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On May 12, 1977, the world didn’t know about The Force. Or a boy named Luke and a deep-breathing villain named Darth. Or X-Wing Fighters, Obi-Wan Kenobi, R2D2, and a whole universe of “Star Wars” storytelling. But one day later that changed, when an acrylic and airbrush painting (above) by illustrator and movie poster designer Tom Jung appeared in newspaper ads coast to coast, in the runup to the premiere of “Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope.”

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Dallas Innovates, Every Day: Here's what's new + next in North Texas.

On May 12, 1977, the world didn’t know about The Force. Or a boy named Luke and a deep-breathing villain named Darth. Or X-Wing Fighters, Obi-Wan Kenobi, R2D2, and a whole universe of “Star Wars” storytelling. But one day later that changed, when an acrylic and airbrush painting (above) by illustrator and movie poster designer Tom Jung appeared in newspaper ads coast to coast, in the runup to the premiere of “Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope.”

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