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Auction History Result 9h016 STAR WARS vol 1 no 1 newspaper '77 behind the scenes + full-color poster, collector's edition! Date Sold 7/17/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Newspaper (measures 11 1/2" x 15 1/4" [29 x 39 cm]; 24 pages) (Learn More) Star Wars (now known as "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope"), the classic 1977 George Lucas (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) outer space fantasy action adventure science fiction (sci-fi) epic ("A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..."; "George Lucas, the man who brought you American Graffiti now brings you an adventure as big as the cosmos itself: Star Wars, the story of a boy, a girl, and a universe. It's a spectacle light years ahead of its time from 20th Century Fox."; "Written and Directed by George Lucas"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Mark Hamill (as Luke Skywalker), Harrison Ford (as Han Solo), Carrie Fisher (as Princess Leia), Peter Cushing (as Grand Moff Tarkin), Alec Guinness (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; as Obi-Wan Kenobi), Anthony Daniels (as C-3PO), James Earl Jones (as the voice of Darth Vader), David Prowse (billed as "Dave Prowse"; as the man inside the Darth Vader suit!), Peter Mayhew (as Chewbacca), Kenny Baker (as R2-D2), and Phil Brown (as Uncle Owen) NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this was the first issue of "The Newspaper of Science-Fiction and Fantasy". The publisher (Star Fleet Productions) was working on it in 1977, when Star Wars was about to be released, and they rightly recognized that Star Wars would be a huge hit, and so they made their entire first issue a special "Star Wars" issue, and made it look like it was an authorized publication, and even made it look like the magazine was called "Star Wars" rather than the actual name. The newspaper contained lots of heavily illustrated articles by Doug Murray (later creator of the "Nam" comic book series), Allan Asherman, and others. It had two pages of illustrations of the denizens of the Mos Eisley Cantina by Anthony Fredrickson. Best of all, it had a "giant full color poster", which was actually just the centerfold of the newspaper (see our image). We would not imagine that many examples of this newspaper survive. Also note that we have provided a picture of the front and back covers of the newspaper, and pictures of interior two-page spreads (including the full-color poster image)! Condition: very good. The newspaper has minor wear around the edges and slight darkening. Learn More about condition grades 
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