1980 Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Read-Along Story Book and Cassette

[@brandonm327]

Oh my gosh. 35 years later I still have so much of this memorized. This took me back!

[@royroyston8480]

Oh.My.God. Childhood revisited. I'm having a little cry. Bittersweet.

[@dfghjdefrgthxcv]

OMFG...you can find anything on KZbin! I looked this up on a whim because I still know every word by heart and even now it sometimes gets stuck in my head like a song. I played that cassette till it disintegrated but I still have the book!

[@oliverpengilley]

No way! suddenly taken back to my childhood...thank you for posting this!!!

[@kinardak]

I was 4 years old and THIS was the first book I learned how to read. I read it so many times, I memorized it. Eventually, my mother purchased a tape recorder and I would record myself reading it, making the sound effects and character voices just like the audio. Thank you sooooo much for posting this!!

[@warren6090]

Lol me too!

[@EnCryptedHorror]

Same!

[@roneystapes]

EPIC!!!

[@logicaldude3611]

It's so funny how we used to entertain ourselves as kids. My brother and I made full-blown Star Wars home movies using my dad's VHS recorder. We used cassette tapes to record the Star Wars soundtrack off of vinyl records and we'd have it set up on a boombox to provide music in the background of our scenes, pausing it at the exact moment we stopped a scene. For space scenes, we'd set up the VHS recorder right in front of our computer screen and we'd play the X-Wing or Tie Fighter game. For cockpit scenes, we'd put on our bicycle helmets and we had a little setup under our computer desk to make it look like an X-Wing cockpit. My parents still have the videos, pretty awesome.

[@epicdj7147]

Bro same

[@watchingskies-starwarsspie9259]

Do not underestimate just how important these cassettes were when you were a sky kid who didn't even have VCR capabilities!! But my Sith Lord - the b-movie vocals haven't aged well!! Thanks for finding this!

[@gfdia35]

Age well, lol ,,, I'm sure our parents were like what's with these bs voices 😂

[@em23]

Just found and bought this for 9.99 at a used toy store...money well spent...childhood restored

[@gspendlove]

I remember how excited I was when I got this tape & book for Christmas in 1980. Played it over and over.

[@brockbaby]

The days before VHS!

[@sammyscollectabletoyshall1626]

Amazing I’ve listened to this at least 1000 times as a kid thanks for posting

[@curtwoot]

That bounty hunters page was my everything back in 1983!

[@kmbmakz3]

Wow. Flashbacks. I remember being 8 years old and listening to this on tape over and over in my room then attempting to draw the pictures from the book. Thanks for posting this

[@1dbanner]

Listened to these endlessly as a kid. Oddly enough, the scene of Luke crying "No!!" used to really freak me out

[@arunkhanna2496]

Oh my god...I haven’t heard this for years!!! Thank you for this!!!!!

[@rescue951]

I'm a kid again, thank you!!

[@Jaymindrew1990]

I was three when the first Star Wars movie came out. And I was six when the Empire strikes back came out. This read along book may not be the movie, but for some reason listening to this brings back a tremendous wave of nostalgia from being a kid that I cannot explain. I love these things! Even my young son, who is now the same age I was when the Empire strikes back came out loves it too. Thank you so much for posting this!

[@michaelastorga3187]

This brought me back to 1981 when my mother bought this me as a Christmas present.

[@hixnada8278]

I had this record as a kid!! So friggin awesome to see it again!! A much needed trip down nostalgia lane!

[@mooseymoosey4299]

had this as a kid...loved it

[@HexNottingham]

I never ever forgot the way he said, "toppling to the ground." Even though he's describing a scary moment, it always sounded like he was smiling at the edge of an amused laugh.

[@CptPikeOnABike]

i have my book, but the tape was lost, and now my sons can now listen too! you have no idea how much this means to me to find this :) thanQ for posting :)

[@klonenolk]

I just found the book at my mothers house and thought I might get lucky, And I did! Thanks so much for the trip down memory lane.

[@trexguy]

This is awesome. Thanks for posting. I listened to this record book all the time as a kid. Funny, my memory had the voices of the original actors.

[@Gideon0297]

What the heck me too!!!

[@jsmythib]

Something I havent heard in 40 years, and every sound is familiar! Theres nothing like a portable mono cassette player w/ 4 c batteries to impress the kids @ school :)

[@JackOSUrulz]

I found my old player just as you described....I wish I had the old mic that went with it.

[@davidprice5563]

These Star Wars book and tapes takes me back, okay so I've lost the book and tape/s but these (on YT) more than makes up for it. 😁😁😁

[@JoshuaMPatton]

Finding this made me so happy.

[@KnightRider46]

Wow time travel is possible, I was just transported back to being about 7 or 8 years old ❤️‍🩹

[@stevemcq.9911]

What a time-machine KZbin is! I heard this in 1981 and still have the single and booklet. It brings back so much memories and I am so happy and grateful, that I was able to experience this time. Strange that the sounds of the ships and the sounds in general come across much more intensively than on screen. I found that back then. The ear also "sees" somehow :-)

[@tedjordan7567]

Thumb up if you had the cassette and played it on one of those tape players that if you wanted to record you’d push the play button and the red record button down at the same time!!

[@branmichael]

This was my only experience of ESB as a child. Listened to it over and over. Saw ROJ at the theater in 1983 before i ever saw the movie ESB... but i knew the story from this audiobook.

[@ramman7436]

Same here. Saw Jedi in '83, but didn't get to see New Hope or Empire until 1985, on video cassette. These read-along books were all I had to bridge the gap.

[@gfdia35]

Not gonna lie that's damn weird because a new hope was endlessly returned to movie theaters for about a decade and at least once a year was on one of the 3 major networks,,, you remember the only ones we had at the time 😂 ,,, not to rub it in I was born in 77 and some how saw star wars 10 times in the theater and esb 3 or 4 times ,, by the time return of the Jedi came out I moved to England for three years , so when I saw that in theaters there it was called Revenge of the Jedi 🤷 by then seeing movies a bunch of times in the theater stopped being a thing 😢

[@gutz1981]

I remember the special class I was sent to as a kid as I could not read well growing up after I lived over seas for a few months and now jumped between two languages fluently and had to be retaught. I remember the smell of the mentholated spirits as each kid who grabbed headphones needed to clean them before use and this was always my choice along with Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[@Zamnek]

They might not be the original voices but John William's score still makes these thrilling to listen to!

[@dorian2112]

i used to have the original memorized and acted out the scenes with my toys.

[@pointbeingproductions5796]

Me too!!! I got this for my tenth birthday. Striker? Striker Striker Striker STRIKER

[@jeremywolfe7021]

Had this as a kid. Thanks for posting. There's something about the narrator's voice and tone. It makes the story more urgent and important

[@stevemcq.9911]

Absolutely, Jeremy! I wrote the same. Narrator, voices, ships, blasters, creatures ... everything sounds perfect. It is so intensive and powerful,

[@jeremywolfe7021]

@@stevemcq.9911 this was the way that you "rewatched" the movie as a kid.

[@cinemasage]

I remember showing this on show and tell in my class.

[@nigel-Rollercam-channel]

I just pulled out my original cassette and album packaging, There is a read along book inside of the album packaging where the record normally goes. Kinda neat. Thanks for posting

[@andrewstory6018]

I really loved this since when i was in my old school i enjoyed it an i really enjoyed it again listening to it thank you very much i hope they put this on cd dont you think thank you

[@Kremmen2001]

I still have this. And the Star Wars one too. Love 'em.

[@MrSAMISSERIOUS2]

I still have this book omg this is truly awesome thnx 4 posting 😊

[@MichaelHollandCollins]

Omg I had this when I was 5 years old (1985) I have this memorized to this day.

[@briangourley4200]

Had this as a child.....early 80s had the cassette tape version.

[@anthonydry5265]

Han Solos voice :D I loved these as a kid, had a few including this which was my favourite. Boss times!

[@MasterJediDude]

I had this in 1980 and I was 10 years old. It was the closest thing we had to watching the movie again. The voice actors weren’t the best, but it didn’t matter that much to me. My imagination took care of the rest. Good times!

[@JackOSUrulz]

It’s funny, I don’t remember being so critical of the voice actors at the time….I think at our young ages then, we just “filled in the gaps” after we had seen the movie and since we weren’t hearing those voices regularly (we didn’t have DVDs, or even Betamax tapes of the movie then lol), we didn’t have much of a way to compare. Unless you watched the Holiday Special! LOL. It was truly the only way to keep enjoying the movie and story while playing with the toys on a rainy afternoon.

[@MasterJediDude]

@@JackOSUrulz I had the excellent version of “Star Wars” on cassette tape and it ran about an hour. It was professionally made, using the actual soundtrack and voices. The narration was solid, so this was the quality that I judged all others by. But you’re right - it’s about all we had before Beta/VHS. It was a magical time to be alive.

[@rickyj5547]

One of my favourite movies.

[@mikeboyes1]

Awesome! I had this tape. Thanks for posting!!

[@richardseaman8653]

I had this as I kid I got it for Xmas along with a Walkman, I never noticed that it wasn’t the real actors.

[@MrMojoman1976]

Had this on vinyl and this is the first time I’ve heard it without skips and repeats in over 40 years.

[@NH-jl8vr]

I made my own version of the recording as a 5 year old.... Yoda's voice is the only one that sounds like the original!!

[@mangrove]

I learned to read with these books. The voices are funny; Han sounds like Ham Salad from Hardware Wars.

[@Ilovemovies917]

Oh wow my tape got worn out I’m so glad it’s on here I feel like a kid again the memories!

[@hiperpsicocine9714]

Thanks a lot!!! My heroes childhood arrived again!!!

[@SirHatchporch]

I still have this but haven't heard it in ages. Is the narrator here Corey Burton? It sure sounds like him!

[@Zobovor]

Yeah, I think you're right. Good ear!

[@shannonm75]

I used to borrow a bunch of these books from the Library. This one as well.

[@tdrewman]

My sister and me use to act out the parts when we would listen to this..

[@terrybeal2252]

Wow! Thanks for sharing this classic. 😁

[@derekwischmann6123]

When I was a kid I got confused about the Carbon Freezing Chamber. I thought the “gasses” were liquid form and Han Solo was trapped in a sea of gasoline. I had nightmares about it! What a great storybook!

[@christopherwhitwam3924]

My most precious childhood possession

[@DS8379]

WOW! This brings back memories

[@mangrove]

I had the vinyl copy. Sometimes, I'd change the RPM speed up to 78 and pretend they were chipmunks. Good times.

[@calebleland8390]

My mom used to yell at me for that. Ah, good times indeed...

[@rubenv101]

I still have the vinyl.

[@johnogrady7066]

That brought back so many memories, made me laugh 😂

[@jedivet]

Same.

[@cooldev161177]

I couldn't understand why only half the story was on the record and then when I finally realised, I was too late!!! It took thirty six years to finish my journey:-)

[@DCFixxer]

Oh man, THIS right here was my Netflix, lmao but I never reralized how Vader's voice sounded like someone kicked him in his Sith Balls!

[@Gideon0297]

I could have swore there was actual movie dialogue not other actors. I owned this and listened to it a 1000 times ... I could have swore I heard James Earl Jones on my cassette!!!! Mandela Effect???????? Lol

[@Zobovor]

So there was also a 45- minute LP adaptation, which used dialogue from the actual film. That's probably what you remember!

[@IMDRanged]

Awesome, thanks for the memories. This Narrator was way too excited to do this recording.

[@stevenpani]

I had this when I was a kid.

[@masterred82]

Here from Answers With Joe | Joe Scott

[@DarthBrtt]

BJ Ward did the force for Leia on this as well as most of the other SW read-alongs. She's famous for doing the voice of Scarlett on the original GI Joe cartoon as well as a bunch of voices for Disney at their theme parks in the US.

[@LelandReview]

Awesome thanks for posting this!

[@michaelsmith-ws2mb]

I had this cassette and booklet te, should have kept it.

[@Lupton2000]

5:39 It was not the Avenger he was on board, it was the Executor.

[@johnnoel3171]

Oh man, great childhood memories

[@mikedski9698]

The Empire Strikes Back 1980-2020. 40 years.

[@dannydinosaur73]

"Luuuuuuuke. Was STUNNED." 🤣🤣

[@davidcolantuono3622]

"No. No! IT'S NOT TRUE!!! I'LL NEVER JOIN YOU!!!" In the actual film version, Luke says this: "No. No. It's not true! That's impossible!" Vader's response: "Search your feelings, Luke! You *KNOW* it to be true!" Luke: "NOOOOOO!!!! NOOO!!!"

[@melkatts]

I had this. Wow. memories.

[@mayamellissa]

Thank you so much!

[@harryhoon39]

Im 8 yers old again 😭♥️😭♥️😢👍👍

[@bretward1570]

I remember opening this as a Christmas present about 2 weeks early, without permission. 😂😂 Mine was a record and not a cassette.

[@coppershark1973]

Happy memories.

[@ZakWolf]

It's pretty funny how this read-along was actually produced by Disney/Vista Records, because NOW look who owns the Star Wars franchise!

[@jimmymccartney2049]

Music:John Williams(1980)

[@jimmymccartney2049]

Directed by:Irvin Kershner

[@jimmymccartney2049]

1914

[@davidcolantuono3622]

"Would it help if I got out and pushed?" snapped Leia. "It might!" Han snapped back. That's how the film version would do it. 😁

[@BradWest-t9e]

From atop a shaggy tauntaun… takes me right back.

[@stephenbate7906]

I used to have this

[@HexNottingham]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@PHealey1981]

Wow, this has made me feel weird! In an amazing way!

[@anniefinch6843]

The creatures in this episode remind me of horses and the Yeti or as people say The abdominal snowman.

[@pspboy7]

Memories...

[@chrisschumacher8553]

"You may keep Han Solo, I understand he has a price on his handsome head... Er, I mean a handsome price on his head." (Boba Fett and Boosk exchange looks)

[@anniefinch6843]

Each of these Star wars read alongs are neat. This 1 came out in my birth year and in case the narrator should know that the same voice of Yoda in this movie and the third one sounds like Grover from Sesame Street.

[@BrianRetro]

Not surprising since the voice of both of them was Frank Oz.

[@reesepacker7983]

ESB.....wow it just sooooo "upped" everything despite being darker ....JOhn Williams score is just fantastic ..three different themes that could actually be THE theme "The Imperial March" , "Han And The Princess" and "Yoda's Theme" they pretty much sum up the movie theme wise musically. imo only Williams 's Superman The Movie score rivals Williams ESB score with use of different musical theme that themselves have become iconic cues

[@anniefinch6843]

For most people the word hibernation means sleep. Animals like bears, raccoons, skunks and others sleep until spring comes.

[@epicdj7147]

Why do know this

[@anniefinch6843]

Actually in this movie the robot had a self destruct mode and that means that it was going to explode.

[@sandrothesandro]

What’s crazy is I don’t think I realised it wasn’t the actors from the movie when i had this tape 🤣

[@eltravo2112]

I had the record version of this.

[@marks47]

I had all 3 when I was *just* the right age to enjoy them. I don't remember realizing how bad the voices were. Lando's was the best, though. And R2, of course!

[@danielwilliamson6180]

I had the cassette once.

[@camcordernonsense5264]

This is made from liquid childhood memories. Just add water

[@ezehogan]

This book says Vader’s Meditation Chamber was in the Avenger?

[@bigkraus1]

Slashed the Light Saber from Luke Skywalkers hand… 😆🤣

[@JohnnyKennedy-sf4sf]

Carrie Fisher princess Leah 1956-2016 age 60 years old rest in peace amen 🇻🇪🇻🇦🇺🇸🇹🇳🇷🇴🇲🇽🇲🇬🇯🇵🇮🇹🇮🇱🇮🇳🇩🇪🇫🇷🇬🇧🇪🇬🇨🇦🇧🇷🇦🇺🩴🩴🧸🍞🦍🦒🐘🦏🦙🦅🐊🦝🦊🐻‍❄️🐼🐻🐺🐯🦁

[@JohnnyKennedy-sf4sf]

Carrie Fisher princess Leah rest in peace amen 🇻🇪🇻🇦🇺🇸🇹🇳🇷🇴🇲🇽🇲🇬🇯🇵🇮🇹🇮🇱🇮🇳🇩🇪🇫🇷🇬🇧🇪🇬🇨🇦🇧🇷🇦🇺🩴🩴🧸🍞🦍🦒🐘🦏🦙🦅🐊🦝🦊🐻‍❄️🐼🐻🐺🐯🦁

[@JohnnyKennedy-sf4sf]

Her autopsy it was ruled a massive heart attack and she was creamated and she was buried at Westwood memorial Park in Los Angeles California and she was the daughter of Debbie Reynolds and she has a star on the Hollywood walk of fame and its a true story and rest in peace Carrie Fisher princess Leah amen 🇻🇪🇻🇦🇺🇸🇹🇳🇷🇴🇲🇽🇲🇬🇯🇵🇮🇹🇮🇱🇮🇳🇩🇪🇫🇷🇬🇧🇪🇬🇨🇦🇧🇷🇦🇺🩴🩴🧸🍞🦍🦒🐘🦏🦙🦅🐊🦝🦊🐻‍❄️🐼🐻🐺🐯🦁

[@JohnnyKennedy-sf4sf]

Rest in peace Carrie Fisher princess Leah amen 🇻🇪🇻🇦🇺🇸🇹🇳🇷🇴🇲🇽🇲🇬🇯🇵🇮🇹🇮🇱🇮🇳🇩🇪🇫🇷🇬🇧🇪🇬🇨🇦🇧🇷🇦🇺🩴🩴🧸🍞🦍🦒🐘🦏🦙🦅🐊🦝🦊🐻‍❄️🐼🐻🐺🐯🦁

[@whereisthehook]

I had this ..wow brings back memories. It was a 45 record if I remember?

[@alexojideagu]

I had it on cassette in the UK

[@HexNottingham]

LMAO! Vader called the bounty hunters "gentlemen".

[@Gideon0297]

Wampa was cut for time :(