Panini - Europe - Star Wars Stickers and Album (1977)
Panini issued a number of different albums for stickers in various countries in 1977, 1980, and 1983. In America, only a Return of the Jedi album was issued, but several countries were given a chance to collect and paste stickers for Star Wars and the Empire Strikes Back as well. There doesn't seem to have been a particular pattern for how albums were distributed. Unlike the European albums issued in 1997, these albums were completely unique to each country, making them a fun collectible.
The German Star Wars album is large in size, with great artwork on the cover showing the various characters, and a very well-lit death star. The inside cover provides some interesting background for the film. All text in the album is in German. A title a the top of the page proclaims, "Ein Abenteuer Im Jahr 3000." Today, we would never think of Star Wars taking part in a particular year, and certainly not in the year 3000!
The introduction explains that Star Wars is George Lucas' third film, and gives brief details on THX-1138 and American Graffiti. The description for Star Wars includes a brief note on each of the characters, including a statement that "Ce-Dreipeo" and "Erzwo-Dezwo" (C-3P0 and R2) are reminiscent of "Dick und Doof."
The album allowed collectors to collect a total of 256 stickers. I have detailed them below with descriptions of the pictures they formed. Where multiple stickers are used to form a single image, they are listed together.
Card Values
• set value: $30-40
• unopened box: $30
• single: $0.25
• album: $5-10
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| Card Number | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | The heroes face the audience at the awards ceremony. |
| 2 - 7 | Artwork of X-Wings in flight. |
| 8 | Star Destroyer chasing the rebel ship. |
| 9 | A different view of the chase. |
| 10 | The rebel ship is raised into the Star Destroyers bay. |
| 11 | Rebel troops prepare to defend their ship. |
| 12 | Leia gives R2 the plans. |
| 13 - 14 | Stormtroopers |
| 15 | Stormtroopers searching the ship. |
| 16 - 17 | Darth Vader arrives at the battle. |
| 18 | Interrogating Captain Antilles. |
| 19 - 20 | C-3P0 and R2 |
| 21 | View from the escape pod. |
| 22 | Leia with her blaster. |
| 23 | Vader confronts Leia. |
| 24 | C-3P0 in the desert. |
| 25 | R2 in the desert. |
| 26 | Jawas aim their stun gun. |
| 27 - 28 | The Jawas carry away R2. |
| 29 - 32 | Artwork of a Sandcrawler. |
| 33 | Jawas prepare to raise R2 into their Sandcrawler. |
| 34 | Placing a restraining bolt. |
| 35 - 37 | Droids before the sandcrawler. |
| 38 | Jawa fiddles with R5-D4. |
| 39 | C-3P0 and Luke talk. |
| 40 - 43 | Luke looks at R5-D4. |
| 44 - 47 | Luke and the droids in the repair shed. |
| 48 | Luke fixes C-3P0. |
| 49 | The hologram of Leia. |
| 50 - 51 | Luke and C-3P0 outside the shed. |
| 52 | Luke in his landspeeder. |
| 53 - 54 | Luke and the droids in the desert. |
| 55 | Luke uses his binoculars to look at the Tusken Raiders. |
| 56 | A Tusken Raider. |
| 57 - 58 | The Tusken Raider attacks Luke. |
| 59 | Raiding Luke's landspeeder. |
| 60 | Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| 61 - 64 | Luke, the droids and Obi-Wan. |
| 65 | Luke and Obi-Wan help up a wounded C-3P0. |
| 66 - 67 | Inside Obi-Wan's hut. |
| 68 | Watching the image of Leia. |
| 69 | Vader and Tarkin |
| 70 - 71 | Cleaning up around the Jawa Sandcrawler. |
| 72 | Luke discovers his family. |
| 73 - 76 | Stormtroopers surround Luke's landspeeder. |
| 77 | Luke in his landspeeder. |
| 78 | Han and Chewie |
| 79 | Luke and Obi-Wan |
| 80 | Han Solo |
| 81 | Inspecting the Falcon |
| 82 | Sandtroopers on the streets of Mos Eisley. |
| 83 - 86 | Arriving at the Falcon. |
| 87 | Stormtroopers at the space port. |
| 88 | Han and Chewie fire back. |
| 89 - 91 | Fallen stormtroopers at the spaceport. |
| 92 | Luke and Obi-Wan strap in for the ride. |
| 93 | Watching the Falcon take off. |
| 94 | Han Solo |
| 95 | A pair of Star Destroyers. |
| 96 | Entering hyperspace. |
| 97 - 98 | In the cockpit of the Falcon. |
| 99 | A captive Leia. |
| 100 | Leia |
| 101 | Tarkin |
| 102 | Tarkin questions Leia. |
| 103 | Tarkin, Leia and Darth Vader watch the destruction of Alderaan. |
| 104 | The Death Star fires. |
| 105 - 108 | Inside the Millennium Falcon. |
| 109 | Luke practices with his lightsaber. |
| 110 | The Death Star |
| 111 | Tarkin discusses issues with the Moffs. |
| 112 | Arguing about Imperial policies. |
| 113 - 116 | Stormtroopers guard a captured Falcon. |
| 117 | Luke and Han in the Death Star control room. |
| 118 | Han and Chewie |
| 119 | Luke and the Droids |
| 120 | Luke hands Han the binders. |
| 121 | C-3P0 |
| 122 | Leia in prison. |
| 123 - 126 | The escapees discuss their plan. |
| 127 | Stormtroopers on guard. |
| 128 | Luke and Leia reach a dead end. |
| 129 | Luke and Leia trapped. |
| 130 | Luke and Leia swing. |
| 131 - 134 | C-3P0 and R2 at a Death Star computer. |
| 135 | Trapped in the prison bay. |
| 136 | Obi-Wan disables a tractor beam. |
| 137 | Obi-Wan and Darth Vader duel. |
| 138 | Obi-Wan |
| 139 - 140 | Two Jedi duel. |
| 141 | Luke shouts "No!" |
| 142 | Stormtroopers fire. |
| 143 | A Stormtrooper firing. |
| 144 | Vader inspects the Falcon. |
| 145 - 146 | Running toward the Falcon. |
| 147 | Han and Leia entering the Falcon. |
| 148 | Chewie |
| 149 | Chewie and Han |
| 150 | Han inside the Falcon. |
| 151 | The Falcon escapes. |
| 152 | Leia and Chewie in the cockpit. |
| 153 - 156 | The Falcon |
| 157 - 160 | A Star Destroyer |
| 161 | Darth Vader |
| 162 | Han Solo |
| 163 | TIE Fighter |
| 164 | Luke preparing to fight the TIEs |
| 165 | TIEs approach the Falcon |
| 166 - 167 | C-3P0 inside the Falcon |
| 168 | R2 extinguishes a fire. |
| 169 | The Falcon's guns fire. |
| 170 | Han hits a TIE. |
| 171 - 172 | Luke hits a TIE. |
| 173 | A happy Luke. |
| 174 - 175 | Luke is consoled by Leia. |
| 176 | C-3P0 all tangled up. |
| 177 | Luke and Han in the cockpit. |
| 178 | A concentrating Han Solo. |
| 179 - 181 | General Dodonna briefs the troops. |
| 182 | At the briefing. |
| 183 | Luke before his X-Wing. |
| 184 - 187 | X-Wings in a hangar. |
| 188 | Han takes his reward. |
| 189 | Chewie with the reward. |
| 190 | A pensive Luke. |
| 191 | Climbing up to the X-Wing cockpit. |
| 192 - 193 | R2 is raised into the X-Wing. |
| 194 | Luke in his X-Wing gear. |
| 195 - 196 | Artwork of X-Wings being prepared for battle. |
| 197 | The Death Star approaches. |
| 198 | Yavin Sentry |
| 199 | X-Wings in formation. |
| 200 - 201 | X-Wing |
| 202 | X-Wings |
| 203 | Luke in his X-Wing. |
| 204 | Biggs |
| 205 - 207 | Artwork of the Death Star. |
| 208 | X-Wings above the Death Star. |
| 209 | Leia watches the battles progress. |
| 210 - 211 | Leia and C-3P0 |
| 212 | The Death Star |
| 213 | Tarkin and Vader |
| 214 | The Imperials make battle plans. |
| 215 - 218 | X-Wing fires on Darth's TIE |
| 219 | X-Wings |
| 220 | TIEs in formation. |
| 221 - 223 | TIE battles X-Wing. |
| 224 - 229 | Artwork of an X-Wing above the Death Star. |
| 230 | TIE Fighter |
| 231 | X-Wing |
| 232 | Hutch |
| 233 - 235 | Artwork of TIE and X-Wing battle. |
| 236 | Crashing into the Death Star. |
| 237 | A victorious Han. |
| 238 - 239 | Artwork of an X-Wing in the Death Star trench. |
| 240 | The Death Star explodes. |
| 241 - 244 | The awards ceremony. |
| 245 | Han winks at Leia. |
| 246 | Leia |
| 247 -248 | Han, Luke and Chewie approach the dais. |
| 249 - 250 | Luke Skywalker |
| 251 -252 | Princess Leia |
| 253 - 254 | Han and Chewie |
| 255 - 256 | C-3P0 and R2 |
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