BBC wrote:Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia are among the characters featured on a set of US stamps marking 30 years of the Star Wars films.
A set of 15 stamps is being issued as a poster, and members of the public will be asked to vote for their favourite.
The set will go on sale on 25 May, shortly after the basic US postage rate is raised to 41 cents (21p).
Earlier this month, 400 postboxes were decorated to look like R2-D2, the robot from the landmark sci-fi saga.
The US Postal Service (USPS) launched the stamps at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, where the first Star Wars movie was screened on 25 May 1977.
'Blockbuster status'
The winner of the public vote will be reissued later in the year on its own sheet.
USPS Stamp Services director David Failor said the stamps could be as popular as Elvis Presley stamps issued in 1993.
"We believe these stamps have the potential of reaching the blockbuster status of the Elvis stamp, a milestone only the 'Force' could attempt to surpass," he said.
More than a million people voted by mail to choose their favourite Elvis stamp 14 years ago.
According to the financial magazine Forbes, director George Lucas's Star Wars franchise has generated £20bn (£10.2bn) in sales around the world, including films, videos and spin-off merchandise.
The set will go on sale on 25 May, shortly after the basic US postage rate is raised to 41 cents (21p).
Ha, I hope you guys over there are happy paying more for your postage just for star wars stamps!
My vote would have to go for the storm trooper stamp. Although I have to say the designs are not that nice in my opinion, they look rather cheaply drawn and poorly thought out, especially the Falcon one as it'll have laser blasts coming from no where when its on a letter.
Darth Tanner wrote: especially the Falcon one as it'll have laser blasts coming from no where when its on a letter.
Look again, the shots are coming from the X-wing behind the Falcon.
You look again when the stamp is removed the X-wing is not part of the stamp.
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Darth Tanner wrote: especially the Falcon one as it'll have laser blasts coming from no where when its on a letter.
Look again, the shots are coming from the X-wing behind the Falcon.
You look again when the stamp is removed the X-wing is not part of the stamp.
And besides, I think you could make the case that the X-wing is shooting at the tie fighter directly below the Falcon.
Damn thing has more waste space than I'd like, though.
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