Is It Expired? Return of the Jedi trading card gum from 1983, 34 years old.
Rule one: don’t swallow it. Rule two: that rule is mostly for me. It tastes like cardboard, because after that long the gum and the card have fused.
The cards were the fun part: C-3PO being carried across a bridge, the victory celebration, Darth Vader pointing right at you, and a sticker of Han Solo frozen in carbonite.
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Quincy James Freeman is a Los Angeles-based food writer and the creator of Cue the Critic, covering restaurants, chefs, travel, culture, and the people who shape how we eat.
