^Lot 149 TOM JUNG FINAL CONCEPT DRAWING FOR STAR WARS: EPISODE IV – A NEW HOPE STYLE A 1-SHEET POSTER.

ORIGINAL TOM JUNG FINAL CONCEPT DRAWING FOR STAR WARS: EPISODE IV – A NEW HOPE STYLE A ONE-SHEET POSTER. - (TCF, 1977) Final finished conceptual drawing in pencil, 18 ½ in. x 24 in., by Tom Jung for the creation of the Star Wars “Style A” poster – considered the most famous of all the Star Wars posters. This is a revised version of the original drawing (a copy of which is included on foam board), which shows a provocative Leia that the studio thought was too sexy. The fi nal version featured a toned-down Leia and the addition of R2-D2 and C-3PO. Tom Jung signs both pieces at the lower right. Tom Jung, working for the advertising agency of Smolen, Smith and Connolly, was chosen to work on Star Wars based on his reputation as a designer of one-sheet posters for a number of important fi lms, including Dr. Zhivago and the 1966 re-release of Gone With the Wind. He was given the theme of “Good Over Evil,” and provided with a massive amount of photos taken by unit photographers in color and black & white, as well as 2¼ in. stills on contact sheets taken from the original 35mm print of the fi lm. According to Jung, the unlikely “cross” formed by Luke Skywalker’s saber sword set against the ghosted background image of Darth Vader seemed to him like a good solution to the “good” versus “evil” theme. With the addition of a fl eet of X-Wing fi ghters attacking the Death Star, he created one of the most enduring cinematic images of the past 50 years. From the collection of motion picture illustrator Tom Jung and originally sold in Profi les in History’s Auction 24 held March 31, 2006.