Colouring Book Theatre: Star Wars

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Today's colouring book was supposed to be Superman but I misplaced that (I tend to do that) so we'll go with a book based on a little known movie called Star Wars.

This book is by Kenner, being the master toy licensor, they left no stone unturned. The book itself is rather bland, there is no story, rather it looks like it was created by a few folks in their design department amidst a pile of stills.

The art has a strong contrast, some of it is better than any book I've seen and other times it looks like children scribbled it.

One of the things I noticed was that none of the pages were coloured, this is because when Star Wars dawned, I was no longer a kid, I was a serious collector. Probably why I don't really have a lot of nostalgia for SW merchandise but I digress...

This first image is swiped right from the Marvel comics series, there are a few pieces like this in the book, many of them wonky as somebody tried to trace Howard Chaykin's artwork.

Walrus man: The good times. Oh and you can keep your "Ponda Baba" to yourself, his name is Walrusman, dammit!










Aother example of wonky comic book tracing, there isn't a straight line in this thing!

I missed this scene in the movie, I'm assuming this is a still.

Another scene I missed, actually I'm pretty sure this a drawing of the actual Darth Vader Toy. You can imagine him saying "The Force is with Kenner Toys Children kooo-kah kooo-kah!" Oh man, I'm sorry for that, this book is giving me nothing.

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Links of Interest: 1978 Kenner Star Wars Catalog

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[toys2cool]

Nice!! i remember only having the ROTJ ones that I use to buy at KB toys like in 85-86

The Walrusman man pics look great.
"My friend doesn't like you"

Luke-Sorry

"I don't like you either!"

[HardyGirl]

Wow, that middle pic is HUGE! Too bad there wasn't a story line w/ it. But I guess this was a good way to put disjointed traced production stills together.

[Evel KMego]

Gotta love the old coloring books!

[Ranger 3]

Story behind pics #4:

The drawing is based on the prototype/mockup for the vintage 'Death Star Droid' Kenner figure:
http://theswca.com/index.php?action=...&item_id=48958

This mockup was made using a standard C3PO figure with a head from the giant praying mantis from a Gigantics Colossal Mantis Diorama Kit:
Google Image Result for http://www.bigkidcollectables.com/catalog/giganticsmantis_thumb.jpg

Mark

[Brown Bear]

I own all of the ols Star Wars coloring book as well as lots of other old ones. They're all colored in of course but good shape none the less.

Brought back memories.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Some of that art looks like Walrus Man drew it with his non-dominant hand after Obi-Wan got a hold of him.

That scene with Luke, Leia and the Death Star chasm looks as bad as some of the recent Marvel comics, which were apparently drawn by chain-smoking monkeys with Terets syndrome.

Chris