My Star Wars Poster

Star Wars Movie Poster

Imagine becoming part of the movie making magic of Star Wars. There is so much paraphernalia and collectibles circulating—its worth is growing astronomically. One thing many don't always consider when they remember Star Wars is that the actors were no-names, for several of them it was in fact their first movie. If Harrison Ford was not cast as Hans Solo, many believed that his career would have never gone anywhere. Nobody knew from the get-go that Star Wars would blow up as immensely as it did. So many posters from the trilogy are still huge price contenders in auctions throughout the U.S. Remember, the most rare posters from the trilogy are still circulating out there somewhere, but few know the right angles to approach when seeking them out.

How does a collector know if he or she is viewing an original Star Wars movie poster or an impostor? For example: Star Wars, The New Hope (1977), supposedly only has one hundred original PG rating version posters before impostors’ setout to do the unimaginable—replicate them. After Star Wars amassed unearthly success, few exclusive theater engagements used the extremely rare masterpiece posters for promotional purposes only. What happened? Star Wars geeks came out of their cubicles and labs—and they took the unshorn, untrodden path to poster seeking bliss. Much to the geeks' chagrin, impostors proliferated everywhere, and the universe was at a standstill. Gaining strength by following in the footsteps of Luke Skywalker's bravery, fans began tracking these few originals and paying extreme prices for them. Attaining one of these rare specimens may cost roughly four thousand dollars nowadays, but that is a small price to pay in order to become the envy and awe of every Star Wars geek out there, as well as every other less ecstatic collector.

Test Star Wars posters, in small amounts, went out before the mass quantities did at the release in 1977. The main difference between those testers and the abundant promotional release posters is that the testers had color edge borders. The test posters would be shown around in order to seek approval from the powers-that-be before mass production. A gem like this costs anywhere between $3500-5000, depending on the quality of it. It's interesting to note that the overall quality and excitement of Star Wars seems to endure the hype of just about every movie today, although that is relatively difficult to say with complete assertion. Remember, we are still currently feeling the affect of its glorious grandeur, so it's difficult to predict which current picture will supplant the hype of Star Wars.