Darth Vader:
A one-time Jedi Knight, the formidable Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader, draws his
remarkable evil powers from the dark side of the "Force." As the enforcer for Grand Moff
Tarkin, the power-hungry governor of the outland regions, Vader uses his powers in an
effort to crush the Rebellion against the Galactic Empire.
R2-D2 (Artoo-Detoo) | C-3PO (See-Threepio):
Working as a team, these two robots battle side by side with Luke, Han, Ben
Kenobi and Princess Leia in their struggle against the forces of the Galactic Empire.
R2-D2, an information retrieval and computer repair robot carries Princess Leia's plea
for help to Ben Kenobi and along with C-3PO, a human-robot relations automation,
delivers the secret information concerning the Death Star to the Rebel forces.
Luke Skywalker:
Raised on a moisture farm by his uncle on the planet Tatooine, Luke Skywalker is
the 20 year old son of a Jedi Knight killed years before by Darth Vader. Luke's
discovery of Princess Leia's distress message placed in the computer bank of Artoo
Detoo, a small robot, leads him to association with Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi, last of the
Jedi Knights, and a final aerial death struggle with the ultimate Galactic Empire
weapon, the Death Star.
Chewbacca:
Chewbacca, the two hundred year old giant Wookiee co-pilots the Millennium
Falcon for Han Solo. His awesome towering appearance and calculating co-p[iloting
capabilities compliment Solo's confidence and reckless action in face of attack by
Empire forces.
Point of Interest:
State laws prohibited the sale of glass cups in Massachusetts, so a plastic
version was made and sold exclusively in that state.
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