Watch a Worn 1977 STAR WARS Poster Get Restored

The Tom Jung 1977 Star Wars poster was the inspiration for the Hildebrandt Brothers’ “Style B” poster. That one utilized the same basic design, but with a brighter color scheme. This was because Fox wanted a “less dark,” more kid-friendly version of the same concept. That version of the poster had R2-D2 and C-3PO in the corner of the image, which Jung’s did not. Once Twentieth Century Fox saw the droids in that version of the poster, they added them into Jung’s original art. But Tom Jung didn’t add them in himself. Instead, original Teen Titans artist Nick Cardy drew these versions of the droids.

Obviously, this restoration had its limits. The creases in the posters where the folds exist remain, even if they are less distracting to look at. But the yellowing effect is largely dialed back. And we’re sure the poster looks very close to how it looked in front of movie theaters back in 1977. The Fourth Cone Restoration YouTube channel has a lot of other movie poster restoration videos on its channel, including for other posters in the original Star Wars trilogy. And every single one is a poster we’d proudly display on our walls, the way Jabba displayed Han Solo frozen in Carbonite.