What are these licensing sheets? They are internally-produced LucasFilm paperwork that would be distributed to all the licensees who worked on products for the movies. LucasFilm would send out a packet of sheets that licensees could refer to when creating officially licensed products. What we have here are a few of those sheets that somehow survived after the licensees were through with them. If some of these images look familiar - THEY ARE! Many licensees used this exact artwork in their products.

A bit of history about these specific sheets. The seller we got these from was liquidating a collection he purchased. I could not get in touch with the original owner because the seller wouldn't divulge who it was. But looking at the items themselves, we can draw several conclusions. The sheets come from at least 3 separate lots. There is a set from ESB that are on 7.5x11 sheets. Then there are two different styles of ROTJ sheets, clearly produced at different times. One can conclude that the original owner put together this set from several sources. 38 of the sheets are printed on high-gloss paper (due to the type of paper, these sheets are often called "licensing slicks"). They're not photocopies or reproductions... they're high-quality printed originals, similar to pages from a text book. Those 38 are really nice.

Two, however, are on a different material. They're not on glossy stock; they're on photo paper. I work for a newspaper, so I'm very familiar with this medium. That these two sheets are on photo paper leads me to believe that these are internal LucasFilm documents. You generally use photo paper to generate copies for proofing... the medium is far too expensive to mass-produce and distribute it. In fact, one of the photo paper sheets has hand-drawn inking on it which is just so damn cool. The other is cut to a non-standard size... just about 8.5x12. These two are among the nicest pieces in the set.

Please refer to the photos below to see the gorgeous artwork featured on these licensing slicks. All of the images have been altered with a watermark to prevent piracy. We can E-mail individual high-rez scans at your request.

We're accepting offers on the first two slicks - Boba Fett and Darth Vader. We will hear offers until 3/1/02, at which point we will either sell to the best offer, move to sell them in another marketplace (eBay), or keep them in our own personal collections. It all depends on the quality of the offers we receive. We also will accept trade offers for any of the slicks for vintage carded figures, vintage Vader items and POTF coins (Ed Lee), and vintage C-3PO items (Bill Cable).

Shipping will be $4 per order to the owner you purchase from. If you purchase slicks from both owners, postage will be $4 to each.

Slicks marked "PENDING" have offers on them, but we have not yet received the cash. If you're interested in any of them, please E-mail us and we'll let you know if the pending deal falls through.

Boba Fett

Character: Boba Fett Series: ESB Price: TBD Status: CURRENTLY ON eBay! Owner: Bill Cable - cable@creaturecantina.com Description: This is the premier piece of our find - an Empire Strikes Back Boba Fett licensing sheet. Copyright 1981, on 7 1/2" x 11" high-gloss paper stock. This slick features an impressive list of the original Pantone color codes used to make sure the deco on all the vintage licensed items was correct. And where else would you see that Fett is supposed to come with a "camel finder?" This image was used on several odd-ball items: erasers, puffy stickers, placemats, metallic impression cards from CUI Inc., ROTJ mugs from England, and the POTF coin image of Fett is a dead ringer for this slick. It's difficult to speculate just how many of examples of this Fett slicks still survive today, but it's very telling that this is the first example than anyone I know has ever seen. You can count the number of ESB licensees and say that's the number that were produced, but to guess at how many weren't destroyed or discarded is impossible. For all we know, this is the only one still around today. Don't miss out on this amazing, rare Fett collectable.

Lord Darth Vader

Character: Lord Darth Vader Series: ESB Price: $250 OBO Status: AVAILABLE Owner: Ed Lee - ed_lee@mac.com Description: You've seen this Vader artwork EVERYWHERE. And this is one of the few original licensing sheets LucasFilm sent out that was used to put this image on all those items, including pillows, Topps Gum cards, wallets, lamp shades, packaging, umbrellas, suncatchers, cookies, frisbees, french mustard glass containers, Stride Rite boots, aprons, T-shirts, and hats. This is one of the most recognized images from the original Trilogy, and the slick that may have generated many of those images would be the centerpiece of any collection.

Slave Leia

Character: Slave Leia Series: ROTJ 2 Price: $100 Status: SOLD Owner: Bill Cable - cable@creaturecantina.com Description: This is one of the very few (perhaps only) licensed vintage images of Slave Leia. Back in the day, not many licensees felt comfortable using the image of Leia in her metal bikini on their products... with it being so damn sexy, and the products being marketed at 9-year-olds. So it's tough to find any vintage memorabilia with Slave Leia on it. One of the only examples of this being used that we could discover was on Burtons Cookies. But we assume that all the licensees were provided with an image to use if they wanted it. The art on this one is just jaw-dropping. This might be the only place you get to see it.

Photo Paper / Internal Proof slicks

Character: Leia Boussh Series: ROTJ 1 Price: $100 Status: ON HOLD pending eBay results Owner: Bill Cable - cable@creaturecantina.com Description: This Leia Boussh is on photo paper, not printed on high-gloss stock. The primary use for this medium is internal proofing. It is much to expensive to be mass-produced. We have no other corroborating evidence to prove it's internal, but it's the only logical conclusion we can derive. It is also cut to a non-standard size. It's about an inch longer than normal. Also, half of the copyright information was shorn off when it was cut. Vehicle: B-Wing Series: ROTJ 2 Price: $75 Status: ON HOLD pending eBay results Owner: Bill Cable - cable@creaturecantina.com Description: This slick in on photo paper - not printed high-gloss paper. The primary use for this medium is internal proofing. It is much to expensive to be mass-produced. We have no other corroborating evidence to prove it's internal, but it's the only logical conclusion we can derive. It also has hand-drawn marker markings on it. If you hold the paper at an angle, you can see the marker reflections from the light... that sort of red/purple hue you get from those fat permanent "Marks-A-Lot" markers. The marker marks are all within the star field around the ship. Was it someone editing the image before final approval? Was it some bored LFL employee doodling? We don't know, but either way it's awesome!

Hand-Corrected slicks

Character: (Galactic) Emperor Series: ROTJ 1 Price: $50 Status: AVAILABLE Owner: Bill Cable - cable@creaturecantina.com Description: This slick has hand-made corrections on it. Basically someone at LucasFilm applied a label over the name plate to correct the name of this character. The Emperor was originally the "Galactic Emperor." There's a plain white label covering the word "Galactic." Character: Kieeco / Paploo Series: ROTJ 1 Price: ON eBay Status: AVAILABLE Owner: Bill Cable - cable@creaturecantina.com Description: This slick has hand-made corrections on it. Basically someone at LucasFilm applied a label over the name plate to change the name of this character. This Ewok wasn't always called Paploo. His original name was Kieeco! Kieeco is printed on the glossy stock, with a white label overtop the name. The label has the name "Paploo" typed on it by a type writer. You can only see "Kieeco" by holding the slick up to the light. This is a very interesting and historical piece!

Lord Darth Vader - ROTJ

Character: Lord Darth Vader Series: ROTJ 2 Price: $50 Status: SOLD Owner: Ed Lee - ed_lee@mac.com Description: Another impressive pose struck by the Dark Lord of the Sith, reminiscent of the classic "pointing" variation of the ROTJ cardback.

$45 slicks

Character: Luke X-Wing Pilot Series: ESB Price: $45 Status: AVAILABLE Owner: Ed Lee Character: R2-D2 Series: ESB Price: $45 Status: SOLD Owner: Ed Lee Character: Ben Kenobi Series: ESB Price: $45 Status: SOLD Owner: Ed Lee Character: Luke Jedi Series: ROTJ 1 Price: $45 Status: SOLD Owner: Ed Lee

$40 slicks

Character: Emperor's Royal Guard Series: ROTJ 1 Price: $40 Status: SOLD Owner: Bill Cable Character: Han Hoth Series: ESB Price: $40 Status: SOLD Owner: Bill Cable Character: Leia Bespin Series: ESB Price: $40 Status: SOLD Owner: Ed Lee Character: Jabba the Hutt Series: ROTJ 1 Price: $40 Status: AVAILABLE Owner: Ed Lee Character: Lando Bespin Series: ESB Price: $40 Status: SOLD Owner: Ed Lee Character: Biker Scout Series: ROTJ 1 Price: $40 Status: SOLD Owner: Ed Lee Characters: Leia & Wicket Series: ROTJ 2 Price: $40 Status: AVAILABLE Owner: Ed Lee

$35 slicks

Character: Leia Endor Series: ROTJ 1 Price: $35 Status: SOLD Owner: Bill Cable Character: Rebo Band Series: ROTJ 1 Price: ON eBay Status: AVAILABLE Owner: Ed Lee Vehicle: Speeder Bike Series: ROTJ 1 Price: $35 Status: SOLD Owner: Bill Cable Vehicle: Millennium Falcon Series: ESB Price: $35 Status: SOLD Owner: Bill Cable Vehicle: AT-AT Series: ESB Price: $35 Status: SOLD Owner: Bill Cable Vehicle: A-Wing Series: ROTJ 2 Price: $35 Status: SOLD Owner: Bill Cable Character: Lando Skiff Guard Series: ROTJ 1 Price: $35 Status: AVAILABLE Owner: Ed Lee Character: Lando General Series: ROTJ 2 Price: ON eBay Status: AVAILABLE Owner: Bill Cable Vehicle: X-Wing Series: ESB Price: $35 Status: SOLD Owner: Ed Lee Vehicle: TIE Interceptor Series: ROTJ 2 Price: $35 Status: SOLD Owner: Ed Lee Character: Paploo on Speeder Bike Series: ROTJ 2 Price: $35 Status: SOLD Owner: Ed Lee

$30 slicks

Character: Gamorrean Guard Series: ROTJ 1 Price: $30 Status: AVAILABLE Owner: Bill Cable Character: Bib Fortuna Series: ROTJ 1 Price: $30 Status: AVAILABLE Owner: Bill Cable Character: Wicket W. Warrick Series: ROTJ 1 Price: $30 Status: AVAILABLE Owner: Ed Lee Character: Admiral Ackbar Series: ROTJ 1 Price: $30 Status: SOLD Owner: Ed Lee Vehicle: AT-ST w/ Chewbacca Series: ROTJ 1 Price: $30 Status: SOLD Owner: Bill Cable Vehicle: Imperial Shuttle Tydirium Series: ROTJ 1 Price: $30 Status: SOLD Owner: Bill Cable Character: Klaatu Series: ROTJ 1 Price: $30 Status: AVAILABLE Owner: Ed Lee

$25 slicks

Vehicle: Sail Barge Series: ROTJ 1 Price: $25 Status: SOLD Owner: Bill Cable Vehicle: Skiff Series: ROTJ 1 Price: $25 Status: SOLD Owner: Bill Cable

$20 slick

Characters: Baby Ewoks Series: ROTJ 1 Price: $20 Status: SOLD Owner: Ed Lee