NOTE: This poster and many others came from a collector that purchased a huge lot from the original printer in Italy in the early 1980s. We have researched every poster to make sure the version listed is accurate, to our knowledge, based on the markings and the time this large lot was purchased

This is the original release poster - NOT the 1980s re-release as evident by the tiny vertical text on the lower left sides. The 1980s version has type that runs up to C-P30's wrist. - Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is a 1977 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas, produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. and released by Twentieth Century-Fox. It is the first film in the Star Wars franchise and the fourth chronological chapter of the "Skywalker Saga". The cast includes Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, David Prowse, and James Earl Jones. .