Found this uncoloured version of the splash page from SW #49 on Walt Simonson’s twitter.

“Star Wars 49; Pg 1. Finishes by Tom Palmer on Craftint. 10 x 15. 1981.”

It has that same pattern to it that I mentioned when I previously posted the uncoloured pages from “Riders in the Void”, and Simonson identifies it as “craftint”. It’s a pretty fascinating pre-digital way of achieving doubletone. https://blogs.libraries.indiana.edu/craiglab/2018/01/03/craftint-doubletone-20th-century-time-saver/