Hankering for early ‘Star Wars’ radio ads?

Perhaps you believe the Star Wars franchise has, in fact, defiled itself through marketing whoredom. Perhaps you don’t want a midget Han Solo. You haven’t got time for Chewbacca ringtones. You pine for an earlier, simpler time—the late 1970s, for example, when Stormtroopers were Stormtroopers, and Yoda was made of rubber. If so, then you might just enjoy these original radio ads for the first Star Wars movie, courtesy of a blog called “A Small Victory.” Traveling through hyperspace isn’t like dusting crops, boy!

—Posted by Tim Nudd

May 18, 2005 | Permalink