Archvillain Darth Vader, cover of TIME Magazine, May 19, 1980. Artwork by M. Arisman.
As fans around the world prepare themselves for yet another Star Wars feature film that will hopefully delight, thrill and amaze, TVTA digs into the archives to find a selection of old-school Star Wars as seen on the covers of various magazines throughout the late 70s and early 80s.
US. National Doll World. Aug 1984. Contains a feature on the large size action figure range from Kenner.
US. Fine Scale Modeler. Jan / Feb 1986. Model diorama special for Speederbike and Scout.
US. Starlog Covers various.
US. More Starlog various covers.
France. Lecran Fantastique. Return of the Jedi 100 page special. Oct 1983.
Titans. France. 1984. Jean Frisano cover.
France. Pif Gadget. Empire Strikes Back cover and features. 1980.
France. Pif Gadget. Return of the Jedi cover and features. 1983.
UK. Starburst. 1980.
UK. Photo Play. 1983.
US. Starlog 74. 1983.
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Fantastic magazine covers featuring Star Wars, love that issue of Starburst with Chewie on the cover! Great post to celebrate the arrival of the new Star Wars movie 🙂
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Thanks! I love that Chewie one too.
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Wow great covers! Even though the new movies are coming out, doesn’t capture the excitement of the 80s. Or maybe I’m just an old man 🙂
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I’m seeing the new one soon and starting to get excited about it. When The Force Awakens was released I was really hyped and got the chills at the cinema as the film began to roll.
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These are great, eh? One of the best things about the return of Star Wars under Disney has been seeing Luke, Leia and Han on magazine covers.
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Absolutely. Great to see these icons once again on the covers.
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These magazine covers are very appealing!
A perfect post to highlight the upcoming installment of Star Wars.
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Hi Fiction, thank you for stopping by and commenting. You are right – seeing all these covers together is very appealing 🙂
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Wow, some great nostalgia with the bounty hunters Boba Fett and IG-88 on the cover of Doll World! Everything was going well until I saw the cover of Starlog #74…not EWOKS! Did you know Wicket stole my lightsaber once? Great covers and memories, thanks.
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Haha, yes that Wicket is a cheeky one. But it’s the Ewok Paploo you really have to be careful of as he’s known for nicking Speederbikes. Even Hells Angels dare not leave their bikes about when Paploo’s around!
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