When 2000AD met Star Wars

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Brian Bolland is once again behind this dramatic vehicle scene, in a half-page Palitoy advert from Prog 141, 1 Dec 1979.

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In 2000AD Prog 207, 11 Apr 1981, you could mail away to get a free Dengar figure from Palitoy.

Maybe not quite as cool as the Boba Fett offer, but a free figure is a free figure.

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Prog 178, 20 Sep 1980, had a double dose of advertising. Palitoy promoted their The Empire Strikes Back action figures and vehicles with an interpretation of the movie took a few liberties with the details, and a repeat of Boba Fett mail away offer (cut down to a 1/3rd column).

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Have got a few more issues, but they'll have to wait until tomorrow. Check back soon :)
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To wrap things up, there were the 2000AD issues that had reviews of the Original Trilogy movies.

The review of Star Wars came out in issue Prog 44, 24 Dec 1977.

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The Empire Strikes Back (or, "Star Wars 2" as it was referred to on the comic cover) was reviewed in 2000AD Prog 165, 14 Jun 1980.

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And, finally, Return of the Jedi was reviewed in 2000AD Prog 325, 16 Jul 1983.

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Wrapped this all up into an article on SWNZ - http://www.swnz.co.nz/2019/05/10/when-2 ... star-wars/

Still have a few gaps I need to fill over time (there were a lot of adverts for Airfix kitset models, for example), so more eBay hunting to do.
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nice thread MG yes big 2000ad fan definitely shaped my brain when I was a nipper still suffering from the after effects now :)
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