Note how the lightsaber colors are switched on the characters. It is something pointed out by fans to this day.

There are two versions...one with a release date (above) and one without a release date (below). The one without the date was the first shipped with the second coming soon after. The story goes that only a couple of these were shipped to theaters before the name change and some were also discovered to be missing. When the missing posters started to show up on the market for several hundred dollars Lucasfilms and/or 20th Century Fox decided to let the fan club sell the remaining print run (thought to be around 9000 total for both versions) to collectors. Word is they were $3.00 and needless to say they didn't last long. They reportedly sold out in 3 days. Today these are much sought after and not to difficult to find. The vast majority of these are bootlegs. There are at least 3 different known forgeries of this poster. The most common is folded, has a blurry Fox logo and the entire poster isn't as crisp as it should be. Another well know forgery is rolled but was made from a photograph of a folded poster so you can see the horizontal fold lines if you look close. I would just say right now that there are not many rolled originals. Most of the originals were folded, but a few were rolled. I would be very careful (and very wary) of purchasing a rolled one. The effect of all these forgeries has been to artificially depress the price of originals, and that is bad for everyone. Be VERY careful when buying one of these. Remember to look at the logos and make sure that they are virtually perfect, and make sure that there are no blurred lines. Read on below to find out about a recent fake compared to an original.

The Star Wars Poster Archive added this info on the fakes:

There have been 3 major fakes of the 'Revenge' poster (not counting the 27x40 reprints). The first fake was done from a folded poster so there are fold lines in the printing. To cover this, they folded the posters so you have to look real close at the fold lines. The second was done from a rolled poster and was pretty good except the 20th Century Fox logo is fuzzy. But the 3rd fake was beautiful. It looks perfect except for one little flaw. On the original poster, the bottom right corner is solid black. The fake has a couple of little clouds. It looks like it's suppose to be there because just above it is clouds. Anyway 2000 were made in Japan and shipped over and crashed the 'Revenge" market for a while.

Information on New Bootleg
Update!

From: cgove1@aol.com (CGove1)
Subject: Info on Revenge poster fake
Date: 11 Apr 1997 18:32:00 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

I now have heard from 2 people that have been ripped off by this new fake of the Revenge poster. Unlike previous bootlegs, this one DOESN'T have the date on it. Beware.

1997 European Revenge of the Jedi bootleg.

Bootleg
Overall 39 7/8"x 27 1 /2"
White side borders 1 5/8"
White top and bottom borders 1 1/16"
The Wording Star Wars and the line before and after it are orange.
The 20th Century Fox logo and the trademark/copyright line are dark blue.
The colors are lighter and have a "washed" look compared to an original.

Real
Overall 41"x 26 7/8"
White side borders 15/16"
White top and bottom borders 1 1/16"
The Wording Star Wars and the line before and after it are yellow.
The 20th Century Fox logo and the trademark/copyright line are light blue.
The colors are deep and rich.

Original Poster Bottom (with Date, signed by Carrie Fisher and other cast)