Cancelled Expansions
| Cancelled expansions | |
|---|---|
| Game | Star Wars CCG |
| Publisher | Decipher |
| Planned | 2000–2001 |
Cancelled expansions are Star Wars CCG sets Decipher announced after Death Star II and never published. The five sets are numbered 33–37, following Theed Palace.[1]
Decipher's preview After Death Star II said the classic trilogy on cards would keep growing as character-themed expansions, not a straight walk through the films.[2] The Death Star II Starter Deck rulebook carried a full-page ad for the first two of those sets.
Death Star II starter ad
The Star Wars Customizable Card Game continues with Shadows of the Empire and Skywalkers, the next two expansion sets, coming soon!
Shadows of the Empire includes exciting new cards from the best-selling novel. Prince Xizor and Dash Rendar will be featured, along with their starships and a host of other characters and images in stunning photo-realistic detail!
Skywalkers will be the next full expansion in the Star Wars CCG. Not tied to the timeline of the film trilogy, it will be free to explore many aspects of the entire Star Wars universe. Many cards and themes will concentrate on Luke, Leia and… of course… Darth Vader.
The page is copyright 2000 Decipher Inc., Norfolk, Virginia, used under Lucasfilm authorization.
Planned sets
| # | Expansion | Planned | Cards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Shadows of the Empire | August 2000 | 20 | 1996 multimedia project between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi; photo-realistic art. Decipher placed the story arc between Cloud City and Jabba's Palace.[2] |
| 34 | Skywalkers | November 2000 | First character-themed set: Luke, Leia, Vader, and a new mechanic then code-named Lichtenstein.[2][3] | |
| 35 | Jedi Masters | February 2001 | Second character-themed set: Yoda, Obi-Wan, the Emperor, and further "Lichtenstein" cards.[2] | |
| 36 | Scoundrels | September 2001 | Third character-themed set: Han, Lando, Boba Fett, Jabba, and their allies and enemies.[2] | |
| 37 | Reflections Gold | December 2001 | 310 | Premium/foil product announced later on Decipher.com.[4] |
What shipped instead
Lucasfilm asked Decipher to mix The Phantom Menace into the original-trilogy game. Tatooine (May 2001) was originally framed as a Skywalker-family set and was rebuilt around podracing and Episode I characters.[5] Coruscant, Reflections III, and Theed Palace followed; Theed Palace (12 December 2001) was the last Decipher expansion.
A Light Side Mara Jade photograph from the same shoot as the Dark Side Enhanced Jabba's Palace card never became a retail card. Planned extra language editions and anime-style Japanese cards also never shipped. Card leftovers are on Unreleased cards. Language editions, including the cancelled German and Spanish releases, are on Translations of SWCCG. The cancelled German release is on Cancelled German release of SWCCG. The Spanish Two-Player rules booklet from that program is on Spanish Premiere Two-Player Game rules booklet.[3]
The Players Committee later published virtual cards, beginning in 2002. Those sets are listed on the Main Page under Virtual Legacy (2002–2014) and current virtual sets (2014 Reset onward). They are not these cancelled Decipher expansions.
See also
- Shadows of the Empire (multimedia)
- SWCCG 2nd Edition
- Unreleased cards
- Decipher and the Star Wars CCG Lucasfilm license
References
- ↑ Star Wars CCG, CardGuide Wiki. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 After Death Star II, Decipher.com (Internet Archive, 7 March 2005)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 SWCCG Collecting Encyclopedia 3.2, Players Committee (collecting page, starwarsccg.org). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
- ↑ Reflections Gold announcement, Decipher.com (Internet Archive, 7 February 2008)
- ↑ Tatooine (expansion), CardGuide Wiki. Preserved copy: Internet Archive