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Reflections Gold
Game/Set Star Wars CCG
Expansion Reflections Gold (cancelled)
Publisher Decipher
Planned December 2001
Cards Total 310
Card Size 63x88mm (playtest stickers on white-border stock)

Reflections Gold is the cancelled Decipher product that got closest to existing. CardGuide numbers it #37 (this wiki; CardGuide #36 before Death Star II starters were split out). Decipher had Lucasfilm-approved art for about 200 cards and wanted to print a last Reflections set before the Star Wars license ended. They ran out of time to playtest. After the license expired they asked Lucasfilm for permission to post the cards as a free PDF; Lucasfilm said no.[1][2]

Warren Holland's public note, 25 January 2002:

As I previously announced, it was Decipher's desire to "give" players 200 Star Wars CCG cards (in PDF format on our web site) that had already been approved by Lucasfilm for Reflections Gold. We saw this as a gift to players for all their support throughout the years. We were not able to print these cards as we had hoped, but we didn't want to see all the art and gameplay go to waste.

I am sorry to announce that Lucasfilm has just rejected the idea of us releasing these cards for free on the web. Unfortunately, we will never be able to show these cards to the general public. We don't agree with this decision by Lucasfilm, but we have to abide by it. Sorry.

Warren Holland, Chairman & CEO, Decipher Inc.

Playtest copies still left Decipher: images printed on sticker stock and stuck to white-border cards. A near-complete set reached the secondary market in 2006, was partly destroyed in a household accident, and the remaining extras plus scans went to Category One Games and the Players Committee.[3][4]

Three card types

Contemporary write-ups (Category One, CardGuide, and the first post of the PC forum thread) agree on three mechanics. None of them were playtested to a finished rulebook.[3][5]

  • Credits — a player would start with 4 or 5 credit points and could keep matching "wide vision" cards in the opening hand. Each of those cards showed a gold diamond value in the lower right. Category One describes them as existing cards with the image turned sideways.
  • Combo cards — interrupt and effect pairs in the Reflections II / Coruscant style, widely described as overpowered because the two halves were already strong alone (the usual example on the forum is Beggar & Revolution).
  • Blank cards — new frames with an empty text box. Decipher's idea was that the coming Players Committee could rotate printed text into those boxes every few months. That plan is the ancestor of virtual cards; after Lucasfilm refused the PDF giveaway, the PC built virtual cards without Decipher's pre-printed blanks.[3]

How the copies survived

Category One's 2000s write-up: a former seller close to Decipher staff sold extras in late 2006, then reported that an accident destroyed most of a full set. Leftover extras went to Category One. The same source says the seller later gave the Players Committee a scan of each card. Printing quality on the sticker playtests is poor; because they were barely tested, surviving copies are often in good physical shape.[3]

The PC forum thread (t=18282) is the messy original dump of those scans: Category One photobucket albums under Star Wars/Ref Gold/, mixed with Dagobah playtests and signed cards. That thread is the source Encyclopedia 3.2 cites for unreleased product.[4][2]

A later Google document, Reflections Gold Remastered, rebuilds the frames as cleaned card images (blank text boxes, corrected layout) from those playtest stickers. Credit that reconstruction to its document author; it is not a Decipher print file.[6]

Category One still lists singles. A 2026 r/starwarsccg thread tracks which physical copies collectors believe still exist.[7][8]

Card list

Playtest scans in the Image column are the original Category One Games photos as posted on the PC forum thread (Photobucket watermarks included, that is how they were shared).[4][3] Titles without a scan were listed by Category One / CardGuide but were not posted as images in that thread.

Reflections Gold card list[3][5]
Image Title Side
2-1B Light
A Few Maneuvers Light
A Few Maneuvers & Han's Dice Light
A Gift Light
Ackbar's Assault Plan Light
Aim High Light
All Wings Report In Light
Anakin Skywalker Light
Armed And Dangerous & Ambush Light
Attack Pattern Delta Light
Away Put Your Weapon & Put That Down Light
Bad Lifters And Faulty Wings Light
Beggar & Revolution Light
Bickering At Its Finest Light
Biker Scout Down Light
Blaster Deflection Light
Bring Me The Hydrospanners! Light
Brisky Morning Munchen Light
Careful Planning & Heading For The Medical Frigate Light
Chewbacca Light
Choke & Blaster Deflection Light
Clash Of Sabers Light
Clinging To The Very Edge Light
Close Air Support Light
Close Air Support & Commando Training Light
Commander Myron Konkle Light
Congradulations Light
Corellian Retort & Fly Casual Light
Corellian Slip Light
Crack Shot & Quick Draw Light
Crash Site Memorial Light
Credits Will Do Fine & We're Leaving Light
Drem Redins Light
Droid Overboard Light
Effective Repairs & Punch It! Light
Either Way, You Win & Eventually You'll Lose Light
Entering The Arena Light
Eventually You'll Lose Light
Ewok Tribesman Light
False Past Light
Father, Please! Light
Fly Casual Light
Gift Of The Mentor & Skywalkers Light
Glancing Blow Light
Goldenrod Light
Gungan Celebration Trumpet Light
Gungan Energy Shield Light
Han's Back & Leia's Back Light
Help Me Obi-Wan Kenobi & Double Agent Light
Hiding In The Garbage Light
How Did We Get Into This Mess? Light
Hyper Escape Light
I Have A Really Bad Feeling About This Light
I Hope She's All Right Light
I Must Be Allowed To Speak Light
I Must Be Allowed To Speak & Goo Nee Tay Light
I Thought He Was Blind Light
I Used To Live Here, You Know? Light
I Will Not Defer & Plea To The Court Light
Inconsequential Barriers Light
Insertion Planning Light
Insertion Planning & Critical Error Revealed Light
Inspecting The Garbage Light
Is Your Strike Team Assembled? Light
Jar Jar Light
Jedi Leap & Clinging To The Edge Light
Jedi Presence Light
Jedi Tactics Light
Keep Your Eyes Open & Shoo! Shoo! Light
Lapti Nek Light
Launching The Assault Light
Light Maneuvers & Jedi Levitation Light
Looking To The Future Light
Losing Track Light
Losing Track & A Step Backwards Light
Lost In The Wilderness & Yub Yub! Light
Luke! We're Going To Have Company Light
Might Of The Republic Light
Mindful Of The Future & Inconsequential Barriers Light
Mission Briefing Light
My Loyal Bodyguard & Might Of The Republic Light
Naboo: Ceremonial Chamber Light
Nabrun Leids & Quite A Mercenary Light
Narrow Escape Light
Neck And Neck Light
Neck And Neck & Changing The Odds Light
Nice Of You Guys To Drop By Light
Nice Of You Guys To Drop By & Visored Vision Light
No Giben Up, General Jar Jar Light
No Giben Up, General Jar Jar & Gimme A Lift! Light
Obi-Wan's Cape & Lightsaber Proficiency Light
Off The Edge Light
Old Ben & Noble Sacrifice Light
Old Ben Kenobi Light
Old Smoothies Light
On The Edge & Surprise Assault Light
Ouch Time Light
Out Of Commission Light
Owen Light
Palpatine, Senator To Naboo Light
Perimeter Scan & Under Attack Light
Podrace Prep & Too Close For Comfort Light
Prisoner Transfer Light
Projection Of A Skywalker & Yarna d'al' Gargan Light
Quite A Mercenary Light
Rakes Jevorik Light
Rebel Leadership Light
Rebel Leadership & Throw Me Another Charge Light
Recoil In Fear Light
Return Of A Jedi & Luke's Back Light
Revolution Light
Sabotage & Slight Weapons Malfunction Light
Scramble Light
Scramble & Hiding In The Garbage Light
See You At The Rendezvous Light
Senator Organa Light
Skull & Mandalorian Mishap Light
Smoke Screen Light
Smoke Screen & It's A Trap! Light
Solo Light
Sorry About The Mess Light
Speak With The Jedi Council & Vote Now! Light
Stay Here Light
Strangle Light
Strike Blocked Light
Taking On The Whole Empire Myself Light
That's The Real Trick Light
The Force Is Strong With This One & Jedi Presence Light
The Signal & Jedi Mind Trick Light
They All Broken Light
This Is More Like It & I Have A Bad Feeling About This Light
This Is Your Father's Lightsaber Light
Through The Planet Core Light
Tiinn Light
Too Close For Comfort Light
Traffic Control Light
Traffic Control & Crash Site Memorial Light
Under Attack Light
Vote Now! Light
Walker Sighting Light
We Are Brave, Your Highness Light
We Can Still Outmaneuver Them Light
We Don't Need Their Scum Light
We Don't Want To Cause Any Trouble Light
We Wish To Board At Once Light
We Wish To Board At Once & Are You Brain Dead?! Light
Wedge Light
Were You Looking For Me? & I Know Light
Wookiee Strangle & We'll Find Han Light
Yoda I Must Know Light
Yoda, Jedi Master Light
You Must Complete The Training Light
You Will Take Me To Jabba Now Light
You Will Take Me To Jabba Now & Strangle Light
Young Skywalker Light
Yousa Guys Bombad! Light
Alert My Star Destroyer! Dark
Always Thinking With Your Stomach & Scout Recon Dark
Aratech Corporation Dark
Atmospheric Assault Dark
Back On Schedule Dark
Battle Plains Victory Dark
Begin Landing Your Troops & Activate The Droids Dark
Begin Retreat! Dark
Ben? Dark
Blast Door Controls & Reactor Terminal Dark
Blizzard Scout 4 Dark
Blow Parried Dark
Boba Fett Dark
Boba Fett? Where?! Dark
Boonta Eve Wagering Dark
Brief Loss Of Control & Imperial Supply Dark
Cannon Fire Dark
Coilen Dark
Cold Feet & He Hasn't Come Back Yet Dark
Combat Readiness & Prepared Defenses Dark
Counter Surprise Assault Dark
Crossfire Dark
Dark Collaboration & Charming To The Last Dark
Dark Jedi Presence Dark
Dark Jedi Presence & Vader's Eye Dark
Dark Maneuvers Dark
Darth Maul, Sidious' Apprentice Dark
Dioxis Dark
Dioxis & They're Still Coming Through! Dark
Disciplinary Actions Dark
Drop Your Weapons & Halt! Dark
Elis Helrot & Oo-ta Goo-ta Solo? Dark
Emperor Dark
Emperor's Power & Overseeing It Personally Dark
Emperor's Royal Guard Dark
Entry Denied Dark
Establish Secret Base & Ominous Rumors Dark
Ewok Supersticions Dark
Expand The Empire Dark
Flag Emblems Dark
Flagship Operations Dark
Force Lightning Dark
Force Lightning & Rise, My Friend Dark
Governor Tarkin Dark
Great Interest Dark
Griff Mirtong Dark
Gweeta Dark
Hidden Weapons & Twi'lek Advisor Dark
Hit Racer Dark
I Didn't Mean To! Dark
I Had No Choice Dark
I Have You Now & Your Powers Are Weak, Old Man Dark
I Will Find Them Quickly Master Dark
Imbalance & Shocking Revelation Dark
Imperial Command Dark
Imperial Command & It's An Older Code Dark
Imperial Compensation Dark
Imperial Data Network Dark
Imperial Decree & The Dark Path Dark
Imperial Detachments Dark
Imperial Firepower Dark
Imperial Justice Dark
Imperial Supply Dark
In The Pits Dark
Informant & Takeel Dark
Is There Something Alive Down Here? Dark
I've Got A Problem Here & Physical Choke Dark
Jabba's Droid Pool Dark
Jabba's Through With You Dark
Jabba's Through With You & Nevar Yalnal Dark
Jedi Rocks Dark
Krayt Dragon Bones & Imperial Justice Dark
Local Trouble Dark
Locked Door Dark
Look Sir, Droids & Counter Assault Dark
Lord Vader, Lord Of The Sith Dark
Master, Destroyers! & Rolling, Rolling, Rolling Dark
Maul Strikes & No Match For A Sith Dark
Name The System! Dark
None Shall Pass Dark
Not Worth The Trouble Dark
One Arm's Frozen Lunch Dark
Oo-ta Goo-ta Solo? Dark
Open Fire! Dark
Operational As Planned & Wounded Warrior Dark
Our First Catch Of The Day Dark
Overwhelmed & A Dark Time For The Rebellion Dark
Perfect Hibernation Dark
Performing Under Pressure Dark
Perimeter Patrol Dark
Pit Crews Dark
Podracer Collision Dark
Podracer Collision & Hit Racer Dark
Point Man & Slip Sliding Away Dark
Presence Of The Force & Dark Waters Dark
Projective Telepathy Dark
Put All Sections On Alert & Full Scale Alert Dark
Quick Reflexes & All Wrapped Up Dark
Quietly Observing Dark
Release Your Anger & Unexpected Interruption Dark
Relentless Tracking Dark
Responsibility Of Command Dark
Rolling, Rolling, Rolling Dark
Sarlacc Tentacles Dark
Scum And Villainy Dark
Scum And Villainy & Information Exchange Dark
Search And Destroy Dark
Security Activators Dark
Security Precautions Dark
Security Sweep Dark
Short Range Fighters Dark
Shut Him Up Or Shut Him Down & Voyeur Dark
Sniper Dark
Something Hit Us! & Why Didn't You Tell Me? Dark
Speeder Downed Dark
Squabbling Delegates Dark
SSA-33 Dark
Star Destroyer Executor Dark
Start Your Engines! & Pit Crews Dark
Surprise & E Chu Ta Dark
Tactical Support Dark
Tallon Roll Dark
Tatooine Resale Operations Dark
Tatooine Underground Operations Dark
The Circle Is Now Complete Dark
The Circle Is Now Complete & Vader's Obsession Dark
They're Still Coming Through Dark
This Is Outrageous! & Motion Supported Dark
Those Rebels Won't Escape Us Dark
Through The Corridor Dark
TK-420 Dark
Trade Federation Tactics Dark
Trample & Lightsaber Deficiency Dark
Trap Door Dark
Trooper Assault & Tactical Support Dark
Twilight Fading Dark
Uncertain Is The Future Dark
Unexpected Interruption Dark
Visage Of A Viceroy Dark
Vote Now! Dark
Watto, Junk Dealer Dark
Watto's Box & Quietly Observing Dark
Watto's Chance Cube & You Swindled Me! Dark
We Have A Prisoner Dark
We Must Accelerate Our Plans & Vote Now! Dark
We Would Be Honored If You Would Join Us Dark
Weapon Malfunction Dark
Well Guarded & Security Precautions Dark
Well-Earned Command Dark
Where Are You Taking This Thing! Dark
Worry Dark
You Are Beaten Dark
You Will Meet Your Destiny Dark
Your Destiny & Insignificant Rebellion Dark

See also

Sources

References

  1. ↑ Reflections Gold announcement at Decipher.com (archive, 7 February 2008)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 SWCCG Collecting Encyclopedia 3.2
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Reflections Gold at Category One Games
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Reflections Gold, Playtest, Signed, Cards etc at forum.starwarsccg.org
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Reflections Gold (expansion) at CardGuide Wiki (archive, 22 February 2025)
  6. ↑ Reflections Gold Remastered (Google Doc)
  7. ↑ Reflections Gold history tracker on Reddit
  8. ↑ Category One Games Reflections Gold buylist
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