Star Wars ESB 'Time Capsule' Discovered

[TD4608]

Today, my brother came into possession of a large amount of what appear to be late 70's Star Wars items. Although memorabilia is fun, it's seems to be a bit more than that; I haven't seen everything yet, and the volume of material makes it hard for him to get me photos of everything, but as a member here I thought I'd post pictures of what appear to be pre-production concept sketches or extremely high quality copies that were included in the find; you'll note the initials of the artist on the sketches. Also found in the material was Star Wars letterhead from Lucasfilm... I thought that was interesting! I had not seen any of these before, so your input or insight is welcome!



More pictures from my brother (and a lot more to come soon)

 

[pkbud74]

Very cool!

 

[silvermitt]

That is very cool.

 

[Furious]

Wow! Is the RM for ralph mcquarrie?

 

[TD4608]

 

[TD4608]

Furious: Man, I can only imagine. There is no way to trace this back as being legit... but I can't imagine it being anything else. The style looks right, but I can't say anything for sure.

 

[Furious]

It looks like his style and it does sort of match his handwriting from what I can tell. Man if this is original sketches that would be amazing!!

 

[TD4608]

It looks like his style and it does sort of match his handwriting from what I can tell. Man if this is original sketches that would be amazing!!

Especially the "Boba Fett Gang". I had never heard of this or any reference to this.

 

[TD4608]

There is more material my brother is going through. There are 'new condition' T-shirts back from 79 and a bunch of marketing stuff and some photos. He's blown away. I don't yet have his permission to say how he got a hold of this stuff, but it's a pretty dang crazy story. I'm sure as I learn more so will all of us. I will keep this thread updated with new info as I get his permission to put it out there.

 

[Furious]

There is more material my brother is going through. There are 'new condition' T-shirts back from 79 and a bunch of marketing stuff and some photos. He's blown away. I don't yet have his permission to say how he got a hold of this stuff, but it's a pretty dang crazy story. I'm sure as I learn more so will all of us. I will keep this thread updated with new info as I get his permission to put it out there.

Heh, I was just gonna ask where it came from. Well if you get permission to tell us I am sure we would all love to hear!

 

[TD4608]

There's nothing bad about the story. I'll get permission, no doubt. I honestly think this is the first time anyone has seen these, if they indeed are from the real RM

 

[TD4608]

Here are some additional items found with the sketches. It's a bizarre mix of stuff. Sorry for the orientation of some of the photos, for whatever reason they ended up that way when I uploaded them.



The shirts above are NOT the new Wal-Mart retro copies; those are the real-deal late 70's - early 80's tee's that have never been worn.

 

[alvomedia]

incredible stuff!

 

[thinbluefett]

Wow, id frame those tees for sure! Not just the sketches!

 

[Furious]

WOW! I remember those dixie cups! I know I had a birthday or two with those.

 

[TheZeroEffect]

Wow There is some awesome stuff there, Thanks for sharing those cool sketches, they do look very R.M.

 

[phophjoph]

wow great find! lots of cool stuff and if the sketches are the real deal even better, but the merchandise alone is great.

 

[grenater]

Pure jealousy! Lol

Sent from my LG-D850

 

[Art Andrews]

Wow! That is absolutely incredible. Those drawings... man... that is just... I don't even know what to say!

 

[deadFox]

nice...thank you for sharing