played by a Canadian sounding Brit with the middle name 'Bunny'. Steve discusses his opinion on certain aspects of the Family Guy Star Wars episodes, as well as the negative aspects of George Lucas and his insistence on 'Faster, More Intense'. You can email the show on ashowtoshakethestars@gmail.com You can find the show on Twitter @showshakestars We're a...
Feb 10, 2018•40 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Join Steve as he looks at the fourth episode of the Star Wars NPR Radio Drama, 'While Giants Mark Time'. Hear Steve discuss how annoying he finds Threepio nowadays, where Aunt Beru gets her blue milk from and a tangent involving the awesome Star Wars book, 'From a Certain Point of View' You can email the show at ashowtoshakethestars@gmail.com You can also follow the show on Twitter on @showshakestars A Show to Shake the Stars will return with 'Jedi that was, Jedi to be'...
Jan 28, 2018•37 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Join Steve as he discusses the third episode of the Star Wars NPR Drama, 'Black Knight, White Princess & Pawns' Hear Steve says he's not going to talk about 'The Last Jedi' before he talks about it for ten minutes, as well as discussing if R2D2 is a he or an it. All the big questions are answered here. WARNING: This podcast does contain spoilers for The Last Jedi You can email the show on ashowtoshakethestars@gmail.com You can also follow the show on Twitter on @showshakestars A Show to Shak...
Jan 13, 2018•44 min•Season 1Ep. 3
