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We Don't Do Weddings

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One of the best radio dramas I ever heard. I must hear for any fan boy or Star Wars fan. based on a great short story by a great author. If ony the Firebird books were made into a Radio Drama.

"We Don't Do Weddings: A Band's Tale" is dramatization based on a short story by Kathy Tyers originally published in the short story collection Star Wars: Tales From the Mos Eisley Cantina.

The story recounts the backstory of the Bith band that plays the Cantina theme in A New Hope -- how did a group that "played in the finest palladiums in the galaxy" end up in a dirty Mos Eisley Cantina? Figran D'An and the Modal Nodes had been the exclusive band for Jabba the Hutt until accepting a gig for the wedding reception for another Tatooine gangster. Normally, the band doesn't "do weddings" because they're too much trouble for far too few credits, but enough money and Figran's addiction to Saabac sweetens the deal.

The dramatization is simply exceptional and the voice acting, particularly the Bith narrator (Doikk Na'ts, the fizzz player), is top notch. The audio producer liberally adds appropriate background noise, Star Wars sound effects, and soundtrack snippets to bring the story to life. Several new Modal Nodes tunes were also performed.

You may need to listen to the story several times before fully appreciating the story, but you'll want to.... it's THAT good.