Topps Star Wars Illustrated: A New Hope

Topps announced a new trading card set due this November called Star Wars Illustrated: A New Hope.  The set features original artwork that follows the story of A New Hope as it was told in the radio drama.

The set will be available to both hobby and retail outlets and includes a base set of 100 cards along with several levels of parallels and chases.

Parallels will come in Black, Bronze and Gold.  Chase sets include:

• One Year Earlier (18)
• Movie Poster Artist Reinterpretations (9)
• Etched Foil Radio Drama Puzzle (6)
• The Mission: Destroy the Death Star (12)

The Mission set will be similar to The Circle is Now Complete chase cards from the Jedi Legacy set.  Each of The Mission cards will have a code that can be registered with Topps and once you have all 12, you will receive a Death Star bonus card.

Each hobby box will also include one hit of the following:

• Panorama Sketch Card
• Film Cel Relic
• Printing Plate
• Original Etched Foil Artwork
• Sketchograph

Final ratios for chase hits aren’t confirmed.  Hobby boxes will have 24 packs with six cards per pack.  The estimated release date is November 6th.  We’ll have more information as it becomes available.