Star Wars Trading Cards
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Star Wars Trading Cards are nonsport, collectible trading cards, stickers, wrappers, and caps (pogs) based on the Star Wars movies and television shows. Both screen stills and original art are featured in the cards and other items. An avid collecting and trading community of these cards and sets exists worldwide. Star Wars trading cards are different from the various Star Wars collectible card game cards.
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[edit] History
The first set of Star Wars trading cards was produced and released by Topps in 1977 to coincide with first Star Wars movie, now renamed Star Wars: A New Hope. Many trading card series have been produced since, with more released every year by various manufacturers around the world. Topps is the official producer of Star Wars trading cards in the United States.
[edit] Card Series
[edit] Topps, Inc.
All series are shown, but not necessarily all the cards in each series. For example, promos and mail-away cards are not listed:
[edit] Vintage Era
- Star Wars, Series 1 (1977) - Blue border. 66 cards and 11 stickers.
- Star Wars, Series 2 (1977) - Red border. 66 cards and 11 stickers.
- Star Wars, Series 3 (1977) - Yellow border. 66 cards and 11 stickers.
- Star Wars, Series 4 (1977) - Green border. 66 cards and 11 stickers.
- Star Wars, Series 5 (1977) - Orange border. 66 cards and 11 stickers.
- Topps Sugar Free Gum Wrappers (1977) - 56 wrappers.
- Empire Strikes Back, Series 1 (1980) - Red border. 132 cards and 33 stickers.
- Empire Strikes Back, Series 2 (1980) - Blue border. 132 cards and 33 stickers.
- Empire Strikes Back, Series 3 (1980) - Yellow border. 88 cards and 22 stickers.
- Empire Strikes Back Giant Photo Cards (1980) - 30 5x7 cards.
- Return of the Jedi, Series 1 (1983) - Red border. 132 cards and 33 stickers.
- Return of the Jedi, Series 2 (1983) - Blue border. 88 cards and 22 stickers.
[edit] Modern Era
- Star Wars Galaxy, Series I (1993) - 140 base and 6 etched foil cards.
- Star Wars Galaxy, Series II (1994) - 135 base and 6 etched foil cards.
- Star Wars Galaxy, Series III (1995) - 90 base, 90 first-day, 12 Lucas art, 6 etched foil, and 6 clearzone cards.
- Star Wars Widevision (1995) - 120 base and 10 finest cards.
- Star Wars Widevision Metal (1995) - 6 steel cards.
- Empire Strikes Back Widevision (1995) - 144 base, 10 chromium, and 6 poster cards
- Empire Strikes Back Widevision Metal (1995) - 6 steel cards.
- Return of the Jedi Widevision (1995) - 144 base, 10 finest, and 6 miniposter cards
- Topps Star Wars Caps (1995) - 70 base, 10 galaxy, and 24 slammer caps.
- Star Wars Master Visions (1995) - 36 oversized cards.
- Star Wars Finest (1996) - 90 base, 4 matrix, 6 embossed, and 90 refractor cards.
- Star Wars 3Di (1996) - 63 base and 1 motion card, all widevision.
- Star Wars Shadows of the Empire (1996) - 90 base, 6 foil, and 4 embossed cards.
- Star Wars Vehicles (1997) - 72 base, 4 cut-away, and 2 3d cards.
- Star Wars Trilogy: The Complete Story, Retail (1997) - 72 base and 6 laser cards, all widevision.
- Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition, Hobby (1997) - 72 base, 6 laser, 2 hologram, and 1 3Di cards, all widevision.
- Star Wars Chrome Archives (1999) - 90 base, 9 chrome, and 4 clear cards.
[edit] Prequel Era
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Widevision, Series I (1999) - 80 base, 40 expansion, 8 chrome, and 10 foil cards, and 16 stickers.
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Widevision, Series II (1999) - 80 base, 6 embossed (retail), 6 embossed (hobby), 4 chromium (retail), 4 chromium (hobby), and 3 box topper cards.
- Star Wars: Episode I 3D (2000) - 46 base and 2 multi-motion cards, all widevision.
- Star Wars Evolution (2001) - 93 base, 12 A, 8 B, and autograph cards.
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) - 100 base, 10 silver foil, 8 prismatic, and 5 panoramic cards.
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Widevision (2002) - 80 base and 24 autograph cards.
- Star Wars: Clone Wars (2004) - 90 base, 10 battle motion, and 14 artists' sketch cards, and 10 stickers.
- Star Wars Heritage (2004) - 120 base, 6 etched foil, autograph, and sketch cards, and 30 stickers.
- Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005) - 90 base, 12 etched foil (hobby/retail), 4 morphing (hobby/retail), 3 holograms, 10 tattoo, and 10 embossed foil, and 10 stickers.
- Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Widevision (2005) - 80 base, 10 chrome (retail), 10 chrome (hobby), 10 flix-pix, and 5 autograph cards.
- Star Wars Evolution Update (2006)
[edit] Other Manufacturers
- Star Wars (Panini, 1977)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- starwarscards.net - Popular site for checklists of, trading, and discussing Star Wars trading cards
- Non Sport Update (NSU) magazine - Magazine with price estimates
- eBay - The #1 place for buying and selling Star Wars trading cards
- Non Sport Card Trader Webring - links to many Star Wars card sites
- Topps, Inc. - Often has information about their new card series
- 1977 Topps Star Wars series 1 scans
