Greg Hildebrandt, Tim Hildebrandt

Poster for the United Kingdom release of the 1977 film Star Wars, created by George Lucas and starring Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford.

• Greg Hildebrandt (American, b. 1939).
• Tim Hildebrandt (American, 1939–2006).
• Lucasfilm, Ltd.
• Twentieth-Century Fox.
• Paper, backed with linen.

The Hildebrandt Brothers were commissioned to design this poster for the British release of the film. Star Wars was released in America in May 1977, and did not get released in the UK until December of the same year. By the time the film was released in the UK, the studio felt that the actual actors were already well-known, and the Hildebrandt Brothers' artwork did not reflect this. Therefore they commissioned a completely new poster by Tom William Chantrell. This rare original design was used mainly in London on the underground a few months before the release of the film, and was then replaced by Chantrell's poster.