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Burger King Star Wars Glasses: The Complete List

Burger King Star Wars glasses from 1977 to 1983 to promote the movies Star Wars: A New Hope, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

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In their first promotional partnership, Burger King and 20th Century Fox shot for the moon but landed far beyond the stars. (Maybe even the Death Star?) The two corporations teamed up in 1977, releasing Burger King Star Wars glasses as a way to promote the new Star Wars film. Not surprising, the glasses were a success and are a highly sought after collector’s items today.

In this post, we are listing the complete collection of glasses along with photos and commercials.

Burger King Star Wars Glasses

Burger King displays and ads for Star Wars glasses

Burger King released three sets of four glasses to promote each new movie in the year they came out. One glass design was released each week—no doubt giving collectors and fans a healthy dose of anticipa—

—tion.

Each set of glasses contained references to scenes or characters from the movies.

Star Wars: A New Hope Glasses

Release Date: Summer 1977

Star Wars: A New Hope Burger King Glasses from 1977

Characters

Star Wars: A New Hope glasses consists of four designs. Each glass features a different design with these characters from the movie:

  • Darth Vader with Grand Moff Tarkin and a Stormtrooper
  • C-3PO and R2-D2
  • Luke Skywalker with Princess Leia and Obi-Wan Kenobi
  • Han Solo and Chewbacca

1977 Star Wars Glasses Commercial

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Glasses

Release Date: July 18, 1980

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Burger King Glasses from 1980

Characters

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back glasses consists of four designs. Each glass features a different design with these characters from the movie:

  • C-3PO and R2-D2
  • Luke and Yoda
  • Darth Vader and Boba Fett
  • Lando Calrissian and Princess Leia

1980 Star Wars Glasses Commercial

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Glasses

Release Date: 1983

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Burger King Glasses from 1983

Characters

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi glasses consists of four designs. In this set, the designs focused more on scenes from the movie as opposed to poster-like images of characters. The scenes featured on the glasses are:

  • Princess Leia Organa and Salacious Crumb with Jabba the Hutt
  • Luke and Han at the Sarlacc pit
  • C-3PO and R2-D2 on Endor with the Ewoks
  • Luke’s lightsaber battle with Darth Vader in the Emperor’s throne room

1983 Star Wars Glasses Commercial

Recap

We hope you enjoyed checking out these cool Star Wars collectibles. For more fast food collectibles featuring your favorite Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars characters, check out The Complete List of Disney McDonald’s Toys.

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