Posted on 03/29/2007 4:23:14 AM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu
A set of 15 stamps is being issued as a poster, and members of the public will be asked to vote for their favourite. The set will go on sale on 25 May, shortly after the basic US postage rate is raised to 41 cents (21p). Earlier this month, 400 postboxes were decorated to look like R2-D2, the robot from the landmark sci-fi saga. The US Postal Service (USPS) launched the stamps at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, where the first Star Wars movie was screened on 25 May 1977. 'Blockbuster status'
The winner of the public vote will be reissued later in the year on its own sheet. USPS Stamp Services director David Failor said the stamps could be as popular as Elvis Presley stamps issued in 1993. "We believe these stamps have the potential of reaching the blockbuster status of the Elvis stamp, a milestone only the 'Force' could attempt to surpass," he said. More than a million people voted by mail to choose their favourite Elvis stamp 14 years ago. According to the financial magazine Forbes, director George Lucas's Star Wars franchise has generated £20bn (£10.2bn) in sales around the world, including films, videos and spin-off merchandise.
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Personally, find all books set chronologically during and after the Yuuzhan Vong invasion along with those set during the Clone Wars are being pretty bad.
I have a suggestion. They can use this photo of C3PO:
It would be...... tasty.... if meat were once again added into the diet, though. Plus, it would open up again an enormous variety of food (not the type to eat the same thing over and over and over).
Where's Lando?
You don't want to know what Jedi apprentices were supposed to do for their masters. There's a reason why Anakin walked with a limp and was bitter at Obi Wan...
Though there also isn't Jabba (and he was in three of the movies--Lando was only in two), and Wicket, and other big secondary people.
Good criminy. I've never read any of the Star Wars books--and was actually surprised to see the sheer number of character franchises at Borders the other day. Luke has his own series, Vader has his, Han and Leia, etc. The only thing I've actually followed other than the films are those collections of star wars comics.
I'm kind of an old fart when it comes to Star Wars. Yes, I have all of my 12" action (don't call them dolls!) figures on display (none are mint, but they're darn close). I don't really acknowledge the last three movies (in my opinion, they all blew) and still refer to the 1977 film as simply, Star Wars, and the 1980 film as, "that second one that's better." The horrible 1983 film is referred to as simply "Muppets in Space."
I love Chewbacca and refuse to believe he's gone. ;-)
I was devoting all of my reading time to SW books to keep up. I needed more variety.
Besides, after the third "Leia and Han's kids are kidnapped right out from under the nose of their fearsome protector Chewey" plot if figured I'd had enough.
Agree that the number of Star Wars books has increased considerably. Though actually find the ones published by Bantam Spectra (which includes almost all of the Solo children being kidnapped books) to be of higher quality than the loads of trash currently being churned out by LucasBooks (DelRey), with the exception of those by Timothy Zahn.
My oldest son turns 30 this year.
Yes, his name is Luke. Ha! Top that for dorkiness! LOL
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