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Auction History Result 8c462 EMPIRE STRIKES BACK int'l 1sh '80 best unedited image by Roger Kastel, rare! Date Sold 10/29/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked "Test" One-Sheet Movie Poster (see below; 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) NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: This is an ultra rare poster, that has quite a story behind it! In 2009, a Japanese collector discovered two examples of this poster. He sent one (this one) to eMoviePoster.com to auction, where it sold for $1,827, and the other was sold privately to Kevin Doyle, one of the world's foremost Star Wars collectors at that time. At the time we auctioned this first example, we said that it could be a "bootleg" poster, or possibly a "test" poster, and since it was discovered in Japan, it seemed quite possible it was an "international" style. The poster features Roger Kastel's original art for this poster, but after he drew 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 clearly produced BEFORE that decision was made, so how then could it be explained? The poster that eMoviePoster.com auctioned was purchased by legendary Star Wars collector Steve Sansweet, and he believes that it is absolutely an advance test poster made prior to the decision to alter the image (he knows that it is of such high quality that it surely was made from the original, and since the artwork no longer exists, it could not have been made at a later time). This would make this the most important, most rare, and most valuable Empire Strikes Back poster there is. Condition: very good to fine. The poster has some noticeable creases in the far right of the right blank border and a few tiny faint creases scattered in the other borders and a very few in the image, but other than the above, the poster is in nice unfolded condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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