Via Starwars.com:

Those who were children during the original Star Wars trilogy era had plenty of advantages, not the least of which being the absolute onslaught of goofy Halloween costumes. Take this one, for example!

Of course, you needn’t necessarily be a lifelong Star Wars fan to remember costumes like these. Those “mask-and-smock” costume sets were incredibly ubiquitous back then, hitting upon characters from virtually every major property, from Aliens to Holly Hobbie.

Whether they were from Ben Cooper, Collegeville, or another company, the costumes were always sold in crude window boxes, and they always amounted to dressing up in plastic jumpsuits with flimsy masks. It was awesome.

Even more appealing was the fact that such costumes were primarily sold at toy stores. Toys “R” Us still sets up Halloween sections today, but it’s a far cry from what they did back in the early ‘80s, when the whole fronts of the stores were transformed into bustling, floor-to-ceiling Halloween meccas, stuffed with every costume a kid could possibly desire.

(And of course, that let us turn our simple costume excursions into pleas for one more action figure. “Come on, Mom. They’re right over there.”)

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