Trailer
In 1996, to promote the release of the project, Lucasfilm released a trailer showing clips from The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. A voiceover was provided that explained the events of the new story and how they connected with the two films. The trailer was meant to give the project the feel of an actual film and film release. The trailer, which was originally broadcast on QVC, was also shown several times at fan conventions, including the 1996 Wondercon convention, each time by the head of Lucasfilm fan relations, Steve Sansweet. However, Lucasfilm quickly pulled the trailer, fearing that people might think the project was actually a film. Since the pull of the trailer, many fans searching for it to view have found the trailer extremely difficult to locate, even on the internet. From the book The Secrets of Shadows of the Empire, this is the complete text from the trailer, as originally read by an unknown narrator:
- When Luke Skywalker was most vulnerable...
- When a renegade hero became a friend in desperate need, and a dark villain faced his greatest challenge...
- When the Empire turned more and more to the forces of the underworld...
- The underworld moved in to crush the Empire and the Rebellion in a single stroke...
- After The Empire Strikes Back and before Return of the Jedi, there was a time when heroes and villains alike lived in the Shadows of the Empire.
- from The Secrets of Shadows of the Empire by Mark Cotta Vaz
To correspond with the 10th anniversary, the official site posted the trailer in their videos section. It can be found here.
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