« Burger Chef "$20 Book of Value" | Main | Collector has a thing for Burger Chef »

October 26, 2005

Empire Strikes Back Posters

Set of three Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back posters:

Esb2  Esb1  Esb3

I thought Burger King had a monopoly on Star Wars promotions after A New Hope, but sure enough Burger Chef had a small role in promoting the first Star Wars sequel.  This poster set appears in a 1980 Burger Chef commercial

I asked the artist, Boris Vallejo about the history of this series and he said, "The posters were actually done originally as a promotional campaign for the Coca Cola Company, to be given away at movie theaters that showed "The Empire Strikes Back". Subsequently they found other avenues."

So these posters were not exclusive to Burger Chef and therefor do not contain the Burger Chef mark like the original 1977 Star Wars posters.  Similarly, the King Kong collectible glasses distributed by Burger Chef (another Coca Cola promotion) do not bear a Burger Chef mark.

TrackBack

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/435857/3451400

Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Empire Strikes Back Posters:

Comments

Where can I buy these, I have found none on ebay?

Post a comment

Comments are moderated, and will not appear on this weblog until the author has approved them.