Midnight Madness Memories

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Archon Revuge wrote:That's so awesome that you've held on to those clippings. I couldn't think of a better keepsake for a fan!
I am glad they've survived. The memories associated with them are very strong.

Here are some other clippings from my scrapbook. ESB listings from 1980...

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...and the Bay of Plenty Times misidentifying Han Solo and misspelling Wookiee.

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Harvey Mushman wrote:...On that note, here's a great memory from my childhood, the cover from the VHS rental of Empire: ...
Got this in our collection :)

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Woah, no *censored*, I remember that!

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Harvey Mushman wrote:
Anaria wrote:Another great ESB poster (the 'Gone with the wind' version) was by Roger Kastel, who also created the Jaws poster :)
On that note, does anyone wanna go halves on this?
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Where is this one and how much is it?

It looks very nice.
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It's going up for auction at Prop Store for a shade under USD50,000.
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(That image was taken in Anaheim.)
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Looking back 11 years now, I've just added a few scans of media from the Episode III hype to the SWNZ news page.

http://www.swnz.co.nz/2016/05/20/week-h ... -may-2016/
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I was just thinking 'bout that period... each May, I always do, though.

Where has the time gone, Matt?
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More memories...
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I love that someone's digitising these from broadcast/VHS copies.
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