'Revenge of the Jedi' Collectibles

Post by **MattG** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 4:20 am

I spent some of today sorting through various piles of paper Star Wars collectibles, including a few 'Revenge of the Jedi' pieces from early 1983. Thought I'd better photograph a few of them up for posterity.

Post by **oota goota** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 4:34 am

nice!

Post by **MattG** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 4:48 am

This is a 20-page 'Revenge of the Jedi' supplement to the Yuma Daily Star newspaper. As most will know, Yuma, Arizona was where the ROTJ Sail Barge scenes were filled.

This newspaper supplement, from May 2nd 1982, contains all sorts of great behind the scenes articles and photos, as well as some seriously retro advertisements (many trying to incorporate a Star Wars theme...whether it makes sense or not). I'll get a bunch more material imaged from this shortly.

Post by **Snibo1** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 5:34 am

Very cool. Nice to go look back and look at the way thing were! It's quite good to finds things you may have forgotten about.

Post by **MattG** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 6:55 am

oota goota wrote:nice!

You might notice the reference to ROTJ Micro Collection sets, which never eventuated.

Post by **MattG** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 7:05 am

Here are a couple more pieces from the Yuma Daily Star:

Post by **MattG** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 7:56 am

Things to note in that last article...fans hanging around just checking the set out...and the city of Yuma was offered the barge set but turned it down.

Post by **oota goota** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 9:58 am

MattG wrote:Things to note in that last article...fans hanging around just checking the set out...and the city of Yuma was offered the barge set but turned it down.

Fools! wow who made that decision?

Post by **MattG** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 1:36 am

oota goota wrote:...Fools! wow who made that decision?

I certainly would have made the pilgrimage to check it out at some point. I've got some more behind-the-scenes pics from that newspaper supplement that I'll get sorted shortly.

Here's another little Revenge item - an original cast & crew Yoda sticker (info: http://theswca.com/index.php?action=dis ... m_id=35843 )