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Opposite, from
                                                                                                        top: Inside the Egg Co.
                                                                                                        Offices circa 1979
                                                                                                        (photo by Michael
                                                                                                        Neese); an envelope
                                                                                                        that commemorates
                                                                                                        50 years of talking
                                                                                                        pictures, from The Jazz
                                                                                                        Singer to Star Wars
                                                                                                        (courtesy Diana Attias);
                                                                                                        the back of a Topps
                                                                                                        trading card featuring
                                                                                                        material edited by
                                                                                                        the team.

                                                                                                        This page (clockwise
                                                                                                        from top right):
                                                                                                        The Wookiee
                                                                                                        Storybook; Marvel
                                                                                                        Comics Star Wars #24;
                                                                                                        The Star Wars Album, a
                                                                                                        rare look behind the
                                                                                                        scenes; The Art of The
                                                                                                        Empire Strikes Back.





































                A Lasting Legacy
                A  L       L                Valerie Hoffman obtained a     EXPANDED
                                            doctorate in psychology. Deborah
                                            Call became a vice-president of Avco
                                                                              MICHAEL KOGGE most recently wrote
                        ost of the editorial staff   Embassy Pictures and the associate
                                                                          “Gentleman of Virginia” for A Princess of Mars—
                        decided not to head   dean of the University of Southern   The Annotated Edition—and New Tales of the Red
                        north. Titelman had   California’s Law School. Ira     Planet (Sword & Planet Press).
                Mmarried music producer     Friedman continued his association
                Russ Titelman and moved to New   with Star Wars, as the vice-president      UNIVERSE
                York, where she worked as a   of licensing and publishing at Topps.
                freelance writer and photographer.   Though none of the original team
                Charley Lippincott and Sherry   remain today at Lucasfi lm, their
                Kaplan took jobs at Dino De   effort to maintain a consistent,   Special thanks to Carol Fazzio,
                Laurentiis’s production company.   story-driven universe became a   Valerie Hoffman, Lindsay Smith,
                Lindsay Smith went on to write Back   cornerstone of Star Wars publishing.   Sherry Kaplan, Diana Attias, Shelle
                in the U.S.S.R. (starring Roman   Hundreds of books and comics have   Neese, Deborah Call, Ira Friedman,

                Polanski), the first American fi lm to   been published since, all part of an   Barb Lakin, Arnie Carvalho, Russ
                employ a Russian crew and actors.   inter-connected mythology. a  Helm, and Bill Stout.

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