1977: STAR WARS DAY: STARLOG PREVIEWS STAR WARS

Happy STAR WARS DAY!  To mark the annual event, STARLOGGED has unearthed some early sightings of the original movie from the pages of STARLOG MAGAZINE.

From Issue 6, coverdated June 1977 but on-sale several months earlier, here is possibly the earliest references... a reader's letter (is this the guy that broke the news about STAR WARS to the world?) and a one-page colour preview using - obviously - some of the yummy concept art.  The same concept art that convinced Marvel to (reluctantly) take the plunge and launch the four-colour comic that saved the company...