People just accepted weird inking back then because they had no choice. (Han's blaster is hot pink, for Pete's dragon!) Nowadays, that would be unacceptable. Haha. :p
I must say that the coolest Star Wars toys I've seen lately are action figures that are adaptations of the comic and concept art versions, complete with wildly inaccurate coloring! :D I'd like to get one of that scary looking Chewbacca.