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USPS Announces Star Wars Stamp Set

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the using-the-force dept.

morpheus83 writes "After R2D2 letter boxes, the USPS continues the saga, as it unveiled 15 new stamps featuring Star Wars characters at Grauman's Chinese theater in Hollywood where the original Star Wars movie opened 30 years ago. The 41 cent stamps will be released on May 25, and all the 15 stamps will be issued on a single sheet resembling a movie poster."

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  1. huh? by mastershake_phd · · Score: 5, Funny

    They never even built Reagan's space weapons, how can they put them on a stamp?

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  2. Inquiring minds want to know... by bluemonq · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...will Han be printed first?

    1. Re:Inquiring minds want to know... by WwWonka · · Score: 4, Funny

      well, the US Postal service has thought of that.

      In the 1st series, yes, Han will be printed first.
      In the 2nd series Han is printed second, but only after George Lucas is found dead from licking too many 1st edition Princess Lea in a metal bikini stamps, thus making it the most popular stamp in the series.
      The 3rd series won't really be stamps, but CGI representations that don't quite live up to the first series of stamps.

  3. They did! by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 2, Funny
    ... and the USPS made a comemorative stamp set about them. However the MIB raided USPS warehouses and took everything away.

    I was told this by a USPS worker, but he started getting a bit cranky so I walked away...

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    1. Re:They did! by HTTP+Error+403+403.9 · · Score: 3, Funny
      I'm going to wait for the "Galaxy Quest" stamps to be released.


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    2. Re:They did! by that+this+is+not+und · · Score: 4, Funny

      And I await the Farscape stamps. However, I suspect they will have to wait for a country like the Bahamas to release them.

      Is George Lucas going to want to revise all these stamps in ten years? Will Stamp Album publishers have to get separate licenses with him to publish the album page with the Star Wars stamps on it?

  4. Star wars stamps... by physicsboy500 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Made specifically when you're mailing to a C3POBox.

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  5. Still unsatisfied by EvilGoodGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm still waiting for the Leia and Amidala playboy special.

    1. Re:Still unsatisfied by that+this+is+not+und · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'll just include Mae Ling Mak, to be historically correct. Skip the revisionist Portman reference.

    2. Re:Still unsatisfied by aztektum · · Score: 1, Funny

      I can see Amidala, but unless you got yourself a time machine, I'm thinkin' a "Carrie Fisher" Leia spread today would probably be the only issue were guys really do "only read the articles".

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  6. Don't want 'em by L.+VeGas · · Score: 4, Funny

    These aren't the droid stamps we're looking for.

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  7. Missed opportunity by jolyonr · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why on earth couldn't they have launched them on May 4th.

    Jolyon

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    1. Re:Missed opportunity by psaunders · · Score: 5, Funny
      You mean, so millions of geeky fans could send Star Wars stamp-affixed postcards that read "May the 4th be with you"?

      You're right. What a waste.

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  8. I for one welcome our Jar-Jar Binks postage by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 2, Funny

    and look forward to sticking it on postcards to the White House.

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  9. These aren't the stamps you're looking for... by glomph · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's a trap!!!

  10. Finally! by Average_Joe_Sixpack · · Score: 4, Funny

    A legitimate reason to lick Princess Leia

    1. Re:Finally! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      You mean we need a reason? Too bad we'll be licking the non printed side this time.

    2. Re:Finally! by ari_j · · Score: 2, Funny

      You mean there's a side of Princess Leia you don't want to lick? Hand over your geek card right now, imposter!

  11. Re:Darth Maul!?! by CrazyJim1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Rumor has it that Jabba the Hut and StarDestroyers coming out in 5c increments so you can piece them together across the top of the letter and form it.

    PS: I just started this rumor.

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  12. And he said.... by fishthegeek · · Score: 3, Funny

    Grauman's Chinese theater in Hollywood... you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

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  13. COLLECTOR'S ALERT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Apparently, there is a very valuable sheet of misprinted upside down x-wing stamps out there.

  14. First to say? by fire-eyes · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hope I'm the first to say... That I'm happy that I can finally lick a wookie.

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  15. Re:Actors Are Still Alive by tm2b · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who is it that you think is still living, Luke Skywalker or Leia Organa?

    I know Slashdot readers often have a hard time telling the difference, but try to stay with us here. These are characters, not people.

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  16. Death Star? by ruiner13 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why no Death Star stamp? I want to put a Death Star on all my bill payments. Something rather poetic, I think.

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    1. Re:Death Star? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Why no Death Star stamp? I want to put a Death Star on all my bill payments. Something rather poetic, I think.

      You can't do that. It's already a registered trademark of AT&T!

  17. Re:Lucas did it. by dave420 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seriously! The 1977 cinematic release had no merchandising tie-ins at all, now he goes and does this. Sell-out!

  18. Re:Actors Are Still Alive by Tablizer · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought there was a rule that no living person could be on a stamp

          but they
              died a long
                    long time ago on a
                            Galaxy Far Far Away

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  19. Re:too bad there aren't any quotes on the stamps by zanybrainy941 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Vader: "I am altering your First Class postage rate. Pray I don't alter it further."

  20. Darth Mail ! by Rastignac · · Score: 2, Funny

    Darth Maul stamp on a letter gives you a Darth Mail...

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