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As is well known, ‘Star Wars‘ was revolutionary in 1977 on many levels, but in no way was it more so than in merchandising. The story of the action figures and how Kenner beat Mattel by taking over the exploitation rights to the franchise is the most popular part of the story, but there are many other crazy anecdotes in a field that was literally beginning to be sown. For example, Topps launched a collection of trading cards with a very peculiar copy: 207 of the fourth series, with a nondescript image of C-3PO emerging from an oil bath. It lasted until the parents took notice. The sticker war. Sticker rights They were also disputed very briefly, as was the case with the action figures. Donruss, a company with experience in science fiction trading card collections, had the first option on the license and rejected it. Topps came in after some hesitation, put out a first series and watched it run out at an unprecedented rate. Five series later in 1977 alone, the film was still in theaters, and the company had to launch, with almost no time for revisions, series after series. For the fourth, the available photographs were almost the same as those already used in the first two, and that was where the problem arose. C-3PO oily. The controversial photograph showed C-3PO emerging from an oil bath. At first glance nothing seemed scandalous, but if you paid attention, the protocol droid seemed to have bypassed protocol with a large metallic appendage. The chrome earned its own nickname, “Golden Rod.” Parents’ complaints They didn’t take long to arrivethe letter was withdrawn and an airbrushed version produced. What happened really. There are three versions about the reasons that led to the error. The first, when in 2007 the official ‘Star Wars’ website published an explanation later removed: It was an optical effect because at the exact moment the photo was taken, a piece of the suit came off and was aligned in a way that suggested the obscene image. In his book ‘Star Wars: The Original Topps Trading Card Series, Volume One’, author Gary Gerani raised another theory: someone from the prop team on the set had placed a metal appendage as a joke between colleagues. Because. The most detailed explanation was given in 2019 by Anthony Daniels himself, the android’s interpreter, in promoting his autobiography ‘I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story’. According to the actor, the oil was real and C-3PO’s suit at that time consisted of two pieces of thin plastic (front and back) joined with gold-colored adhesive tape. The oil dissolved that tape and when Daniels left the bathroom, the pieces separated and formed a crease in the crotch that created the bulge. Additionally, the actor believes that a Topps employee, when processing the photograph, identified the crease and deliberately accentuated it. Error wanted. Paradoxically, the corrected version of chrome 207 is today rarer than the original. There are more than 1,800 copies of the card with the error compared to less than 700 of the amended version, since the error circulated for months before being removed, and the correction arrived at the end of the fourth series, with smaller print runs, and was quickly eclipsed by the fifth series. And how much is it worth? In medium condition it costs 30 or 40 dollars, but in good condition it can exceed 5,000. By the way: Daniels has systematically refused to sign the error card. Any copy with his autograph is a fake, he says. In Xataka | This Star Trek movie was canceled in 1977 because science fiction had no future. Two weeks later Star Wars premiered Header | Kory Westerhold on Flickr