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Auction History Result 5p0259 STAR WARS style D 40x60 1978 George Lucas classic, circus poster art by Struzan & White, rare! Date Sold 12/19/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Style D Forty by Sixty Movie Poster (40x60; measures 40" x 60" [102 x 152 cm]) (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. Artist: Drew Struzan & Charles White Important Added Info: Note that this style D 40x60 is FAR more rare than the style D 30x40, which itself is far more rare than the style D one-sheet! To give you a sense of just how much more rare it is, we have auctioned a total of 11 style D 40x60s in all our years of auctioning, as compared to 32 style D 30x40s and 215 style D one-sheets! Note that this poster was first printed in 1978 while Star Wars was still in continuous first release. Star Wars stayed in theaters for an incredibly long time, and Lucasfilm decided to "refresh" it's marketing with a new poster. In the book Star Wars Art: Posters, Drew Struzan reveals that "Charles White III was commissioned to create this new poster. Charlie had seen my work and decided to call me in as a collaborator. I painted the portraits, while he painted the hardware. Lucasfilm liked the artwork, but there was not enough space left open for the "billing block". Necessity being the mother of invention, we decided to enlarge the dimensions of the art to increase the open space and give the work an early-twentieth-century, wild-posted [wilding] circus-style look. So it came about that it took the two of us to paint what would come to be known as the "Circus" poster for its throwback style." This means that the "defects" in the poster are intentional, and are part of the image, and are not actual defects! Condition: fair to good. The poster was never machine folded, but it has several horizontal creases that were added at some point. It has a 6" tear near the center of the top border that once had tape on the back and a 1" tear several inches to the left of that. It has a V-shaped tear in the background at the right end of the title, and the paper is "scrunched up" somewhat in that area. There is another V-shaped tear in the left of the title, with some "scrunched up" paper in that tear. There are some creases and tiny tears in small parts of the borders, with some uneven creases scattered throughout. Obviously, this poster can be restored, but bear the above in mind and look at our super-sized image before bidding on it. Learn More about condition grades 
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