Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Movie Trailer: Star Wars (1977)
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John, cool STAR WARS trailer[not known as episode IV:A New Hope, yet].
ReplyDeleteAs a boy in 1977 I still vividly remember seeing the television advertisement of the STAR WARS trailers. One of my friends accidently thought that the Millennium Falcon was Alpha Moonbase from these trailers. We were deeply involved in enjoying the second and unfortunately last season of SPACE:1999.
SGB
SGB:
DeleteThat is real wishful thinking that the Millennium Falcon would be Moonbase Alpha. But you know, in some ways, there are visual similarities, actually...
I still wish Space:1999 had gotten that elusive third season too...
best,
John