 1977, why don't you go ahead and mark that as the date that posters hit their peak? I don't think anything's come since then that's really rivaled it in any sort of real way. It's entirely possible that nostalgia is playing a major factor in this, but still there's no denying how iconic this poster was and still is today. Even though illustrator and painter Tom Young did an amazing job on this poster, I still prefer the original interpretation of it, the original design with the stand-in characters. The final version of the poster has a better representation of Luke and Leia. The color though is a lot drabber, really pushing the focus to the front of our heroes, they're glowing, they're almost mythic. This is the 70s so it's hard for me to look at the poster and not see that Death Star as a giant disco ball in the sky. I knew the beat, I didn't know the words, but I was already committed to the bit so I went all in.