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Year: 1977
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Condition: Good to very good condition
1st edition vintage collectable

AUTHENTIC ORIGINAL PRESS KIT FROM 1977
First edition vintage collectable

This is very rare. It’s the first press kit sent out to newspapers and magazines back in the 1970’s for entertainment editors. Includes everything a newspaper or magazine would need to publish an article about the original STAR WARS movie. The Kit includes a wealth of pre-release information about the movie. This was before desktop computers, so everything is HAND TYPED!

Includes film synopsis, biographies of the cast and crew, production notes, and more. Fascinating stories from cast and crew. Find out what nickname Mark Hammill and George Lucas have in common, and why that nickname led Lucas to grow a beard! Includes a 20 page pressbook of black and white newspaper ads in varying column widths and heights to go into newspapers. The newspaper ads are copyrighted 1976.

Probably the best part of the Press Kit is a set of 10 original high gloss black and white photos from the movie. These were printed on high resolution heavy photo paper and had two purposes. One was for reprinting in newspapers. The images were also used as lobby cards. Movie theaters used to have wooden frames on the wall which held photos from movies. Once the movie was done playing at a location, the lobby cards were typically tossed in the garbage. These photos / lobby cards are unused and came with the original Press Kit. They are in very good condition with no bends or scratches and no yellowing. They come in their original paper jacket. Over time, the glossy varnish has developed some faint minor pinhole size irregularities in the glossy varnish layer of several of the photos, which is not uncommon and does not distract from the crisp, vibrant photography.

Perhaps the most interesting part is the letter sent with the kit from 20th Century Fox Advertising and Publicity Manager, informing me “to keep this matter to myself, as I cannot send out press-books to everyone in Minneapolis.”

• 100 pages of film synopsis, biographies, production notes, etc.

• 20 page pressbook with newspaper ads for use by movie theaters

• Ten high resolution glossy photo lobby cards, each 8 1/8″ x 10 1/4″ in size of scenes from the movie

• Signed letter referring to the Press Kit from 20th Century Fox Advertising and Publicity Dept.

• Outer folder with STAR WARS logo has some creases and spine wear. Hand typed pages are on a variety of typing papers, so some have aged (yellowed) more than others with minor edge irregularites on the botoom edges of some of the pages. Everything else is in good to very fine shape.

Year: 1977 and 1978
Manufacturer: Topps
Condition: Near mint condition
1st edition vintage collectables

ORIGINAL AUTHENTIC SETS FROM 1977 AND 1978
First edition vintage collectable

Topps released the original Star Wars collector cards beginning in 1977. Each set contains a stunning variety of photos taken from the original movie. Each card looks as good as the day they were first printed. An amazing 230 cards and stickers total! Each is 2.5″ x 3/5″ in size. Mint condition. No bent corners, folds, scratches or curling. Collected and stored back in 1977 until opened recently.

Each set contains 66 heavyweight collector cards, The fronts of the cards feature full color photos from the original 1977 movie. The backs of each card feature a variety of artwork and photos which make up 2 picture puzzles per set. Other cards contain storylines, statistics about the movie actor’s profiles and more. Also a partial wax cover wrapper for each of the 3 sets, cut to the size of the cards with the back of the wrapper removed. Sorry, the sticks of gum are long gone.

These are complete sets 1, 2, and 3. Note: One missing card #143.

Set 1 contains cards 1 – 66, and stickers 1 – 11.

The backs of Card Set 1 contain the following:

28 section picture puzzle of group artwork by A. Napoli.

16 pc. interior cockpit photo puzzle of Millenium Falcon with Han, Chewie, Obie Wan, and Luke Skywalker.

11 piece story line summary

11 piece movie facts

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Set 2 contains cards 67 – 132, and stickers 12 – 22.

The backs of Card Set 2 contain the following:

24 section photo puzzle of Chewbacca (14″ x 15″)

20 section photo puzzle of Tuscan Raider (12.5″ x 14″)

11 pc. Actor’s Profiles

11 pc. Movie Facts

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Set 3 contains cards 133 – 198, and stickers 23-33.

The backs of Card Set 3 contain the following:

24 section photo puzzle of R2D2 and CP30 in front of Luke’s X wing fighter. (14″ x 15″)

20 section photo puzzle of Luke, Leia, and Han Solo. (14″ x 12.5″)

22 official description cards of the movie plot.