-
© ScienceFictionArchives.com
RETURN OF THE JEDI "style B" Original Vintage Billboard Theatrical Folded Movie Poster
It is likely one of the absolute most rare Star Wars posters there is, given this poster's very large size and given that likely a low number of them were made in the first place, and any that were put up on walls surely did not come down! Note that in the 1980s, studios were printing fewer and fewer non-one-sheet sized posters (they were phasing out inserts and half-sheets, and instead of three-sheets and six-sheets, they were printing vinyl banners, which were much more sturdy). That has always made the three-sheets and six-sheets on this title far more rare than those from the first two Star Wars movies (Episode IV and V). Also printing technology had advanced by 1986, three-sheets were printed on a single sheet, six-sheets were printed on two sheets, and this twenty-four sheet was printed in 6 sections (designed to overlap). This was a big plus, because 24-sheets were first printed in 24 sections and later 12 sections, but that meant lots of pieces overlapping, which gave more opportunity for tears in the borders, and possibilities of printing mismatches!
This poster used an art from Japanese painter Kazuhiko Sano.
The poster was printed by National Posters, Inc. - Chattanooga, TN.
The fact that two examples of this 24-sheet survive is nothing short of amazingbecause surely, far fewer of these were made than for the previous Star Wars movies!
Size : 9' x 20' - 2,74 x 6,10 m
- All
- Screenused
- Licenced Replica
- Licensed products
