Judge him not by his size — the tiny Jedi Master wins big in an online poll to select which Star Wars character gets its own stamp.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced today that the Star Wars character Yoda will be featured on a single stamp to be issued later this summer.
The Jedi Master received the most votes in a 2-month-long online poll the USPS held asking Americans to choose which image from their commemorative Star Wars 15-stamp sheet, which was unveiled on March 28, 2007, should be selected to appear on its own stamp.
The commemorative stamps, which were painted by artist Drew Struzan, feature images from all six movies in the Star Wars saga, one of which was of the winning image of the diminutive Yoda holding his signature walking stick.
The Yoda stamp as well as the commemorative sheet set are all part of the USPS’s participation in the Star Wars 30th anniversary event, which celebrates the release of the original movie. To kick off the celebration earlier this year, the USPS also rolled out mailboxes across the country made to look like R2-D2 and offered prepaid Express envelopes with Star Wars-themed images.
I got to see the first R2-D2 mailbox installed at our Post Office in RAF Lakenheath today!
Comment by Connie — May 26, 2007 @ 7:05 am
I found an R2-D2 mailbox on my way over to go look at the White House in DC. Very cool!
Comment by Dethl — May 26, 2007 @ 7:11 pm
There are several around New York City. I saw them when I was there May 9th and 10th. Very cute!
Comment by Melissa — May 26, 2007 @ 7:26 pm
Stamps are 41 cents now? It seems just yesterday they were what 37 cents?
Comment by Motorcycle Guy — May 26, 2007 @ 8:33 pm
The Force is truly strong with Yoda. ;)
Kudos!
Comment by jhay — May 27, 2007 @ 2:43 am
Hooray! I am so glad Yoda won … I was worried it would Darth Vader there for a while.
Comment by Margie — May 27, 2007 @ 11:33 am
There’s also R2-D2 mailboxes floating around New York City.
Comment by shedwa — May 30, 2007 @ 11:56 am
Yeah, I’ve so seen the R2-D2 mailboxes you’re talking about. Sweeet.
Comment by Valuable Stamps — August 7, 2007 @ 5:08 am