Issue 17 of Star Wars Official Poster Monthly saw its release in February of 1979, brought to you by Paradise Press.
- "Hyperspace Escape," penned by John Chesterman: a short piece illustrating the Millennium Falcon's flight away from Tatooine.
- "Voyager 1's Close Call With an Otherworldly Object," by Dr. M. F. Marten: a piece focusing on the probe's recent flyby of Jupiter.
- "Russ Manning: Meet the Galaxy's Greatest Artist," by John May: a conversation with the creator behind countless Star Wars comic strips in black and white for newspapers (later compiled in Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures).
- See scans at Time Tales' Arcana Historica on TheForce.net (backed up from its initial form on June 26, 2022)