This stunning one of a kind Han Solo in Carbonite original artwork was created by Kenner's packaging vendor in 1984, and would appear on all blister cards for Harrison Ford's iconic character during 1984 and 1985. It was photographed by a color separation camera, where colors were divided into CMYK layers, and then mastered to print Cromalins and then proof cards for the POTF release, before being sent to printing vendors.
The art appeared on Kenner's POTF blister card, and then also on the European Tri-Logo 70 backs.
Kenner's Star Wars packaging art was illustrated and painted by hand using the photoart process, which was the industry standard prior to the arrival of digitization. It offers a view into old world design, and was assembled and re-touched by hand long be prior to the Graphic Design world moved across to Photoshop, Indesign and other digital editing software.
The artwork features obvious airbrushing that 'frames' the carbonite block in dark grey, along with other more subtle additions. It also features the original crop marks, percentage ratio, and character name. Hand crated pieces such as this are scarce in number, primarily because all are one of a kind items, and not every character from Kenner's 93 action figure line escaped the dumpster.
99 percent of all surviving packaging artwork examples trace back to a single find from former Kenner Marketing Executive Tom Neiheisel. He was fortunate to rescue the majority of vintage Star Wars character packaging artwork from the trash when Kenner 'cleaned house' in the early 1990s.