1984 Star Wars Ewoks Family Hut ad

 

Star Wars Duel at Death Star Racing Set - from PowerPassers (Commercial, 1978)

 

http://blog.theswca.com/2015/10/detour-included-look-at-duel-at-death.html

1978 Star Wars Glasses at Burger King Commercial

 

Star Wars Death Star Station - from Kenner (Commercial, 1979)

 

Rainier Beer TV ad, 1978

 

Another Star Wars inspired ad.

Chinese Theater, Hollywood, California

 

Margolies, John, photographer

1977.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017707852/

The Gumball Rally Tenspeed & Brown Shoe & Fridays 1980 ABC Friday Night Movie Promo

 

Spotted another Star Wars reference in this promo for Fridays. Ernie Anderson. 1980.

Cheddar Triangles

 

1980. This is new. Another Star Wars/Alien-themed commercial from that era. There are a number of those here now.

The commercial was originally aired on February 13th, 1980. It was run during the movie "Exorcist II" on WJBK Channel 2 in Detroit MI. WJBK Channel 2 was the CBS Affiliate in Detroit, Michigan at the time.

Burger Chef Star Wars Poster

 

1977. I had some complaints about not enough vintage Star Wars material and Star Wars rip-offs.

C-3PO's

 

1984 cereal. 

Star Wars Holiday Special

 

1978 CBS promo. With Flying High.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Holiday_Special

 https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/72863/dark-side-oral-history-star-wars-holiday-special

Darth Vader has died

The original Darth Vader has died. Actor and bodybuilder Dave Prowse has passed away, aged 85. 

Those of us growing up in Seventies Britain knew Prowse as a safety conscious super-hero, The Green Cross Code Man, extolling the virtues of looking both ways before crossing the road. I like to think Tufty was operating a control room inside his head. He described the character as the best role he ever had.

However, it seems his acting career started in the 1967 spoof Casio Royale, where he played Frankenstein's Monster. He reprised that role in a couple of Hammer movies. On tv, he variously appeared in The Saint, Doctor Who,  Space: 1999 and others. I have to confess a soft spot for his brief appearance in the movie version of  Callan. His hired muscle character has a fatal encounter with the reluctant assassin.