It's interesting that the title of this set is "Air Attack". And there is nothing in the back cover text to indicate that Letraset realised that the action in this part of the film took place not in a planetary atmosphere, but in space…
Above: gravure sheet GK247/1 with its tissue backing paper; below: the litho version L46/3, reprinted as L77/3 (about a year later), without the backing tissue. You get your money's worth with this site…
To end with, here are a couple of International versions of these sets, thanks to Thierry ("dalmolinth" on eBay) & Craig Spivey. You will notice that the International flavour is obtained by slapping a great big sticker over the "Star Wars" logo…
Picture Credit: the SPLAT Scan Archives, with thanks to Joe Robinson, Thierry & Craig Spivey
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