"Most collectors can immediately recite the words that accompany a Star Wars collectible's copyright date: "Star Wars Corporation" and "Twentieth Century Fox" for those items produced between 1976 and '78, and "Lucasfilm Ltd." for those produced since 1980. Ask them what appeared on the copyright line for 1979, and you may find a few astute collectors who can provide an accurate response: "Twentieth Century Fox", "Lucasfilm Ltd.", and "Black Falcon Ltd."
Don't remember Black Falcon Ltd.? Unless there's an old set of Star Wars bed sheets, a Random House children's book, a read-along cassette, or a few other items dating from 1979 in your collection, you wouldn't.
"Black Falcon was a subsidiary of Lucasfilm that was formed to handle the merchandising for Star Wars," explains President of Lucas Licensing Howard Roffman, who in 1980 acted as legal counsel for Lucasfilm. "By the time I started in June 1980, it was being phased out."'
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Rebelscum Breast Cancer Awareness Charity Patch Posted By Philip on November 25, 2014: Thanks to everybody that ordered patches. I sent a check for $1,600.00 to the National Breast Cancer Foundation on Monday. While it's not as much as I hoped for, it's still very much appreciated. They will remain for sale in the store for anybody that still wishes to purchase them. Details after the jump.