The 30th "Star Wars" anniversary will be celebrated with a set of iconic stamps featuring the well-known characters of the "Star Wars" movies, including Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and R2-D2.The US Postal Service unveiled 15 new first-class stamps featuring the whole gang from Chewbacca to Darth Vader, which were previewed at the Graumans Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
"'Star Wars' is just an American icon," said Rodger Matcham, a "Star Wars" fan and co-owner of UC Comics in Palm Desert, "I think it's awesome."
Designed and painted by Drew Struzan, the same artist who created the "Star Wars" posters for all six movies, the stamps will go on sale on May 25 at a "Star Wars" fan convention in Los Angeles, after a contest to choose the most popular of the stamps.
"Star Wars" geeks, philatelists and other stamp enthusiasts can vote at www.uspsjedimaster.com for their favorite design.
In addition to the stamps, it was announced earlier this month that about 400 million mailboxes around the country were designed to look like R2-D2. Fans have already posted snapshots of themselves with the funny-looking mailboxes on starwars.com website. The Postal Service also plans to sell "Star Wars"-themed Express Mail envelopes, available May 6. They feature Darth Vader, Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi as played by Ewan MacGregor.
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