The painting that introduced “Star Wars” to the world nearly 50 years ago—and was reproduced in an iconic movie poster—sold at auction on Wednesday for USD 3.875 million, marking the highest-selling piece of memorabilia from the film franchise.

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The acrylic and airbrush painting by the artist and movie poster designer Tom Jung first appeared in newspaper advertisements on May 13, 1977, a little less than two weeks before the space epic created by George Lucas opened. It also adorned billboards, magazine ads and theatre programmes.

"Star Wars" is one of the highest-grossing movie franchises of all time since its 1977 debut, starring Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker. The original was followed by sequels and prequels, and spawned offshoot books, movies and other series. Its

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