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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back - Re-release 1982 Color-Variant One-Sheet Poster

Currency:USD Category:Memorabilia Start Price:1,400.00 USD Estimated At:1,400.00 - 1,800.00 USD
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back - Re-release 1982 Color-Variant One-Sheet Poster
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(20th Century Fox, 1980) One-sheet (27" X 41") re-release 1981. An unused, unrestored poster that is flat folded and has only very minor wear, near mint/mint. When the presses started rolling for the 1982 reissue of The Empire Strikes Back, the printing press contractor for National Screen Service in Texas accidently punched in the wrong color code for the blue background. This resulted in this sky-blue color variant seen in this re-release. Virtually every printed example with this color variant was destroyed, due to the studio wanting dark blue. This unusual variant is actually far rarer than the much-heralded Revenge of the Jedi, as there are purportedly only approximately 20 surviving examples of this style poster.