Star Wars Press Kit, 1977

File — Box: 1, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents

Contains Announcement Story, Cast List, Filler Materials, Fifteen Interview-style Press Releases, Production Information Guide. Twenty-one Short Biographies of Cast and Crew, One-to-two Pages Each. Eleven Black-and-white Photographs of Cast and Production Staff. Black-and-white (8 x 10 inch) Images, 11 Total.

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1. SW-K-2 Artoo-Detoo and See-Threepio Are On Owen Lars' Homestead On Tatooine.
2. SW-K10 Ben Kenobi (Alec Guinness), Once A Great Warrior In The Old Republic, Is Now An Outlaw In The Tatooine Mountains.
3. SW-K-11 Jawas, The Rodent-Like Scrap Collectors of Tatooine, Weld A Small Control Disk Onto The Side of Artoo-Detoo.
4. SW-K-22 Darth Vader and His Imperial Guards Take Princess Leia To The Death Star Detention Center.
5. SW-K-51 Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) Defends Herself Against The Imperial Attack Aboard Her Rebel Blockade Runner.
6. SW-K-54 Artoo-Detoo and See-Threepio Helplessly Watch Rebel Troops Defend The Rebel Blockade Runner.
7. SW-K-55 Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Han Solo (Harrison Ford) Protect Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) and Chewbacca From An Impending Imperial Stormtrooper Attack.
8. SW-K-56 Ben Kenobi (Alec Guiness) Asks Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) To Choose Between Helping The Rebel Alliance Or Staying Behind On His Uncle's Farm On Tatooine.
9. SW-K-57 Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and See-Threepio Are Startled To See Vicious Tusken Raiders Following Their Trail.
10. SW-K-59 Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) and Han Solo (Harrison Ford) Search For An Escape Route On The Maze-Like Imperial Death Star.
11. SW-K-62 Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) Intently Repels The Attack of The Imperial Tie Fighters On The Escaping Millennium Falcon.

Dates

Creation: 1977

Language of Materials

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Material in English

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