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Auction History Result 7x0117 EMPIRE STRIKES BACK 1sh 1980 unedited Roger Kastel art w/added images, last sold for $21,500! Date Sold 12/22/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) The Empire Strikes Back (now known as "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back"), the classic 1980 Irvin Kershner science fiction (sci-fi) outer space action adventure sequel ("The Star Wars Saga Continues"; "Story by George Lucas") starring Mark Hamill (as Luke Skywalker), Harrison Ford (as Han Solo), Carrie Fisher (as Princess Leia), Billy Dee Williams (as Lando Calrissian), Anthony Daniels ("as C-3PO"), David Prowse ("as Darth Vader"), Kenny Baker ("as R2-D2"), Peter Mayhew ("as Chewbacca"), Frank Oz ("as Yoda"), Alec Guinness (as Obi-Wan Kenobi), Jeremy Bulloch (as Boba Fett), and John Hollis (as Lobot)v NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Roger Kastel Important Added Info: This is an ultra rare Star Wars poster, that has quite a story behind it! In 2009, a Japanese collector discovered two examples of this poster in Japan. He sent one to us, where it sold for $1,827 (to Star Wars collector, Steve Sansweet), and the other sold privately to Kevin Doyle, another major Star Wars collector. At that time, we said that it could be a "bootleg" poster, or possibly a "test" poster. In 2015, the poster that Kevin Doyle purchased was consigned to us (now linenbacked), and this one auctioned for $5,450. The poster features Roger Kastel's original art for this poster, but after he created it, the studio decided it was "too busy", and they removed several of the elements from the poster (Lando, Boba Fett, Cloud City, and the ion cannon). So this poster was produced BEFORE that decision was made, so how then could it be explained? After he purchased the poster, Sansweet told us he believes that it is absolutely an advance test poster made prior to the decision to alter the image. At the time of the second auction in 2015, we were told by one of the leading Star Wars poster dealers that he knew of the existence of a total of six of these posters that had "surfaced" since the movie was made in 1980, and that three of them had originated in Japan. Between 2016 and 2023, we were consigned a total of nine more examples, but some of those might have been re-consignments of earlier examples. After the first one in 2016 sold for $8,120, and we have now auctioned ten of these in all, and the last four sold for $21,500, $14,570, $13,450, and $14,500. So to that time, we had auctioned this rare poster 10 times, but as we said, some may have been "re-auctions". We have heard that there have been other examples of this poster auctioned in Japan over that time, but there is also no way to tell if they were re-auctions of earlier examples. Now we have been consigned what we believe not one of the ones we auctioned before, because it was consigned to us by a Japanese collector. So we can't say how many examples of this poster exist, but it is certain that it is a tiny fraction of the number of "regular" Empire Strikes Back one-sheets, and it is surely one of the most rare (and most desirable) Star Wars posters there is! Finally, note that we are also currently auctioning a "Gone with the Wind NSS style one-sheet, an NSS style B one-sheet, a 1981 re-release one-sheet, and a 1982 re-release one-sheet in four separate auctions. Condition: good. The poster has many small vertical creases scattered throughout, including in the central part of the image, but some in all the parts of the poster. It was definitely roughly handled while it was rolled, because there are several partial horizontal creases scattered throughout. There are faint stains around the edges of the poster. Certainly, if I owned this very rare and desirable poster, I would give it to the finest restorer. After the best restoration, it will display far better, and the creases will be far less noticeable, but it will likely still show signs of the defects and the restoration of those defects, so bear all of this in mind before bidding. Learn More about condition grades 
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