STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE

Full Bleed British Quad (30" x 40"); Academy Award Style, Style C
Very Fine on Linen; Artwork by Tom Chantrell
20th Century Fox, 1978

Known as the "Academy Award Style," this fantastic Tom Chantrell artwork was repeated on the quad once the film won awards in 1978.

It is a very clean poster with some faint touch-ups to the area around Han Solo's gun blast on the left side, but otherwise, this poster is in terrific condition.

George Lucas' ground-breaking space opera, which defied all expectations to change the film industry forever. Inspired by Flash Gordon serials, Westerns, samurai films and World War II movies, Lucas crafted a new, hugely popular mythology in "A galaxy far, far away," while setting a new standard for visual effects.

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