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'''Easter eggs''' on Decipher Star Wars CCG cards are hidden jokes, call-outs, and extra images that have no effect on play. Decipher posted an official list through [[Jabba's Palace Limited]]; later finds are collector notes.<ref name="encyc">[https://res.starwarsccg.org/Resources/Star_Wars_CCG_Collecting_Encyclopedia_3.2.pdf SWCCG Collecting Encyclopedia 3.2]</ref><ref name="artshow">[https://web.archive.org/web/20020222145840/http://www1.decipher.com/artshow/eastereggs/starwarsccg/index.html Star Wars CCG Easter Eggs] at Decipher.com (archive, 22 February 2002)</ref>
'''Easter eggs''' on Decipher Star Wars CCG cards are hidden jokes, call-outs, and extra images that have no effect on play. Yellow circles on the photographs are the Collecting Encyclopedia's callouts. Decipher posted an official list through [[Jabba's Palace Limited]]; later finds are collector notes.<ref name="encyc">[https://res.starwarsccg.org/Resources/Star_Wars_CCG_Collecting_Encyclopedia_3.2.pdf SWCCG Collecting Encyclopedia 3.2]</ref><ref name="artshow">[https://web.archive.org/web/20020222145840/http://www1.decipher.com/artshow/eastereggs/starwarsccg/index.html Star Wars CCG Easter Eggs] at Decipher.com (archive, 22 February 2002)</ref>


Card titles that scramble employee and fan names are listed separately at [[Anagrams]].
Card titles that scramble employee and fan names are listed separately at [[Anagrams]].


== Premiere ==
== Premiere ==
* [[Gravel Storm]] — "This Card Rocks" in the copyright line
{| class="wikitable"
* [[Tonnika Sisters]] — alien icon has multiple eyes
! Image !! Card !! Egg
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Gravel-Storm.png|220px]] || [[Gravel Storm]] || The phrase "This Card Rocks" appears in the copyright line.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Tonnika-Sisters.png|220px]] || [[Tonnika Sisters]] || Alien icon has multiple eyes.
|}


== A New Hope Limited ==
== A New Hope Limited ==
* [[Bespin Motors Void Spider THX 1138]] — THX 1138 is George Lucas's first major film; also Lucas's sound company and Luke's "cell block 1138" line
{| class="wikitable"
* [[Dark Waters]] — Ewok doll floating in the water
! Image !! Card !! Egg
* [[Defel]] — "WYOU" and "XERB" on the uniform (Wolfman Jack radio stations from ''American Graffiti'')
|-
* [[Death Star Trench]] — "The Art of Great Games" (Decipher motto)
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Bespin-Motors-Void-Spider.png|220px]] || [[Bespin Motors Void Spider THX 1138]] || "THX 1138" is the title of George Lucas's first major film. THX is also Lucas's theatre sound system, and Luke told the Imperial officer they were transferring Chewie from cellblock 1138.
* [[Hyperwave Scan]] — X's and O's as tic-tac-toe
|-
* [[Luke's Hunting Rifle]] — Campbell's soup can reads "Cream of Womprat"
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Dark-Waters.png|220px]] || [[Dark Waters]] || Ewok doll floating in the dark waters.
* [[M-HYD Binary Droid]] — copyright year 1996 written in binary
|-
* [[Retract The Bridge]] — lights spell VERTIGO
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Defel.png|220px]] || [[Defel]] || Hidden on the uniform shoulders are the letters "WYOU" and "XERB". WYOU was Wolfman Jack's first radio station (circa 1960) in Virginia; Decipher is in that broadcast area. XERB is the station he was on later in California, where George Lucas heard him and put him in ''American Graffiti''.
* [[Scanner Techs]] — "WBN" in the background (''Radioland Murders'')
|-
* [[Sensor Array]] / Sensor Panel — card backs visible; "ANEWHOPE" in a readout
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Death-Star-Trench.png|220px]] || [[Death Star Trench]] || "The Art of Great Games" is one of Decipher's trademarks and motto.
* [[Tzizvvt]] — alien icon has multiple eyes
|-
* [[Undercover]] — "Good Evening" and Hitchcock profile
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Hyperwave-Scan.png|220px]] || [[Hyperwave Scan]] || The X's and O's create a tic-tac-toe game.
* [[Yavin 4: Briefing Room]] — extra figures include Matt Mariani, Ronald Reagan, Bob Hudsol, Warren Holland, and Jerry Darcy
|-
* [[You're All Clear Kid!]] — 253 (Decipher's Granby Street address)
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Lukes-Hunting-Rifle.png|220px]] || [[Luke's Hunting Rifle]] || The Campbell's soup can reads "Cream of Womprat". Joseph Campbell, who influenced Lucas's mythology, is an additional egg.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-M-HYD-Binary-Droid.png|220px]] || [[M-HYD Binary Droid]] || "(C) 11111001100 DECIPHER, INC." — 11111001100 is 1996 in binary.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Retract-The-Bridge.png|220px]] || [[Retract The Bridge]] || The lights spell VERTIGO (what Luke and Leia felt, and an Alfred Hitchcock reference).
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Scanner-Techs.png|220px]] || [[Scanner Techs]] || Hidden letters "WBN", call letters of the radio station from ''Radioland Murders''.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Sensor-Panel.png|220px]] || [[Sensor Panel]] || Light and Dark card backs are images of SWCCG cards. "ANEWHOPE" can be found in the digital mileage readout.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Tzizvvt.png|220px]] || [[Tzizvvt]] || Alien icon has multiple eyes.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Undercover.png|220px]] || [[Undercover]] || "Good Evening" written vertically, with Hitchcock's profile shadow — the opening of ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents''.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Yavin-4-Briefing-Room.png|220px]] || [[Yavin 4: Briefing Room]] || Extra people were added: Matt Mariani (former Decipher Marketing Director); Ronald Reagan; Bob Hudsol; Warren Holland (Decipher Chairman and CEO). To the right of the viewscreen, Jerry Darcy (Decipher Star Wars design team) stands in the shadows.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Youre-All-Clear-Kid.png|220px]] || [[You're All Clear Kid!]] || 253 in the center bottom of the image is Decipher's street address (253 Granby Street).
|}


== Hoth Limited ==
== Hoth Limited ==
* Hoth expansion display box — Mon Calamari cruisers appear before they join the Alliance in ''Return of the Jedi''
{| class="wikitable"
* [[Crash Landing]] — "J. G. Ballard" on the snowspeeder (author of ''Crash'')
! Image !! Card !! Egg
* [[Death Mark]] — skull in the Effect icon
|-
* [[Debris Zone]] — tiny snowman
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Hoth-Display-Box.png|220px]] || [[Hoth expansion display box]] || The Mon Calamari Star Cruisers were not available to the Rebellion until mid-way through ''Return of the Jedi''.
* [[Deflector Shield Generators]] — "B. Fuller" (Buckminster Fuller / geodesic structures)
|-
* [[Evacuation Control]] — Decipher home page on a monitor
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Crash-Landing.png|220px]] || [[Crash Landing]] || "J. G. Ballard" is printed on the side of the snowspeeder. James Graham Ballard wrote ''Crash'' in 1973.
* [[Frozen Dinner]] — knife, fork, and spoon in the ice
|-
* [[FX-7 (Effex-Seven)]] — fish in the bacta tank
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Death-Mark.png|220px]] || [[Death Mark]] || In the upper left of the image, in the Effect icon, there is a small skull hiding.
* [[Furry Fury]] — Indiana Jones bullwhip on Han's hip
|-
* [[Major Bren Derlin]] — Cheers / John Ratzenberger joke ("everyone knows his name")
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Debris-Zone.png|220px]] || [[Debris Zone]] || One of the pieces of landing shrapnel is a tiny snowman.
* [[Responsibility Of Command]] — battleship in the image
|-
* [[Snowtrooper]] — snowflake instead of the Imperial symbol in the type icon
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Deflector-Shield-Generators.png|220px]] || [[Deflector Shield Generators]] || Hidden in the struts underneath the globe reads "B. Fuller" (Buckminster Fuller; geodesic structures).
* [[Tauntaun Bones]] — xylophone sticks in the snow
|-
* [[Tauntaun Handler]] — "Wilbur" in the horns (''Mr. Ed'')
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Evacuation-Control.png|220px]] || [[Evacuation Control]] || Image of Decipher's home page is displayed in the overhead monitor.
* [[WED-1016 'Techie' Droid]] — copyright date in binary
|-
* [[You Have Failed Me For The Last Time]] — Heimlich maneuver on a video screen
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Frozen-Dinner.png|220px]] || [[Frozen Dinner]] || A knife, fork and spoon are hidden in the ice.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-FX-7.png|220px]] || [[FX-7 (Effex-Seven)]] || Tiny fish are swimming in the bacta tank.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Furry-Fury-whip.png|220px]] || [[Furry Fury]] || Hanging from Han's hip is a bullwhip from Indiana Jones.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Furry-Fury-lore.png|220px]] || [[Furry Fury]] || Lore egg: ''The Mourning Bride''.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Major-Bren-Derlin.png|220px]] || [[Major Bren Derlin]] || At the Mos Eisley Cantina, "Everyone knows his name." John Ratzenberger (Bren Derlin) also played Cliff Clavin on ''Cheers''.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Responsibility-Of-Command.png|220px]] || [[Responsibility Of Command]] || Battleship appears in the middle of the image.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Snowtrooper.png|220px]] || [[Snowtrooper]] || Hidden in the card type icon is a snowflake instead of the Imperial symbol.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Tauntaun-Bones.png|220px]] || [[Tauntaun Bones]] || The rack of bones looks like a xylophone; percussion sticks are in the snow.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Tauntaun-Handler.png|220px]] || [[Tauntaun Handler]] || "Wilbur" is written into the horns (caretaker of Mr. Ed).
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-WED-1016.png|220px]] || [[WED-1016 'Techie' Droid]] || Copyright date is in binary numbers.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-You-Have-Failed-Me.png|220px]] || [[You Have Failed Me For The Last Time]] || Diagram of the Heimlich maneuver on a choking victim in the video screen.
|}


== Dagobah Limited ==
== Dagobah Limited ==
* [[4-LOM]] — "4 love of $" on the knuckles
{| class="wikitable"
* [[Astromech Translator]] — HAL 9000 lie on the screen
! Image !! Card !! Egg
* [[At Peace]] — peace sign in the logo
|-
* [[Han's Toolkit]] — Cloud City flow pack in the toolkit
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-4-LOM.png|220px]] || [[4-LOM]] || The message "4 love (heart) of $" is tattooed on the droid's knuckles. 4-LOM was said to be an acronym for "for love of money".
* [[He Is Not Ready]] — Chia Pet on Yoda's shelf
|-
* [[Imbalance]] — Interrupt and Dagobah symbols tilted 45°
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Astromech-Translator.png|220px]] || [[Astromech Translator]] || The words "My F.P.C. shows an impending failure of the antennae orientation unit" can be seen in the screen. This is the first time HAL lies.
* [[Landing Claw]] — ''Hitchhiker's Guide'' identity
|-
* [[Lost In Space]] — Robot in the Effect symbol
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-At-Peace.png|220px]] || [[At Peace]] || There's a peace sign hiding in the logo.
* [[Rogue Asteroid]] — potato (used as asteroid props in filming)
|-
* [[Smuggler's Blues]] — Glenn Frey song
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Hans-Toolkit.png|220px]] || [[Han's Toolkit]] || There is a Cloud City flow pack inside the toolkit.
* [[Visored Vision]] — "Blues Bros." in the copyright
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-He-Is-Not-Ready.png|220px]] || [[He Is Not Ready]] || A Chia Pet is sitting on Yoda's back shelf.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Imbalance.png|220px]] || [[Imbalance]] || The Interrupt and Dagobah symbols are tilted at a 45° angle.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Landing-Claw.png|220px]] || [[Landing Claw]] || The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy identity has been superimposed on the ship's background.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Lost-In-Space.png|220px]] || [[Lost In Space]] || There is a hidden image of Robot in the Effect symbol.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Rogue-Asteroid.png|220px]] || [[Rogue Asteroid]] || It may look like an asteroid, but it's a potato. Potatoes were used as asteroid props in filming.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Smugglers-Blues.png|220px]] || [[Smuggler's Blues]] || Card title and lore are a play on Glenn Frey's song of the same name.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Visored-Vision.png|220px]] || [[Visored Vision]] || Copyright says "Blues Bros." Chewie and Han in dark glasses, as in ''The Blues Brothers''.
|}


== Cloud City Limited ==
== Cloud City Limited ==
* [[Bionic Hand]] — $6,000,000 on the wrist flap (''The Six Million Dollar Man'')
{| class="wikitable"
* [[Cloud City Sabacc]] — Transamerica building; Capitol dome and Washington Monument in the skyline
! Image !! Card !! Egg
* [[Dismantle On Sight]] — Nazi crate from Indiana Jones
|-
* [[Force Field]] — Stir Crazy rule book
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Bionic-Hand.png|220px]] || [[Bionic Hand]] || The word $6,000,000 is etched in the wrist flap (''The Six Million Dollar Man'').
* [[Old Pirates]] — skull and crossbones in blast marks
|-
* [[Sonic Bombardment]] — THX in the background
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Cloud-City-Sabacc-Transamerica.png|220px]] || [[Cloud City Sabacc]] || Transamerica building hidden in the background.
* [[Tibanna Gas Miner]] — ax, shovel, and lantern
|-
* [[We're The Bait]] — fishhook in the Effect icon
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Cloud-City-Sabacc-DC.png|220px]] || [[Cloud City Sabacc]] || Incorporates the Washington D.C. Capitol dome and the Monument into the skyline.
* [[Weather Vane]] — rooster vane upside down
|-
* [[Swing-And-A-Miss]] — baseball lore
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Dismantle-On-Sight.png|220px]] || [[Dismantle On Sight]] || The Nazi crate from Indiana Jones is hidden in the back garbage pile.
* [[Leia Of Alderaan]] — Helen of Troy lore
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Force-Field.png|220px]] || [[Force Field]] || The rule book to a Stir Crazy game is on the table.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Old-Pirates.png|220px]] || [[Old Pirates]] || Blast marks in the title bar become skull and crossbones.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Sonic-Bombardment.png|220px]] || [[Sonic Bombardment]] || The letters THX are superimposed in the background.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Tibanna-Gas-Miner.png|220px]] || [[Tibanna Gas Miner]] || Back glass panel: images of a mining ax, shovel and lantern.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Were-The-Bait.png|220px]] || [[We're The Bait]] || Fishhook hidden in the Effect icon.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Weather-Vane.png|220px]] || [[Weather Vane]] || The rooster weather vane hangs upside down in the right shadows.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Swing-And-A-Miss.png|220px]] || [[Swing-And-A-Miss]] || Baseball lore.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Leia-Of-Alderaan.png|220px]] || [[Leia Of Alderaan]] || Helen of Troy lore.
|}


== Jabba's Palace Limited ==
== Jabba's Palace Limited ==
* [[Abyssin]] — one eye in the alien icon
{| class="wikitable"
* [[Attark]] — upright Hoover vacuum
! Image !! Card !! Egg
* [[Cane Adiss]] — outline of Virginia (Decipher's home state)
|-
* [[Hutt Smooch]] — XOXO in the Interrupt icon
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Abyssin.png|220px]] || [[Abyssin]] || One eye in the alien icon.
* [[Ree-Yees]] — three eyes in the alien icon
|-
* [[Skull]] — crossbones in the title bar
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Attark.png|220px]] || [[Attark]] || An upright Hoover (vacuum) is in the right-side paint chip.
* [[Someone Who Loves You]] — heart in the lore paint chip
|-
* [[Strangle]] — Jabba's eye rolled up
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Cane-Adiss.png|220px]] || [[Cane Adiss]] || The state of Virginia (home of Decipher Headquarters) replaces one of his neck spots.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Hutt-Smooch.png|220px]] || [[Hutt Smooch]] || The letters XOXO are in the Interrupt icon.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Ree-Yees.png|220px]] || [[Ree-Yees]] || Three eyes in the alien icon.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Skull.png|220px]] || [[Skull]] || Crossbones are etched into the title bar.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Someone-Who-Loves-You.png|220px]] || [[Someone Who Loves You]] || A heart is in the top of the lore paint chip.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Strangle.png|220px]] || [[Strangle]] || The Jabba eye icon; his eye is rolled up into his head.
|}


== Later sets ==
== Special Edition ==
Decipher did not post an official list after Jabba's Palace. Collector notes in Encyclopedia 3.2 include:<ref name="encyc" />
{| class="wikitable"
! Image !! Card !! Egg
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Debnoli.png|220px]] || [[Debnoli]] || Dark Side pilot icon.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Death-Star-Assault-Squadron.png|220px]] || [[Death Star Assault Squadron]] || Permanent pilot icon is Darth Vader.
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Gamblers-Luck.png|220px]] || [[Gambler's Luck]] || Hidden heart, diamond, spade, and club.
|}


* [[Gambler's Luck]] — hidden heart, diamond, spade, and club
== Reflections II: Expanding the Galaxy ==
* [[Debnoli]] — Dark Side pilot icon
{| class="wikitable"
* [[Death Star Assault Squadron]] — permanent pilot icon is Darth Vader
! Image !! Card !! Egg
* [[Corran Horn]] — Michael A. Stackpole
|-
* [[Talon Karrde]] — Timothy Zahn
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Corran-Horn.png|220px]] || [[Corran Horn]] || Michael A. Stackpole, American writer of Star Wars novels.
* [[Watch Your Step]] — "The Art of Great Games" in Aurebesh
|-
* [[Bravo Fighter]] — permanent pilot icon is Anakin Skywalker
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Talon-Karrde.png|220px]] || [[Talon Karrde]] || Timothy Zahn, American author of Star Wars novels.
* [[Major Marquand]] — lore "Directed a counterattack"; Richard Marquand directed ''Return of the Jedi'' and cameoed as an AT-ST driver
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Watch-Your-Step.png|220px]] || [[Watch Your Step]] || "The Art of Great Games" is written in Aurebesh.
|}
 
== Theed Palace ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Image !! Card !! Egg
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Bravo-Fighter.png|220px]] || [[Bravo Fighter]] || Permanent pilot icon is Anakin Skywalker.
|}
 
== Endor ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Image !! Card !! Egg
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:EE-Major-Marquand.png|220px]] || [[Major Marquand]] || Lore "Directed a counterattack". Richard Marquand directed ''Return of the Jedi'' and cameoed as an AT-ST driver.
|}
 
Decipher never officially posted easter eggs after Jabba's Palace. The later-set rows above are collector notes gathered in Encyclopedia 3.2.<ref name="encyc" />


== See also ==
== See also ==

Latest revision as of 20:39, 26 September 2026

Easter eggs on Decipher Star Wars CCG cards are hidden jokes, call-outs, and extra images that have no effect on play. Yellow circles on the photographs are the Collecting Encyclopedia's callouts. Decipher posted an official list through Jabba's Palace Limited; later finds are collector notes.[1][2]

Card titles that scramble employee and fan names are listed separately at Anagrams.

Premiere

Image Card Egg
Gravel Storm The phrase "This Card Rocks" appears in the copyright line.
Tonnika Sisters Alien icon has multiple eyes.

A New Hope Limited

Image Card Egg
Bespin Motors Void Spider THX 1138 "THX 1138" is the title of George Lucas's first major film. THX is also Lucas's theatre sound system, and Luke told the Imperial officer they were transferring Chewie from cellblock 1138.
Dark Waters Ewok doll floating in the dark waters.
Defel Hidden on the uniform shoulders are the letters "WYOU" and "XERB". WYOU was Wolfman Jack's first radio station (circa 1960) in Virginia; Decipher is in that broadcast area. XERB is the station he was on later in California, where George Lucas heard him and put him in American Graffiti.
Death Star Trench "The Art of Great Games" is one of Decipher's trademarks and motto.
Hyperwave Scan The X's and O's create a tic-tac-toe game.
Luke's Hunting Rifle The Campbell's soup can reads "Cream of Womprat". Joseph Campbell, who influenced Lucas's mythology, is an additional egg.
M-HYD Binary Droid "(C) 11111001100 DECIPHER, INC." — 11111001100 is 1996 in binary.
Retract The Bridge The lights spell VERTIGO (what Luke and Leia felt, and an Alfred Hitchcock reference).
Scanner Techs Hidden letters "WBN", call letters of the radio station from Radioland Murders.
Sensor Panel Light and Dark card backs are images of SWCCG cards. "ANEWHOPE" can be found in the digital mileage readout.
Tzizvvt Alien icon has multiple eyes.
Undercover "Good Evening" written vertically, with Hitchcock's profile shadow — the opening of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Yavin 4: Briefing Room Extra people were added: Matt Mariani (former Decipher Marketing Director); Ronald Reagan; Bob Hudsol; Warren Holland (Decipher Chairman and CEO). To the right of the viewscreen, Jerry Darcy (Decipher Star Wars design team) stands in the shadows.
You're All Clear Kid! 253 in the center bottom of the image is Decipher's street address (253 Granby Street).

Hoth Limited

Image Card Egg
Hoth expansion display box The Mon Calamari Star Cruisers were not available to the Rebellion until mid-way through Return of the Jedi.
Crash Landing "J. G. Ballard" is printed on the side of the snowspeeder. James Graham Ballard wrote Crash in 1973.
Death Mark In the upper left of the image, in the Effect icon, there is a small skull hiding.
Debris Zone One of the pieces of landing shrapnel is a tiny snowman.
Deflector Shield Generators Hidden in the struts underneath the globe reads "B. Fuller" (Buckminster Fuller; geodesic structures).
Evacuation Control Image of Decipher's home page is displayed in the overhead monitor.
Frozen Dinner A knife, fork and spoon are hidden in the ice.
FX-7 (Effex-Seven) Tiny fish are swimming in the bacta tank.
Furry Fury Hanging from Han's hip is a bullwhip from Indiana Jones.
Furry Fury Lore egg: The Mourning Bride.
Major Bren Derlin At the Mos Eisley Cantina, "Everyone knows his name." John Ratzenberger (Bren Derlin) also played Cliff Clavin on Cheers.
Responsibility Of Command Battleship appears in the middle of the image.
Snowtrooper Hidden in the card type icon is a snowflake instead of the Imperial symbol.
Tauntaun Bones The rack of bones looks like a xylophone; percussion sticks are in the snow.
Tauntaun Handler "Wilbur" is written into the horns (caretaker of Mr. Ed).
WED-1016 'Techie' Droid Copyright date is in binary numbers.
You Have Failed Me For The Last Time Diagram of the Heimlich maneuver on a choking victim in the video screen.

Dagobah Limited

Image Card Egg
4-LOM The message "4 love (heart) of $" is tattooed on the droid's knuckles. 4-LOM was said to be an acronym for "for love of money".
Astromech Translator The words "My F.P.C. shows an impending failure of the antennae orientation unit" can be seen in the screen. This is the first time HAL lies.
At Peace There's a peace sign hiding in the logo.
Han's Toolkit There is a Cloud City flow pack inside the toolkit.
He Is Not Ready A Chia Pet is sitting on Yoda's back shelf.
Imbalance The Interrupt and Dagobah symbols are tilted at a 45° angle.
Landing Claw The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy identity has been superimposed on the ship's background.
Lost In Space There is a hidden image of Robot in the Effect symbol.
Rogue Asteroid It may look like an asteroid, but it's a potato. Potatoes were used as asteroid props in filming.
Smuggler's Blues Card title and lore are a play on Glenn Frey's song of the same name.
Visored Vision Copyright says "Blues Bros." Chewie and Han in dark glasses, as in The Blues Brothers.

Cloud City Limited

Image Card Egg
Bionic Hand The word $6,000,000 is etched in the wrist flap (The Six Million Dollar Man).
Cloud City Sabacc Transamerica building hidden in the background.
Cloud City Sabacc Incorporates the Washington D.C. Capitol dome and the Monument into the skyline.
Dismantle On Sight The Nazi crate from Indiana Jones is hidden in the back garbage pile.
Force Field The rule book to a Stir Crazy game is on the table.
Old Pirates Blast marks in the title bar become skull and crossbones.
Sonic Bombardment The letters THX are superimposed in the background.
Tibanna Gas Miner Back glass panel: images of a mining ax, shovel and lantern.
We're The Bait Fishhook hidden in the Effect icon.
Weather Vane The rooster weather vane hangs upside down in the right shadows.
Swing-And-A-Miss Baseball lore.
Leia Of Alderaan Helen of Troy lore.

Jabba's Palace Limited

Image Card Egg
Abyssin One eye in the alien icon.
Attark An upright Hoover (vacuum) is in the right-side paint chip.
Cane Adiss The state of Virginia (home of Decipher Headquarters) replaces one of his neck spots.
Hutt Smooch The letters XOXO are in the Interrupt icon.
Ree-Yees Three eyes in the alien icon.
Skull Crossbones are etched into the title bar.
Someone Who Loves You A heart is in the top of the lore paint chip.
Strangle The Jabba eye icon; his eye is rolled up into his head.

Special Edition

Image Card Egg
Debnoli Dark Side pilot icon.
Death Star Assault Squadron Permanent pilot icon is Darth Vader.
Gambler's Luck Hidden heart, diamond, spade, and club.

Reflections II: Expanding the Galaxy

Image Card Egg
Corran Horn Michael A. Stackpole, American writer of Star Wars novels.
Talon Karrde Timothy Zahn, American author of Star Wars novels.
Watch Your Step "The Art of Great Games" is written in Aurebesh.

Theed Palace

Image Card Egg
Bravo Fighter Permanent pilot icon is Anakin Skywalker.

Endor

Image Card Egg
Major Marquand Lore "Directed a counterattack". Richard Marquand directed Return of the Jedi and cameoed as an AT-ST driver.

Decipher never officially posted easter eggs after Jabba's Palace. The later-set rows above are collector notes gathered in Encyclopedia 3.2.[1]

See also

Sources

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 SWCCG Collecting Encyclopedia 3.2
  2. ↑ Star Wars CCG Easter Eggs at Decipher.com (archive, 22 February 2002)
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