Card Series: Topps Star Wars Galaxy Series 5
Year Released: 2010
Card Number: 53
Character: Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Darth Vader
Insert Series: NA
Artist: Russ Walks
Condition: NM
2010 Topps Star Wars Galaxy Series 5 #53 Star Wars 1937 Russ Walks Retro Poster
What if Star Wars had premiered in 1937? Artist Russ Walks answers that question in this “New Visions” card from 2010 Topps Star Wars Galaxy Series 5, reimagining A New Hope as a vintage movie serial poster. Luke clutches Princess Leia with his lightsaber drawn while Darth Vader’s red silhouette looms behind them, complete with old Hollywood lettering, a billed cast of Hamill, Ford, Fisher, Cushing, and Guinness, and a tagline promising a star-spanning saga of a boy, a girl, and a galaxy. On the back, Walks explains how the space adventure serials of the ’30s and ’40s shaped Star Wars, noting that George Lucas once tried to buy the rights to Flash Gordon and that the serial influence shows up everywhere from the dramatic dialogue to the cliffhanger-style episode titles.
Card Series: Topps Star Wars Galaxy Series 5
Year Released: 2010
Card Number: 53
Character: Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Darth Vader
Insert Series: NA
Artist: Russ Walks
Condition: NM
2010 Topps Star Wars Galaxy Series 5 #53 Star Wars 1937 Russ Walks Retro Poster
What if Star Wars had premiered in 1937? Artist Russ Walks answers that question in this “New Visions” card from 2010 Topps Star Wars Galaxy Series 5, reimagining A New Hope as a vintage movie serial poster. Luke clutches Princess Leia with his lightsaber drawn while Darth Vader’s red silhouette looms behind them, complete with old Hollywood lettering, a billed cast of Hamill, Ford, Fisher, Cushing, and Guinness, and a tagline promising a star-spanning saga of a boy, a girl, and a galaxy. On the back, Walks explains how the space adventure serials of the ’30s and ’40s shaped Star Wars, noting that George Lucas once tried to buy the rights to Flash Gordon and that the serial influence shows up everywhere from the dramatic dialogue to the cliffhanger-style episode titles.