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Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

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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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Critic Reviews

"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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I love this book since it was released. Unfortunately the performance is not as good as other books it it does do the job fine.

Always enjoy this Star Wars story

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Loved the game and this story, there are a few differences between them but that should not change any opinions

A great story which will be made in future

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A few words didn’t seem to be pronounced correctly to me. Long silent pauses between chapters made me unsure if my Bluetooth was cutting out.

Glad to have finally experienced this story though. Some of the voices were good though, others were acceptable I guess.

Decent but a few annoying bits

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Excellent vocal acting.
The story was episodic and doesn’t add a lot to the Star Wars lore.

Excellent narration

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