Topps - US - Special Edition Hobby (1997)
For 1997, Topps created two special card sets celebrating the Special Edition movies. One card set was created for the retail market, including toy stores, candy stores, and your local Target and Wal-Mart. A second set was created for the Hobby shop market. Unlike the retail set, the Hobby SE Set focused on the Star Wars movie, rather than all three films, and had a gold colored border for the cards.
The hobby version of the cards featured a gold colored card border, and a foil widevision stamp in one corner of the card. The set had 72 cards, all but 6 focusing on Star Wars SE. The cards include interesting behind the scenes information about the Special Edition of Star Wars on the back.
There were a total of eight chase cards for the set, six were the new Topps laser cut cards, different from those made for the retail version of the set, and two were hologram cards.
The cards were understandably popular with collectors, and boxes are no longer easy to find.
Card Values
· set value: $30-35
· unopened box: $85
· single: $0.50
· chase: varies
| Card Number | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Escape Pod Away |
| 2 | Sandtroopers and Dewback |
| 3 | Dewback |
| 4 | Sandcrawler |
| 5 | Jawas at Lars Farm |
| 6 | Twin Suns |
| 7 | Landspeeder |
| 8 | Mos Eisley Overlook |
| 9 | Ranats Near Mos Eisley |
| 10 | Entering the City Streets |
| 11 | A View From Above |
| 12 | Rontos in the Distance |
| 13 | Droids at Work |
| 14 | Rearing Ronto |
| 15 | Falling Jawa |
| 16 | On Your Way |
| 17 | Jawa Looks at Speeder |
| 18 | Driving Past a Ronto |
| 19 | Outside the Cantina |
| 20 | Droids Outside the Cantina |
| 21 | Dismounting a Dewback |
| 22 | Cantina Aliens |
| 23 | Blowing Smoke |
| 24 | Patrolling Mos Eisley Streets |
| 25 | Patrolling With a Droid |
| 26 | The Young Jabba |
| 27 | Jabba Hands on Hips |
| 28 | "Look Jabba" |
| 29 | Han and Jabba Side-by-Side |
| 30 | Stepped on Tail |
| 31 | Fett |
| 32 | Falcon Surrounded |
| 33 | Falcon Takes Off |
| 34 | Leaving Mos Eisley |
| 35 | Death Star Near Alderaan |
| 36 | Nowhere to Go |
| 37 | Falcon Near Yavin |
| 38 | Massassi Temple |
| 39 | Yavin IV Forest |
| 40 | X-Wing Fleet |
| 41 | X-Wing Close-Up |
| 42 | Fleet Approaches Death Star |
| 43 | Cockpit View |
| 44 | Death Star |
| 45 | Above the Death Star |
| 46 | Towers |
| 47 | Firing Towers |
| 48 | TIE Fires |
| 49 | TIE Chases X-Wing |
| 50 | Exploding TIE |
| 51 | Exploding X-Wing |
| 52 | Attack Formation |
| 53 | Surface Explosion |
| 54 | Firing in the Trench |
| 55 | Darth and Escorts |
| 56 | Explosion in the Trench |
| 57 | R2 Makes Repairs |
| 58 | The Exhaust Port |
| 59 | Leaving the Death Star Behind |
| 60 | Heroes Walk |
| 61 | Wampa Close-Up |
| 62 | Wampa Feasting |
| 63 | Wampa Approaches |
| 64 | Cloud City Sketch |
| 65 | Landing Platform Sketch |
| 66 | Bespin Sketch |
| 67 | New Dancers |
| 68 | New Band Members |
| 69 | Oola |
| 70 | Oola and Other Dancers |
| 71 | Band Sketch |
| 72 | Ewok Celebration Sketch |
| Chase Cards | |
| 1 of 6 | Cantina Aliens |
| 2 of 6 | Han and Jabba |
| 3 of 6 | Captured by Star Destroyer |
| 4 of 6 | Captured Wookie |
| 5 of 6 | X-Wings |
| 6 of 6 | TIE Cockpit |
| Hologram 1 | X-Wings Near Yavin |
| Hologram 2 | The Falcon |
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