Rare 1980 "Empire Hotline" Recordings Discovered

[Darth Snoopy]

I saw this at StarWars.com and I remember seeing this promotion leading up to the release of The Empire Strikes Back.

Rare 1980 "Empire Hotline" Recordings Discovered​

Anyone else remember this?

 

[denryanj]

I remember calling to hear these, having found out about them in the March or April 1980 issue of Starlog. I figured they were lost to time. What a trip to hear them again after 30 years.

 

[karamazov80]

The Vader one is the best, followed by 3POs. Sounds like Ford and Fisher were really "phoning" that one in (haha)

 

[jkno]

Really cool! No R2 "bleep, bop, biiip" though

 

[Darth Mitchell]

No R2 "bleep, bop, biiip" though

It would have been awesome if there was, and then 3PO said something like
"Ow switch off... I'm sorry my counterpart has some malfunctions. This may come because of the cold on Hoth. It was so horrible there..."

 

[Valfar]

Vader was the worst, Han was the best and the rest are meh.

 

[zeiss]

Vader was the worst, Han was the best and the rest are meh.

I agree. Vader was horrible! Hamill was a little over the top...I guess he was preparing for his future career in voicing cartoons

 

[Darth Snoopy]

I remember calling to hear these, having found out about them in the March or April 1980 issue of Starlog. I figured they were lost to time. What a trip to hear them again after 30 years.

Definitely! I remember calling the number and getting really excitedto see ESB!

 

[Fozzy]

Nice find, 30 years..makes me feel old!!