This stuff was so amazing when it came out, I remember most of these pics from the novel that I got in spring 77, before the movie came out. It was so completely fantastic, different from anything else, and frankly a lot different than how it developed over the films. That mystery back then was part of what made it all SO cool!

All the stuff that came out before the movie is rare as hell today. That would be an awesome collectible to have.

I've got the original '77 Theatre Program Book that was available at screenings.

@Sci-Fi-Mike

18 күн бұрын

I found 2 versions on eBay. I'll buy them as soon as I can afford them. 😢

@RoverIAC

18 күн бұрын

@@Sci-Fi-Mike the one I have came with a paper cover or a thicker-paper cover with a a textures imbose. I got the textured one. I saw a box of 20 of them on ebay about 20 years ago for 40 bucks. I should have bought them.

@rumblehat4357

18 күн бұрын

I have a couple of those. It’s so great to have something from back in the “naive” wonder days...

awesome! every page looks fantastic!

I first started seeing these images when I was 4 or 5 years old. However, even after all these decades, they still inspire the same sense of excitement and wonder as they did in the 1970s.

This is when Star Wars was Actually good

@tomcruisenukedmyaccount5388

14 күн бұрын

Pre-1983

I saw this many moons ago at a convention. Unfortunately I was too poor at the time to afford the booklet.

I always loved Star Wars 1977 so much. Star Wars 1977 along with Raiders of the Lost Ark are both my absolute favorite Lucasfilm movies, it had great direction by George Lucas, and Star Wars 1977 is the all time best film of Star Wars. Star Wars 1977 was the big film that came out six months after Rocky with Sylvester Stallone and King Kong 1976 with Jeff Bridges in May 1977, I also really like both Rocky and King Kong from 1976, and Rocky was Sylvester Stallone's best film. I always had a soft spot for King Kong 1976, King Kong 1976 was a pretty good film, and the absolute best things about King Kong 1976 were Jeff Bridges's performance, the John Barry music score, and Rich Baker as King Kong.

We had that growing up. It came with the vinyl record of the soundtrack to the first movie.

Yup, if you went to an early screening, they handed out these so you won't be confused. Dune (1984) did the same thing. Different times!

@Sci-Fi-Mike

18 күн бұрын

I knew about the Star Wars pamphlets, but not the Dune pamphlets. That's awesome! I'll have to look out for them.

Back round 1987, I bought this book and several lobby cards and a Lucite paperweight from Gary Kurtz himself! See, Starlog magazine ran an ad where he was selling off the bulk of his SW collection and you would order a booklet and bid on what was left. He already auctioned off all his cool stuff, so all was left was like paper goods. Gosh, I wish I had all that stuff now! I had piles of drafts and files!! Ugh!!!

I believe I saw that pic w/Vader & Leia on google images. I love these vintage booklets. Thank you.

This is really cool. This would be great to go with the Star Wars soundtrack. The Princess Leia with Darth Vader's picture probably from general photography. I like that photo, I've never seen that one before. Thanks for showing this. Thanks for the video

I love the fact that they reused the tractor beam set redressed for the chasm swing across scene...

This is awesome. I love the old font, and those are cool photos. I've been watching old sitcoms, and Laverne and Shirley (massive fan) has some subtle similarities with 77 Star Wars, but it came out in 76. Rocky also is from 76 (and Taxi Driver). Godfather 1 and 2, Mean Streets, American Graffiti, All in the Family (earliest) and other sitcoms were earlier though. (It's interesting Lynch in Dune 84 (misunderstood and underrated) tried to do retro 60s and serious but failed, while 77 SW was contemporary and only subtlely retro and fun. I think Lucas tried to do his Dune in the prequels.)

@tomcruisenukedmyaccount5388

14 күн бұрын

Was All in the Family that influential???

I've never seen this before! I used to have one of the promo books. They sold at the theaters for $1.50 during the initial release in 77. It has a lot of the same pic & probably text. The 2nd printincg of the novel, & the Time magazine review (which called it ,"The Best Film Of The Year!") do as well. My guess is that Lippincott was given a limited set or stills & the McQuarie paintings for promotional purposes in those early days... By August, it would explode! Damn near EVERY shot was available! Both Starlog & Famous Monsters released special issues entirely focused on Star Wars! I miss those days...

Conocía este libro pero nunca había visto el interior ¡Preciosas fotos ! Gran video Junkman

bring back the 1976 logo with the weird W! the good old days when you heard about Star wars from movie theater posters at the actual physical theater.

I found a copy of 1 in a thrift shop

@ThatJunkman

18 күн бұрын

Lucky

They made 3 different versions of this booklet the textured version is a reprint from late 70’s because they ran out that’s why some pages have the pink overtone and there’s even a prototype on sale online for 50 grand

Very cool book! Most of the images were reused for the blue & red Star Wars bubble gum cards. The last x-wing tie-fighter picture was one of the red cards I think, it was cropped vertically with an upside down Death Star above them!

they made a book like this for Episode 1 too. I snagged one from a vendor at Comicon

I have this with the cinema ticket from the dominion stapled to the cover ...its a great booklet

I had one of these programs that I got when, as a 5 year old, I went to see episode IV in its first run. And I had it for years, until I lost it 😢😭👎

Still got an edition of this booklet !

William Shatner approves.

Sweet Junkman

It's missing its cover. Love that book (called a Program).

Where was Grand Moff Tarkins favorite place to go on the weekends? Grandma Tarkin's😂

Yep. Most of same pics as the 1976 release paperback.

I actually have a version of that with a different cover. I got it back in '77 when I went to see the movie. The one your showing is probably the first edition, but it's essentially the same.

@ThatJunkman

17 күн бұрын

there was different once, one of movie goers and one for the theater owners

That isn't (just) a movie booklet. It resembles a booklet from from an OST CD. Most of the images can be found also in a 1976 novelization.

It really is amazing how Star Wars came together because it really could have been a disaster.

That Vader/Leia picture was cropped for the Leia wonder bread card...

They have a lot of Star Wars music on Archive... And I remember seeing a black and white version of that Princess Leia with Darth Vader in an back issue of Starlog I believe. I set myself up early (to not being able to enjoy anything) because I wanted to know absolutely everything that I could about Star Wars when I was a kid and I got no answers until the nineties. Didn't they count like 30 or 40 Rebel ships versus how many of the ships were actually shown destroyed in the movie.

I have this booklet in my collection

I had this. It was my brothers.

Awesome ⛄

The Vader Leia pc was in the 1977 souveiner book

I would have killed to have this as kid🎉

I really love the promotional stuff and I thought this was awesome and I have never seen that odd picture of Leia and Vader either 😮

Also all these pictures are on the trading cards

The Dewback pic..What is the stormtrooper holding? its the only picture I have seen with that long stick.

I have a tour book that is different from that

i have the pop-up version