STAR WARS Hard Merchandise

[Editor's note: The following is a combined review with STAR WARS X-WING: STARFIGHTERS OF ADUMAR.] -- 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. In HARD MERCHANDISE, the classic antihero, bounty hunter Boba Fett, outsmarts everyone and penetrates the evil designs of a master trickster. In STARFIGHTERS OF ADUMAR, pilot General Wedge Antilles must cope with a sleazy alien government trying to choose sides in the Alliance/Empire wars. High-action, Star Wars special effects, and grandiose music prevail. D.R.W. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC/JAN 01]