“Toymakers are ready months ahead of Santa”

This 1980 Associated Press newspaper article by Louise Cook is one of those usual Toy Fair time of year fluff pieces, but since it discusses Kenner’s Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back action figures it is exactly the sort of piece that will catch my eye. The rumor of “12 written scripts” for Star Wars films is one of those bits of info that likely leaves some Star Wars researchers chasing sources. Just where did this rumor start?

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• 1982 Star Wars Merchandising Materials from Kenner (battlegrip.com)
• 1987 Newspaper Article on Tonka Buying Kenner (battlegrip.com)
• Shadows of the Empire in the 1996 Hasbro Toy Fair Catalog (battlegrip.com)