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An empty box.

You see, since nobody expected Star Wars to be a hit, Kenner wasn't really prepared for the eventuality that people might want action figures based on this thing. So when the movie came out and turned out to be an unprecedented success, there was simply no way they could make toys in time for the next Christmas.

Instead, Kenner cleverly offered what was essentially an "IOU" for the first batch of Star Wars toys -- meaning that on Christmas 1977, thousands of kids everywhere opened their presents to find a piece of cheap painted cardboard.

The box is actually a major collector's item these days, with ones in good condition going for several hundred bucks each, since the children of 1977 mostly tore that shit up wondering where the fuck their Chewbacca toys were hiding.

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