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Image 001 - 1985 - CINEMA WITHOUT JEDI: "Force-less cinema everywhere. At least there was ILM, Steven, Ron and Harry."
Image 002 - 1985 - KENNER FOLDS ITS STAR WARS LINE: "'When bought I am, no more collecting you require': Amanaman reports last to the Kenner Order."
Image 003 - 1985 - LUCASFILM GAMES REVOLUTIONISES COMPUTER GAMES WITH Rescue on Fractalus! and Koronis Rift: "Early games far ahead of their time: the cockpit on the left was a life-sized prop made especially by ILM."
Image 004 - 1986 - THE END OF STAR WARS: "George Lucas officially leaves Star Wars behind him, thus ending all Bantha Tracks operation."
Image 005 - 1987 - BIRTH OF SCUMM: "The breakthrough point-and-click hit Maniac Mansion redefined the way adventures had to be developed."
Image 006 - 1987 - SCUMM OF LUCASFILM GAMES: "Maniac makers (l to r): Carl Mey, Ron Gilbert, David Fox and Gary Winnick. Fox wore the suit for Fractalus."
Image 007 - 1987 - STAR TOURS OPENS: "ILM celebrates ANH's 10th anniversary with finesse, beating NASA to launch the first civil space flights to Endor."
Image 008 - 1988 - ILM'S TOON MAGIC: "Solid physical FX: Bob Zemeckis' family pic Who Framed Roger Rabbit introduces a new generation to ILM."
Image 009 - 1989 - INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE: "Ron Gilbert's SCUMM storytelling engine allowed Indy 3's plot to be expanded beyond the movie experience."
Image 010 - 1989 - INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE: "A shortage of lightsabers made the Khyber knife from Temple of Doom a worthy piece of merchandise."
Image 011 - 1989 - INDIANA JONES 3 COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION: "Amidst all the whip cracking a single reference to Star Wars keeps hope afloat."
Image 012 - 1989 - COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGES EVOLVES: "Hatched by ILM for James Cameron's The Abyss, the gentle pseudo-pod revolutionises the FX business."
Image 013 - 1990 - STAR TOURS COMES TO FLORIDA: "Never was an advertisement more sincere: Florida to Endor nonstop? Count me in!"
Image 014 - 1990 - STAR WARS TO RETURN: "The fan club announces George Lucas' plans. Note the 'Sequel Update' tag."
Image 015 - 1990 - THE EMPIRE STIRKES BACK - 10th ANNIVERSARY: "Ridin' high on the possibility of a new trilogy coming as early as 1997, LFL celebrates TESB's anniversary."
Image 016 - 1990 - JEDI MASTER KERSHNER? "TESB director Irvin Kershner states that he would be 'honoured' to direct a new Star Wars episode."
Image 017 - 1990 - STAR WARS ANNIVERSARY POSTERS: "Offical 10th anniversary posters for ANH and TESB: Drew Struzan signed 3000 copies of the former."
Image 018 - 1990 - STEPHEN J. SANSWEET's LAIR: "The Lucasfilm Fan Club magazine visits collector supremo Stephen J. Sansweet."
Image 019 - 1991 - PREMIERE SIDELINES LUCAS: "Now-defunct PREMIERE assumes that George is 'not that interested in making movies anymore'."
Image 020 - 1991 - TERMINATING THE FX-COMPETITION: "ILM dazzles 'em all: not a single Jedi to be seen, but Lucasfilm continues to grace magazine covers."
Image 021 - 1992 - STAR WARS TRILOGY WIDESCREEN COLLECTION ON VHS: "'They are no good to me full screen' - Boba only picks the finest videos such as these pre-THX editions."
Image 022 - 1992 - STAR WARS TRILOGY WIDESCREEN COLLECTION ON VHS:"Large scale campaigns announcing new OT video editions sublimely promoted the inimitable theatrical experience."
Image 023 - 1992 - INDIANA JONES AND THE FATE OF ATLANTIS: "Hal Barwood's amazing Fate of Atlantis spreads Indy over a massive 11 disks."
Image 024 - 1992 - TOP SECRET STAR WARS PROJECT: "Detail of the first Star Wars storyboard in many years for LucasArts' top-secret project."
Image 025 - 1992 - DEATH BECOMES HER: "Twisting an Oscar out of Meryl Streep: Together with Doug Chiang, Ralston wins another one for ILM."
Image 026 - 1993 - DEATH STAR TRENCH RUN: "Chunky but deadly: the seriously pixallated Death Star is about to meet its maker in X-Wing."
Image 027 - 1993 - X-WING DESIGNER WOES: "Infocom legend and maker of LucasArts' Loom Brian Moriarty almost became X-Wing's designer."
Image 028 - 1993 - LUCASARTS' X-MEN: "X-Wing Collector's Edition and designers Larry Holland, Ed Kilham and graphics artists (top to bottom)."
Image 029 - 1993 - STAR WARS WILL RETURN: "Historic Variety issue offically announcing that George Lucas has decided to produce prequel films to the OT."
Image 030 - 1993 - GENERAL MACARTHUR WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD: "J-C. Suares lets George take the movie industry in a stride. Note how Indy appears to be the first to land..."
Image 031 - 1993 - THE FIRST THX-CERTIFIED LASERDISCS: "Premium image quality by THX. In the bottom left corner: the legendary Definitive Collection."
Image 032 - 1993 - REBEL ASSAULT: "ILM footage in V. Lee's game: Level 3 employs a blue screen element of the Falcon's escape from Bespin."
Image 033 - 1994 - LUCASARTS' PERIODICAL: "Tools of the trade: Lucasfilm's insightful The Adventurer shipped with all of LucasArts' US releases."
Image 034 - 1994 - STAR WARS STARTS BENDING CONSUMERS' WALLETS: "JustToys' Bend'Ems will soon no longer be alone on toy shelves..."
Image 035 - 1995 - THE POWER OF PROMOTIONAL PARTNERS - 'Know his audience, George must' - After Warner Bros. had caught considerable flak for marketing the exceedingly grim and frightening Batman Returns to children and their families, as well as retailers, who had difficulties selling Batman merchandise, the studio tasked the 'flamboyant' director Joel Schumacher with creating a jollier Batman Forever. Although the film did not perform that much better than its predecessor, toys and burgers were once again selling wildly."
Image 036 - 1995 - HAN SOLO RE-FITTED FOR THE 90IES: "'What if he doesn't survive?' 'Kenner will compensate you if he doesn't sell.' Newly moulded, Han Solo is set."
Image 037 - 1995 - CLASSIC KENNER VEHICLES RETURN: "Although the moulds for vehicles would only be slightly modified, the electronics were revamped 90ies style."
Image 038 - 1995 - LUCASFILM FAN CLUB MAGAZINES: "Lucasfilm expands its fanzine operations with American, British, French and German editions (l to r)."
Image 039 - 1995 - DARK FORCES-ADVERTISMENT: "A clever ad knows where to hit fans' interests. On the right: the Saga's first battle droid, the Dark Trooper."
Image 040 - 1995 - NEW STORMTROOPERS: "Good blaster at your side? Check. Designer Darron Stinnet's FPS Dark Forces reigns supreme."
Image 041 - 1995 - THE FIRST THX-CERTIFIED VIDEOS: "Unexpected this is: Vader steals marketing oomph from summer tentpoles."
Image 042 - 1995 - STAR WARS THX-REISSUE ON VIDEO: "Newly remastered and newly packaged, Vader, TK-421 and Master Yoda await THX-certified VHS playback."
Image 043 - 1995 - STAR WARS DRESSES THE MASSES: "Long at last, it is hip to wear Star Wars once again: don't watch the films without them!"
Image 044 - 1995 - HAIL LORD VADER: "Darth Vader by Applause towers menacingly over the toy competition."
Image 045 - 1995 - SETTING UP THE PREQUEL-ERA: "Historic Star Wars Insider issue introducing the exact timeline for the Prequels and further nifty LFL plans."
Image 046 - 1995 - SETTING UP THE PREQUEL-ERA: "Transcript of George Lucas' seismic elaborations on the future of Star Wars and the origins of Anakin."
Image 047 - 1995 - GEORGE LUCAS SUMS IT UP: "The Prequels in a nutshell, featuring an early revelation concerning the identity of Darth Sidious."
Image 048 - 1995 - AT A GLANCE: "The entire Star Wars Saga timeline as presented by George Lucas."
Image 049 - 1995 - PREQUEL UPDATES: "Rick McCallum enjoys warm welcomes at Star Wars Insider. By now the section is called Prequel Update."
Image 050 - 1995 - THE HAMILL RETURNS: "George is altering the deal: Mark Hamill does make a comeback, but not in a galaxy far, far away... Hamill himself refused to take on film roles after Return of the Jedi out of loyalty to George Lucas. Lucas himself was very happy to see Hamill achieve such grand success with Chris Roberts' Wing Commander III-computer game."
Image 051 - 1995 - BLUE SCREEN FILMING: "Hal Barwood calls the shots on the bluescreen set of Rebel Assault II starring Julie Eccles and Jamison Jones."
Image 052 - 1995 - KENNER STRIKES BACK: "With their work behind them, Kenner designers proudly speak about their achievements in Star Wars Galaxy."
Image 053 - 1995 - PUMP IT: "'Your brother, he is.' - 'NOOOOOOOO!' - Beefing up Jedi muscle to crush contemporary toy competition."
Image 054 - 1995 - KENNER VANQUISHES COMPETITION: "Star Wars action figures would multiply rapidly in the wake of the initial wave of 9 characters."
Image 055 - 1996 - VISIT AT THE SKYWALKER RANCH: "Trade paper Variety once again visits George Lucas, who assumes that the first prequel will open in 1998."
Image 056 - 1996 - ADVERTISING REBELLIOUS ASSAULTS: "'Prepare for the second assault!' reads the flashy Rebel Assault II ad from the German Star Wars magazine."
Image 057 - 1996 - REBEL ASSAULT II- THE HIDDEN EMPIRE: "Super-weapon bashing continues:S-VGA graphics on two CDs foreseen, the Emperor, has not."
Image 058 - 1996 - LUCASFILM´S GREAT TEASE "The infamous Shadows teaser famously pulled by Lucasfilm after it had been mistaken for a film trailer."
Image 059 - 1996 - TOOPS SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE TRADING CARDS: "The Hildebrandts deliver a stunning set of cards for Lucasfilm's 'everything but a movie'-project Shadows."
Image 060 - 1996 - XIZOR VS VADER: "This Kenner two-pack was thought to establish Xizor as a possible antagonist in the Prequels."
Image 061 - 1996 - NARRATIVE POINT OF VIEW: "Shadows uniquely switched narrative focus from Luke to Dash or even Boba for different media."
Image 062 - 1996 - THE SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE COLLECTION: "Select items from the Shadows line of merchandise, including Mark Cotta Vaz's excellent Secrets of SOTE."
Image 063 - 1996 - DARK FORCES II IS ANNOUNCED: "Lightsabers will finally be of great interest to Kyle Katarn and PC gamers when Dark Forces return in 1997."
Image 064 - 1996 - GLIMPSING THE SPECIAL EDITION: "Lucasfilm teases fans with enhancements of A New Hope: A completely digital Jabba is an early favourite."
Image 065 - 1996 - SOFTWARE MAKERS GEARING UP FOR THE WAR IN THE STARS: "'When published your are, the last of the Star Wars screensavers will you be without rontos and the Praxis-Wave'."
Image 066 - 1996 - PREQUEL UPDATE: "In a rare break from Prequel pre-production Rick McCallum talks to Mark Cotta Vaz about the vile character of Palpatine."
Image 067 - 1996 - CLONE WARS-RUMOURS: "Cinefantastique's Lawrence French casts an intriguing look at the mysterious Prequel Trilogy."
Image 068 - 1996 - GLIMPSING THE SPECIAL EDITION: "John Burton inspects a marquette of a dewback, soon to be turned into wireframes and pixels for 1997."
Image 069 - 1996 - IMAX 'SPECIAL EFFECTS': "Although too expensive for the entire Star Wars film, 1996 allowed Ben Burtt to use IMAX for two ANH shots."
Image 070 - 1996 - IMAX 'SPECIAL EFFECTS':"Burtt sets up the 'Jump to Hyperspace'-effect shot at ILM for his third IMAX docu Special Effects."
Image 071 - 1996 - HAS LUCAS JOINED THE DARK SIDE? - "Venerable Cinefantastique celebrates 20 years of Star Wars, but is critical of the Special Edition effort."
Image 072 - 1996 - WWW.STARWARS.COM GOES LIVE - "The official Star Wars website launches in conjunction with the wide release of the popular Special Edition trailer."
Image 073 - 1997 - CLASSIC GEORGE LUCAS: "The legendary Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition trailer. People bought tickets just to see it again."
Image 074 - 1997 - THE SAGA IS EVERYWHERE: "Variety's J. C. Suares reveals in a lovely cartoon illustration that the film industry looks to the stars, not Oscar season, in November 1996."
Image 075 - 1997 - STAR WARS SPECIAL EDITION on TV: "CNN's Showbiz Today starts coverage on the arrival of a very special Star Wars, January 24th, 1997."
Image 076 - 1997 - KENNER JOINS THE CELEBRATION: "Kitted up and visor polished, Boba the galaxy's most ruthless scalper on Kenner's Special Edition campaign."
Image 077 - 1997 - TAKING THE MEDIA BY STORM: "Force Fever hits entertainment reporters as E!News takes a look at the people and their magic behind the phenomenon."
Image 078 - 1997 - THE FORCE IS WITH LUCASFILM: "Despite video sales of 20 mio. units in 1995, people line up in 1997 to see the Star Wars Saga again - for the first time."
Image 079 - 1997 - 'IT'S AWAY!' - "CNN covers the frenzy that is the opening of Star Wars - A New Hope - Special Edition."
Image 080 - 1997 - SHATTERING THE DEATH STAR AND BOX OFFICE RECORDS: "'You did it, R2! Wonderful!' - Steven congratulates his pal George for surpassing record holder E.T. with a wonderful painting by Drew Struzan, the prized artist how produced hundreds of lovely posters, from the Indiana Jones series to the Star Wars prequels.";
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