Pictures from behind the scenes at the Star Wars Tenth Anniversary Convention in Los Angeles in 1987. Clockwise from the top left corner are: Irvin Kershner- director of TESB, and George Lucas; Gary Kurtz- producer of Star Wars and TESB, Peter Mayhew- Chewbacca, and George Lucas; Gary Kurtz and my husband, Cameron; Rick Overton from Willow, Ralph McQuarrie- conceptual artist for Star Wars, TESB, and Jedi; and Anthony Daniels- C-3PO. Some of the others at the convention who are not pictured here included: Billy Dee Williams, Richard Edlund, Gene and Majel Roddenberry, and many more. What a fantastic convention!
My husband, who had been collecting Star Wars since 1977, already had a large collection including over 3,000 carded action figures, when he purchased a huge collection of items from Star Wars and Empire producer, Gary Kurtz, back in 1983. These are just a few of the address labels that were on the boxes he received in the transaction. There were many rare and one of a kind items in this collection, including cast and crew, promotional, action figures, playsets, toys, books, housewares, records, games, foreign items, and much more.
We will be bringing our entire personal Star Wars collection to the convention and selling it. It contains thousands of mint, vintage Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi items.
Cameron was also graciously given credit by Steve Sansweet in the "Special Thanks" section of
The Tomart Guide to Worldwide Star Wars Collectables
for his suggestions of revisions and corrections for the second edition.
