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Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

By: Steve Perry
Narrated by: Anthony Heald
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Shadows of the Empire illuminates the shadowy outlines of a criminal conspiracy that exists in the background of the events in the movies, ruled by a character new to us. Prince Xizor is a mastermind of evil who dares to oppose one of the best-known fictional villains of all time: Darth Vader. The story involves all the featured Star Wars movie characters, plus Emperor Palpatine and, of course, Lord Vader himself.

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"Anthony Heald is a superb performer for the various Star Wars audiobooks. He slides in and out of distinctive Star Wars characters with such smoothness that the characters are instantly recognizable, as if the original actors were working in ensemble." (AudioFile)

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Engaging Adventure • Classic Storytelling • Fitting Interquel • Immersive Production • Swashbuckling Vibes
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I love the Star Wars legend novels and there are some great stories but abridging the books takes away so much! really would love an unabridged version!!

Really good but I wish it wasn't abridged!

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The audiobook has a lot of sound effects that provides emerssive storytelling, but doesnt get overbearing imo. Light reading, something that doesn't go extremely deep into the lore or explores any deep lore. Still a fun listen.

Fun Adventure with classic SW storytelling

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one of the greatest stories from star wars. felt like it bridge between Empire strikes Back and jedi perfectly.

loved it

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With the sound effects added, it really makes you feel like you're watching a movie.

Loved the game, loved the book

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His pronunciation clearly shows he's never seen the show or movies in his life. Please stick to narrators that have seen it

This guy needs to watch starwars

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Story was good but I wanted to get the entire story when I used a credit to buy it—not an abridgment of it. Audible should clearly mark abridged books as being such.

Frustrated it was abridged

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Beware. This is a highly abridged version. I wish there was a full version available.
For what it’s worth, though I don’t usually like added music and sound effects, they worked well here. I just wish it was the full story. This moves too quickly and there are clearly important sections missing. Sometimes characters appear in scenes that weren’t there before.

Abridged

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Great action, plot line, and character development following the events after Empire and before Return

Luke to the Rescue

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Beware: you are paying full price for an abridged book. How hard is it to produce a full version of an audiobook?

Abridged=trash

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This book has been the best I could ever read to me and good as well.

Magnificent

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