The Star Wars Collector's Bible (Topps SW trilogy Special Edition Widevision cards)

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SW Trilogy Special Edition WIdevision trading cards

There are 72 common cards, six laser-cut cards (average one in every 18 packs), and two hologram cards (average one in every 9 packs). Two wrappers: Topps' Star Wars Galaxy Magazine and Topps' 20th anniversay publications. The 72 common cards feature all-new photo imagery and a couple of production sketches, also new. Six cards are for ESB, six are for ROJ, and the rest are for ANH. The backs of the cards are written by Steve Sansweet and feature info on the creation of the special editions and behind-the-scenes stuff. 1997-02

hologram cards
1. X-wings en route Death Star
2. Millennium Falcon exiting Mos Eisley
laser-cut cards
1. A new customer enjoys the Mos Eisley cantina ambience.
2. "It's not my fault," a rankled Han Solo tells Jabba the Hutt.
3. The Tantive IV -- caught in the clutches of the Empire.
4. Chewbacca led away in chains -- but appearances deceive.
5. X-wings approach their target -- the Death Star port.
6. Imperial view: X-wing laser fire incoming.
common cards
1. a sharper shot of the droid's escape pod shooting out
2. lizard-like beasts of burden actually move across the Tatooine dunes
3. sandtrooper riding the dewback
4. sandcrawler rumbling over the Tatooine dunes
5. wide shot of the Lars homestead
6. the twin suns of Tatooine
7. landspeeder prop had wheels
8. look out at their destination: Mos Eisley
9. small new creatures scurrying to get out of the way
10. Mos Eisley as a bustling spaceport
11. This completely new aerial view of the city of Mos Eisley
12. illusion of a bustling spaceport
13. asp droid carrying a heavy tool
14. careless swoop bike pilot
15. the ronto rears
16. desert scenes were filmed with pantyhose over the lens
17. Skywalker shoos a nosy Jawa
18. the hover of the landspeeder
19. two cantina patrons newly filmed against a blue-screen background get ready to enter
20. dewback of the original film gives way to an apparently living, breathing creature
21. sandtroopers interrogating a man in the street
22. never happy with a creature called "Wolfman."
23. the new mask was so elaborate it could be turned around
24. sandtroopers search the narrow byways of Mos Eisley
25. Imperial snoop, was added
26. Solo encounters his nemesis, crime lord Jabba
27. "Han, my boy" says an agitated Jabba
28. Solo and the crime lord maintained the same eye contact
29. Jabba the Hutt explains to smuggler Han Solo
30. the obvious pain and surprise of Jabba
31. the presence of the laconic bounty hunter
32. how the Millennium Falcon made its successful escape from docking bay 94
33. the Millennium Falcon being singed by laser fire from below
34. The old Falcon was removed and a new and larger digital image able to do a trickier turn was substituted.
35. Death Star lining up with Alderaan
36. the best shot of Luke and Leia in peril
37. Falcon's approach to the secret Rebel outpost
38. The massive Massassi temple
39. Alliance spacecraft leaving the secret base
40. spectacular view of the Rebel Alliance armada
41. an X-wing is built in a computer
42. rear view of the Rebel Alliance ships
43. the beginning of the final battle
44. X-wing fighters en route to [sic] the Death Star
45. X-wing fighters descending to the surface of the Death Star
46. Sometimes we pan with the ships, which we couldn't do before.
47. the Death Star's powerful laser cannons swivel into action
48. Changing one shot
49. a ship didn't swerve as much as Lucas wanted
50. this TIE fighter exploded
51. explosions underwent digital fixes
52. completely digital X-wing fighter
53. X-wing fighter is headed for trouble
54. X-wing fighter speeds down the Death Star trench
55. Vader's TIE fighter, flanked by two standard TIEs
56. disheartening explosion for the Rebel Alliance
57. R2-D2...takes a direct hit from laser fire
58. one well-timed and well-aimed shot
59. One second to total destruction
60. The heroes of Yavin get ready to be congratulated
  ESB
61. This wampa ice creature, for example, seems determined
62. shots that actually established the wampa
63. snack time for the wampa
64. original shot of Cloud City was somewhat of a disappointment
65. Solo's ship is just about to set down
66. expansive plaza in a storyboard
  ROJ
67. dancers Rystall, Greeata, and Lyn Me.
68. two new backup musicians
69. Femi Taylor, who played Oola
70. four dancing girls and more
71. photo illustration of what the final "Jabba Rocks" sequence would look like
72. preliminary sketches by ILM's Terryl Whitlatch show the celebration

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