VINTAGE RETURN OF THE JEDI PUZZLE!

Via Starwars.com:

HOW HORRID! PIECE TOGETHER AN AMAZING GROUP PHOTO OF JABBA’S ALL-STAR TEAM.
You might not imagine old puzzles to be a corner of the Star Wars universe worth exploring, but think again! Not only are they some of the cheapest vintage collectibles out there, but the art on these babies is just killer.

Take this one, for instance. Released by Craft Master in 1983, this 70-piece Return of the Jedi puzzle features art that you’d have a hard time tracking down anywhere else.

Starring the strangest members of Jabba’s court, it was — by 1983 standards — one of the only methods of getting a clear look at the many random aliens who were only onscreen for a moment, masked by dusty darkness and hidden in group shots.

For people like us — people who’d pause our old Return of the Jedi videotapes hoping to discover new characters in Jabba’s palace — a puzzle like this was a godsend. Heck, of the 10 weirdos shown here, only four made it into Kenner’s sprawling action figure line! Many of these monsters were NOT easy to spot, and I’d bet that even a serious Star Wars fan would have trouble identifying all of them. How cool!

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