eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 3h298 R2-D2 & C-3PO Japanese 18x24 movie poster '77 Star Wars R2-D2 & C-3PO art by Del Nichols! Date Sold 1/6/2009Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Unfolded Special Japanese Promotional Coca-Cola Poster (measures 18" x 24") (Learn More) This is a special promotional poster featuring artwork of the characters R2-D2 and C-3PO ("R2-D2 [Artoo-Detoo] C-3PO [SEE-THREEPIO]"; "Working as a team, these two robots battle side by side with Luke, Han, Ben Kenobi and Princess Leia in their struggle against the forces of the Galactic Empire. R2-D2, an information retrieval and computer repair robot carries Princess Leia's plea for help to Ben Kenobi and along with C-3PO, a human-robot relations automaton, delivers the secret information concerning the Death Star to the rebel forces.") created for the movie 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. Artist: Del Nichols Important Added Info: Note that this poster was printed by the Coca-Cola Company of Japan and Twentieth Century Fox (it says "An original poster series from Coca-Cola [Japan] Company Limited" at the bottom). It would seem likely it was given away in some sort of promotion, but we don't know what that was. Condition: very good to fine. Learn More about condition grades
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